1965 Ford Falcon Sprint

Frits Campagne, Ford Falcon Sprint, Dijon Motors Cup 2016, NKHGT race.

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Ford, Edison, USA.   This was the second version of the Ford Falcon and predates the Mustang by a few months. The Mustang was a sexier package for not much more and thus the Sprint version of the Falcon was not the success it might have been.   Compared to the base model of the Falcon, the Sprint had a 4.3 litre and then in 1965 a 4.7 litre V8, stiffer suspension and a louder exhaust.   Slightly larger and roomier than a Mustang, it is still a compact 2 door four seater with some power.   They were raced in era both in the US and Europe but without any conspicuous success.  They are still raced today in series such as the Dutch Historic GT and Touring car championship.

1963 Wainer Formula Junior

Richard Smeeton in the Wainer during the Formula Junior race at the 2016 Dijon Motors Cup meeting.

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Wainer, Milan, Italy.  Wainer is the Italian racing car manufacturer founded by Gionfranco Mantovani.   Their first cars were produced for Formula Junior in 1958.  There were a number of rear engined designs they produced for Formula Junior from then until 1963.   Drivers included Corrado Manfredini, Colin Davis and Ernesto Brambilla. The cars scored some wins as they tended to be relatively up to date designs and have the better Cosworth tuned 1,100cc Ford engines. The cars all had space frame chassis.  The body and nose of the 1963 car look very 1961 F1 Ferrari 156 inspired.   The gearbox was from a Fiat 600.  After the Formula Junior era, Wainer went on to produce F3 cars.

1973 Jensen- Healey

A Jensen-Healey racing in the Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge at Dijon in 2016 driven by Kim Christensen.

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Jensen Motors, West Bromwich, England.  This two seater convertible sports car produced between 1972 and 1976 was the best selling Jensen of all time.  The design was a join venture between Donald and Geoffrey Healey and Jensen Motors. Production was at Jensen's West Bromwich plant,  A lightweight alloy 2 litre 16 valve Lotus 907 4 cylinder engine was the powerplant. Performance was just under 120mph top speed with a 0-60 mph time in about 8 seconds.   Jensen-Healeys raced mainly in the USA where they were successful in winning the SCCA class D Production Car Championship in both 1973 and 1974.   Some continue to race today.

Ford Escort RS1600 Mk1

Two Ford Ecort Mk1s battle it out at Dijon-Prenois, 2015 GP del'Age d'Or. An RS 1600 chases an RS2000.

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Ford, Aveley Essex, England. The Ford Escort Mk1 was introduced in 1968.  In 1970 Ford introduced the Escort RS1600 with a Cosworth tuned 1,600cc 16 valve twin cam BDA engine.  This gave the Escort a power to weight ratio that enabled it to compete successfully in touring car racing and rallying with its already good handling. The top speed was over 110 mph and the 0-60mph time was under 9 seconds for the road version. Over the years the size of the engine progressed up to 2 litres and thus some cars became known as the RS1800 and RS2000.  Wins on tarmac included Jochen Mass and John Fitzpatrick's win in 1971 in the European Touring Car Championship event at Jarama but many other podiums and class victories were scored.  In rallying they were even more successful.  Roger Clark won the 1972 RAC rally in an RS1600.  Timo Makinen won the RAC Rally in 1973 and 1974 and the 1,000 Lakes in 1973 driving an RS 1600.

Renault Sport Megane Trophy

Dominique Laure, Renault Megane Trophy, Dijon-Prenois 2016, Coupe de France des Circuit, GT race.

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Renault Sport, Les Ulis, France.  This is a special racing car produced for the Renault Eurocup and is just a silhouette of the road car.  It has a badge engineered Nissan 3.5 litre V6 engine, a glass fibre body and a racing tube frame chassis.  As well as the Eurocup they race in a number of other series and the Dubai 24 hours.  Dominique Laure has some success with his in the Coupe de France des Circuits.

Ginetta G50 GT4

Bernard Lebaron, 3.7L Ginetta G50, Coupe de France des Circuits, Dijon Prenois, 2016

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Ginetta, Garforth near Leeds, England.  The Ginetta G50 was designed to celebrate the 50th birthday of Ginetta which had been founded in 1958.  It was one of the first cars produced  after Ginetta had been acquired by Lawrence Tomlinson and moved to Leeds.  The car is a GT4 spec car and is eligible for many racing series around Europe including a one make series in the UK. All G50s have Ford V6 engines. The G50 Cup has a 3.5 litres engine that produces 300bhp whilst the G50 GT4 has a 3.7 litre engine that develops 370 bhp. A relatively affordable GT4 car, it has also been very successful and Joe Osborne won the 2009 European GT4 Cup.   Various G50 road cars have been proposed but not got beyond the prototype phase.  However, the racing version has been one of the best selling Ginettas ever.

