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John Webb celebrated in new Formula Ford Festival support race

The legendary Brands Hatch circuit boss was honoured with pre-'82 FF1600 races on the Festival support bill, while three Fiesta series also provided plenty of entertainment

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Smyth is first second-generation Formula Ford Festival winner in 50th Brands Hatch edition

There was no stopping Smyth as he swept to victories in his heat, semi-final and final to head an all-Irish podium and repeat the success of his father 15 years ago

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Morris' Peugeot beats the British marques at CSCC's Brands Britannia

Several anniversaries were celebrated in Kent last weekend, including the 50th birthday of Baby Bertha - which was beaten to Special Saloons and Modsports glory by the Peugeot 309 Thundersaloon of Morris

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Champions put on a show at eventful Brands Hatch Mini Festival

Past champions came to the fore in the Mini Miglia triple-header at last weekend’s annual Mini Festival at Brands Hatch as Kane Astin, Ian Curley and Aaron Smith shared the race wins between them in a trio of typically entertaining races.

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Spaggiari repeats Miles’ F3 Lotus win at Brands Hatch

Colin Chapman’s Lotus marque, immortalised as winner of Brands Hatch’s first British Grand Prix in 1964 with Jim Clark and subsequent world championship counters with Jo Siffert (1968), Jochen Rindt (1970) and Emerson Fittipaldi (1972), took centre stage anew at the Kentish venue last weekend.

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The cars and stars that grabbed attention at Super Touring Power 3

Super Touring Power attracted star cars and drivers aplenty at Brands Hatch last weekend.

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Turkington stars but Hughes and Lyons roar to Super Touring Power wins

Four-time British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington starred on his Super Touring debut but it was his ‘team boss’ Jason Hughes and historics ace Michael Lyons who won the headline races at Brands Hatch last weekend.

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Ercoli wins in Euro NASCAR as Davidson takes home podium at American SpeedFest

American SpeedFest 12 brought a pair of NASCAR Euro Series wins for Gianmarco Ercoli, while a large crowd cheered Jack Davidson to a maiden podium at his home event.

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Toriba and Briggs triumph as Historic F1 cars entertain at Brands Hatch

Overseas stars Yutaka Toriba and Warren Briggs emerged the winners from two dramatic Masters Racing Legends contests at Brands Hatch as the series for 1966-85 Formula 1 cars entertained the crowds at the circuit’s annual Masters Historic Festival meeting.

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Hat-trick for Smith as he begins bid for 10th British Trucks title

Ryan Smith’s bid for an unprecedented 10th back-to-back British Truck Racing title made a solid start at the Easter Brands Hatch season opener.

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Scintillating Stippler stars in super Ferrari at Goodwood

Ford versus Ferrari was sportscar racing’s big draw in the mid-1960s, when American V8 brawn in the form of GT40s eventually established supremacy over the svelte Italian V12 stallions. Ferrari’s 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours victory with the North American Racing Team 250 LM of Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt…

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The cars that starred at the Goodwood Members' Meeting

The Goodwood Members’ Meeting is one of the early highlights of the historic motorsport season.

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Ryan continues his winning run as Equipe season begins

Having ended 2024 on a high, Chris Ryan carried over his winning form into the new year at Brands Hatch last weekend as the Equipe Classic Racing season got under way.

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The master entertainer putting on a show for half a century

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Sonny Howard has had an immeasurable influence on national motorsport. But, despite a list of non-racing clients including Top Gear, the Fast Furious franchise, Jaguar and the king of Jordan, he does not seek the limelight. Instead, he has nurtured others while…

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Autosport's top 10 club racing drivers of 2024

Every year, dozens of drivers enjoy championship success across a wealth of different national racing categories.

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Inside the thriving world of miniature motorsport

Last Christmas, Autosport afforded this writer an opportunity to write about a much-loved hobby: Scalextric. Little did I know it would lead to a year spent racing 1/32 scale slot cars competitively…

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Investigation: How club racing faced a tricky 2024

The Christmas songs have already been heard for at least a month, the weather has turned cold and frosty, and another club racing season has drawn to a close. That can only mean one thing: Autosport has got its calculator out once again and produced our annual feature looking at…

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The highs and lows of this year's Formula Ford Festival

There’s a unique atmosphere in the paddock immediately following any Formula Ford Festival, one that consists of disappointment, hard luck stories and no shortage of ‘what if’ scenarios.

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Padmore and Owens among the Mini Festival stars

Not for the first time in recent Mini Festival history, Nick Padmore and Endaf Owens tasted success at Brands Hatch as the Mini Miglia championship served up three typically thrilling races for last weekend’s large crowd to enjoy.

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10 of the most memorable Silverstone moments

Sponsored by F1 makes its debut – 1950 Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo 158, Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo 158 (Photo by: Motorsport Images) The first-ever world championship F1 race was held at Silverstone on May 13, 1950, with a 21-car grid including nine British drivers. Reg Parnell was the top home…

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Thompson in BMW for the rest of 2024 BTCC season

The 27-year-old, who won the Jack Sears Trophy in 2022 and was an overall podium finisher last year – both seasons in a Team Hard Cupra – drove WSR’s fourth BMW in the official pre-season test at Brands Hatch in April.

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10 things not to miss at the Goodwood Members' Meeting

The great and good of historic racing will descend on Goodwood Motor Circuit this weekend for its first major event of the year.

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Is this the most radical 2CV ever built?

“This is going in an Autosport Engineering supplement,” says Peter Thurston incredulously as he reveals his extraordinary Citroen 2CV8 racer, yet to turn a wheel. In place of a wheezing 602cc air-cooled flat-twin engine making a whopping 45bhp in racing trim sits a gruff 4.6-litre Rover V8. Even in mild…

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What we're looking forward to in national racing in 2024

The club racing season began last weekend with the British Racing Sports Car Club kicking proceedings off at Silverstone.

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The "creative" tactic MSV is using to boost national racing spectator figures

Every weekend during the thick of the national racing season there are scores of events taking place that feature a stunning array of cars and some brilliant battling. Yet it’s no secret that, at many of these race meetings, very few people are spectating trackside and get to witness this…

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