The motor racing season is starting to gear up again and among the test sessions at circuits across the UK – and around the world – at the moment, there are some races already taking place. Today saw the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy 2017 at Silverstone, a completion that has been held since 1952 and rather…
It’s February meaning that the new motor racing season is getting closer, and to help prepare for it, there are various track sessions and media launches in the offing. Today saw the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Winter Testing 2017 at Rockingham, as part of a wider Junior Series Test, with Ginetta Juniors, Clio Juniors and other…
This week sees the Autosport International Show 2017 at Birmingham’s NEC, co-hosted as normal with the Performance Car show. The annual event is a great opportunity to get a first view of some of the cars that will make their track debut that year, as well as hearing from those involved in the sport. The…
Fans of motorised transport, be it racing cars or otherwise, are spoiled for choice in the UK with the sheer volume of circuits and exhibitions dedicated to their hobby, including plenty of hidden gems that are less well known. Coventry Transport Museum is one of those, with a huge number of vehicles on display in…
I took a trip recently to the UK’s largest permanent Scalextric set, the Phoenix Scalextric Track near Studley in Warwickshire. For those not familiar with Scalextric, it is a remote control car racing system that is an institution in the UK. It first appeared at the Harrogate Toy Fair in 1957, and since then, has been…
Last weekend (9th-12th January 2014) saw the 25th running of the Autosport International Show at Birmingham’s NEC arena. For those who are not familiar with it, the show is a large motorsport event, being collocated with the Performance Car show. It is a typical trade show, with two days of the event being for trade…
I recently posted some photos from Classics on the Common, the annual classic car show in the Hertfordshire town of Harpenden. I was fortunate enough last weekend, over the bank holiday, to visit the Blenheim Palace Festival of Transport, which included a classic car show, with of course, the backdrop of the stunning palace and…
I went to the Classics on the Common event in Harpenden this week, which is a series of classic vehicles that are presented on the various green areas in the centre of the Hertfordshire town. The event has been going on for twenty years now, and there were several hundred vehicles – of various forms…