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Chevron B16

Felix Haas, Chevron B16, 2015 GP de l'Age d'Or, Dijon-Prenois.

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Chevron, Bolton, England.  Chevron was founded by Derek Bennet an enthusiastic clubman's racing driver and engineer.  His Chevron sports cars and single seaters soon became successful customer racing cars. The Chevron B19 was a 2 litre fully enclosed sports car built for the 1969 and 1970 seasons.  It raced with various powerplants such as the Cosworth FVA, FVC, BMW 4 cyl, and Mazda rotary engines.  It was a Group 5 car and around 25 were built in 69/70 and many more since.  Brian Redman won the Nurburgring 500kms on the car's debut but it quickly found its match in the Lola T210.  However, Redman won again in 1970 at Paul Ricard, John Burton won at Hameenlina and Vic Elford at the Nurburgring.  A later version of the B16 was a spyder and it won at Spa in the hands of Brian Redman.  This victory gave Chevron the manufacturers title in the European 2 litre Sports Car Championship, just beating Lola.

1969 Alfa Romeo T33/3

Gianlucca Ratlazzi, Alfa Romeo T33/3, 2015 GP de l'Age d'Or, Dijon-Prenois.

Alfa Romeo, AutoDelta, Milan, Italy. AutoDelta was an Alfa Romeo subsidiary that created some of its great sixties and seventies racers under the guidance of Carlo Chiti.  The 33/3 had a 3 litre V8 engine and made its debut at the 1969 Sebring 12 hours.   The car did not really become successful until 1971 when, after further modification, it won victories in the Brands Hatch 1,000kms, the Targa Florio and the Watkins Glen 6 hours.  Drivers included Andrea de Adamich, Henri Pescarolo, Nino Vaccarella, Toine Hezemans, Rolf Stommelen and Ronnie Peterson.

1971 Ligier JS3-DFV

Mr John of B, Ligier JS3-DFV, Dijon-Prenois, GP de l'Age d'Or 2015.

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Ligier Automobile, Abrest, France.  This F1 Cosworth engined car was designed to be competitive with the best 3 litre sports cars of its day.  At the 1971 Le Mans test weekend it finished second in the 3 hour race driven by Guy Ligier after a drive up the field from the back of rthe grid.  The following week it won the 15 lap Coupe de Printemp at the Autodrome Linas-Montlhery.  in the 24 hours of Le Mans it was not classified after completing just 270 laps and after some other minor races at Magny Cours and Montlhery it was put away to pasture until revived for historic racing by its current owner.  It always looks beautiful in its original yellow and green BP colours.  In 1971 as well as Guy Ligier, Patrick Depailler was one of its drivers.

Porsche 908/3

Porsche 908/3, Dijon-Prenois, GP de l'Age d'Or, June 2015.

Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The 908/3 was a development of the successful 908/2 of 1969 and the Porsche 909 bergspyder and ran in races in 1970 and 1971 on circuits which were less suitable for the ultra powerful 917.  It scored victories in the 1970 Targa Florio and the 1970 & 1971 Nurburgring 1000kms.   It had a 3 litre flat eight engine, very short wheelbase and was very light.  After 1971 the cars were sold to privateers such as Reinhold Joest and they continued to race successfully for many years. Top speed was over 170 mph.  Drivers during 1970 and 1971 included some of the sport's greats including Vic Elford, Jo Siffert, Brian Redman, Pedro Rodriguez, Leo Kinnunen, Gerard Larrousse, Richard Attwood, Bjorn Waldegaard, Hans Herrmann and Kurt Ahrens.

1971 Lola T212 FVC

Mauro Poponcini, Lola T212 FVC, Dijon-Prenois, 2015 GP de l'Age d'Or.

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Lola, Huntingdon, England.  The Lola T212 was a popular 2 litre sports car driven by the likes of Guy Edwards, Jo Bonnier, Tony Birchenough and Vic Elford, It was a big rival to the Chevron B19 and Abarth-Osellas of the time.  Helmut Marko won the European Championship 2 litre drivers championship and Lola won the manufacturers championship in 1971 with the T212.  Vic Elford won at the Nurburgring and Jo Bonnier won at Jarame for Scuderia Filipinetti in cars similar to that pictured.

