American Legend Lormaye 2018

Some detail from the beautiful bikes at Lormaye this year.

Every year on the first of May at Lormaye, Eure et Loir, in France they have an American day celebrating everything American - motorbikes, classic cars, music etc.  This year was no exception and as usual it had a great turn out.  A fun event to include on your calendar for next year.  Here are some of the highlights.

Detail from some of the cars at the show.

American music.

Even a cowboy!

Ezy Rider!

A classic American looking French car - 1958 Simca Chambord

1953 Peugeot 203 in the American custom car tradition.

Cadillac and Chevrolet.

1930 Peugeot 201 Hot Rod.

Detail of the peugeot above.  Love the Punk Rodder helmet!

1918 Ford Model T.

VW Beetle and wigwam.

Fifties Cadillac.

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More from the 2018 Tour Auto Optic 2000

Loic Duval in a 1972 Alpine Renault A110 1600S on the first special stage.

It came to my attention that I had not yet posted most of my Tour Auto pictures.  So here they are!  An A to Z compilation of the cars in this year's Tour Auto.  Such a lot of variety for one event.

A is for Autobianchi A112

The Finkensteins in their 1975 Autobianchi A112 Abarth on the first special stage.

B is for BMW 2002 Turbo

1974 BMW 2002 Turbo on the first special stage.

C is for Chevrolet Corvette C3

1969 Chevrolet Corvette C3.

D is for Daytona Coupe

Great to see a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe on the Tour Auto.  Here it is in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

E is for Eva Peron

1953 Porsche 356 Pre A.

F is for FIAT 2300S Abarth

1963 Fiat 2300S Abarth on the first special stage.

G is for GTV

1972 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV understeering on the special stage.

H is for Healey

1955 Austin Healey 100/4 on the first special stage.

I is for Italian Supercar

1983 Ferrari 308 Grp.IV Michelotto.

J is for Jide 1300

A French 1972 Jidé 1300

K is for "Kornering" fast

The Cottingham/Smith 1965 Ford GT40 MkI trying hard on the special stage.

L is for Lotus Europa Special

1971 Lotus Europa Special JPS.

M is for MGB

1963 MG B on the first special stage.

N is for Nuits-Saint-Georges

The Limmer's 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L  in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

O is for OSCA

1958 OSCA Maserati 750 Sport waiting to refuel in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

P is for Porsche 904 Carrera GTS

The first special stage and the Bussolini's Porsche 904 Carrera GTS attacks the corner.

Q is for Queue

A queue of VHC cars driving around Dijon-Prenois.

R is for Renault Alpine

1972 Alpine Renault A110 1600S in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

S is for Shelby Cobra 289

Tight turn for a 1965 Shelby Cobra 289.

T is for TZ Alfa Romeo

1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ.

U is for Undergoing Maintenance

Two Mini Cooper S undergoing maintenance at Dijon-Prenois.

V is for VHC winner

The winner this year of the VHC competition was the  1965 Lotus Elan 26R of Favaro and Badan.

W is for warm up lap

VHC cars getting ready to race at Dijon-prenois.

X is eXhaust smoke

Smoky 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0L.

Y is for Yellow

Alain Serpaggi in the 1975 Alpine Renault A110 1800 GrpV.

Z is for Zoom-in

Zooming in on the Merlin's 1972 Porsche 911 2.5L ST GrpIV

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Ludovic Careon and his 1963 Shlby Cobrra 289.

2018 Tour Auto - Index of Performance - Etape 1

This Austin Healey 100/4 was in the top twelve based on Index of Perfomance after day one.

Each year on the Tour Auto there is an Index of Performance to allow the older and lower powered cars a chance of a win.  This is achieved by multiplying all the race and stage times via a coefficient.  Thus it turns into a battle between the British saloons and sports cars and the Alfa Romeos and older Porsches. Below are the top dozen of cars classified as they were in the Index of Performance after the first day.  The pictures are from the ES1 Special Stage Sinotte near Auxerre, Dijon-Prenois Circuit and Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Leading the Index of performance after day one was this Porsche, seen here on the ES1 special stage.

1st - 160 - Porsche 356 Pre A - Jean-Francois Penillard / Chloe Penillard

The leading Porsche on ES1 going through a fast corner.

2nd - 181 - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint - Luis Delso / Carlos De Miguel

An Alfa at a sharp uphill right hander on ES1.

3rd - 157 - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Special - Pierre Macchi / Isabelle Martrou

Unusual Alfa Romeo.

Alfa Romeo getting the red carpet treatment at the Optic 2000 in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

4th - 152 - Jaguar Mk1 3.8L - Pierre Le Glohaec-Henanff / Guillaume Le Metayer

Jaguar MkI on the special stage.

5th - 171 - MG A - Olivier Mazoyer / Rachid El Bakkouri

MG A braking for a sharp right hander.

MG A at Dijon.

6th - 154 - Triumph TR4 - Stanislas Gurdjian / Gonzague Ruchaud

Triumph TR4 at speed.

Triumph TR4 leading a group at Dijon.

7th - 162 - Porsche 356 Pre A - Gilles Couraudon / Marielle Couraudon

Porsche in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

8th - 221 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA - Daniela Ellerbrock / Jackie Rohwer

Alfa Romeo and spectators on the special stage.

9th - 211 - Lotus Elan 26R - Raphael Favaro / Yves Badan

Lotus elan making a good time on ES1

10th - 223 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA - Ivan Vercoutere / Charles Rupp

Alfa Romeo in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

11th - 166 - Austin Healey 100/4 - Sébastien Berchon / Julien Chadenet

The Austin Healey at speed on the special stage.

12th - 153 - Jaguar MkII 3.8L - Simon Nobili / Emmanuel Drai

Lovely Jaguar MkII

For the top VHC Competition cars, click here.

For the top 1966 to 1971 Competition cars, click here.

For the top Seventies Competition cars, click here.

For the Regularity cars, click here.

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The Triumph TR4 heading off into the distance on the first special stage.