1958 Lister Jaguar Monzapolis

Rod Jolley, 1958 Lister-Jaguar, Dijon-Prenois 2015

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Lister Cars, Cambridge, England. Lister Cars started in 1954 but became successful from 1957 when they started using Jaguar engines and components for their sports racing cars.  In 1958 Brian Lister produced a single seater for the Race of Two Worlds based on his successful Jaguar engined sports car.  Both the race and the Lister single seater ended up with the nickname Monzapolis.  The Race of Two Worlds was held on the backed circuit at Monza and was a challenge with a mixture of Indianapolis cars, F1 cars, European sports cars and specials.  The Lister, entered by Ecurie Ecosse, was driven into 11th place in Heat 1 and tenth place in Heat 2 by Jack Fairman.  It didn't start Heat 3. Thus not a successful debut.  Following this it was used in sprints and hillclimbs and later Historic events.  In this it became more successful.

1974 Ford Capri RS3100 Cologne

1974 Ford Capri RS3100 Cologne, Dijon-Prenois 2015.

Ford, Cologne, Germany.  The Group 2 RS3100 was prepared for the 1974 European Touring Car Championship. They also entered some sports car endurance events.  It had a very special 3.4 litre V6 motor producing over 420bhp.  It was designed to fight against the BMW 3.5CSL.   Drivers included Niki Lauda, Jochen Mass, Dieter Glemser and Toine Hezemans.  In the hands of Jochen Mass and Rolf Stommelen the Capri RS3100 won at Zandvoort and in the hands of Hans Heyer, Klaus Ludwig and toine Hezemans won at Jarama.

1979 BMW M1 Procar

1979 BMW M1 Procar, 2016 GP de l'Age d'Or, Dijon-Prenois. 

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BMW, Munich, Germany.  The BMW M1 Procar Championship was an International one-make series that ran in 1979 and 1980 as a support series for F1 GP and other major events.  Drivers such as Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Hans-Joachim Stuck and others competed and won.  The cars were built to Group 4 specs.  They had a BMW straight 6 engine tuned to produce over 450bhp.  These M1 procars had a top speed of 190mph and a 0-60mph time of close to 4 seconds.  From 1981 some of these cars entered endurance events in their Grp 4 guise. in 1988 the M1 Procars again supported the German GP.  Bruno Giacomelli's best result in a Procar round was eighth.

1964 Brabham Climax BT11 F1

John Romano, Brabham Climax BT11- Dijon-Prenois, GP del'Age d'Or 2015.

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Motor Racing Developments Ltd, Surbiton, England.   MRD was the company name that made Brabhams. It was founded by Jack Brabham a former World Champion and designer Ron Tauranac, both Australians. The Brabham BT11 was extensively used by both the works team and privateers during 1964 and 1965.  Its best result was second place in  the 1965 Mexican GP driven by Dan Gurney.

1973 Lola T292-BDG

La Lola T292-BDG de Tony Sinclair à Dijon-Prenois 2015

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Mon Astuce pour faire des belles photos.
Soyez prêt pour cette première photo de tour lorsque les voitures sont toujours ensemble.

Top photo tip.
Be ready for that first lap shot when the lead cars are still close.

Yellow 1966 Ford GT40

1966 Ford GT40 et 1974 Porsche 911 RSR à Dijon-Prenois 2015

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Mon astuces pour faire des belles photos.
Un téléobjectif est essentielle pour de nombreuses photos de la course automobile, mais ne pas oublier que les appareils photo compacts ont de puissants téléobjectifs ainsi.

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A telephoto lens is essential for many motor racing photos but don't forget that compact cameras have powerful telephoto lenses as well.

1958 Maserati 250F

Steve Hart, 1958 Maserati 250F, à Dijon pour le Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or 2015

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Maserati, Modena, Italy.
Top Speed / Vitesse Maximale 266 kph.

Mon astuce pour faire des belles photos
Choisissez une vitesse d'obturation comme 1/250 ème de seconde pour donner une impression de vitesse sur la ligne droite.  Avec l'expérience, vous pouvez réduire la vitesse d'obturation.

Top photo tip
To give an impression of speed on the straight, pan and use a slower shutter speed.  Here I used 1/250th which guarantees a picture whilst blurring the background.  As you get better you can use a slower shutter speed but this requires practice.

Lotus Cortina MkI

La U2TC John Avill/Ross Hyett Lotus Cortina MkI à Dijon-Prenois Juin 2015

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Ford UK collaboration with Lotus.  Lotus, Cheshunt, England.
Top Speed / Vitesse Maximale 173 kph.  0-100 kph.

Mon astuce pour faire des belles photos.
La fumée de pneu semble toujours impressionnant dans les photos de la voiture de course.

Top photo tip.
Tyre smoke always looks impressive in racing car photos.