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With the winter months gradually dispersing into spring we have some new announcements to make for you, the fans of Croft Circuit. continue reading…
2011 presents another great opportunity for viewing the best that British Club Racing can offer. Apart from the featured British Touring Cars and British Superbikes there are three events organised by Circuit owners, BARC, two by local Club, Darlington DMC and, of course, the return of the Nostalgia Weekend organised by HSCC. continue reading…
Photos/words by Tony Todd
To answer my own previous question, the weather for the Northallerton AC Specsavers was light rain on thawing slush. The slippery nature of the stages meant that Mat Smith and Martin Johnstone in their Ka not only won their class and took eleventh overall but were fastest on the first stage. They are pictured here giving a guided tour of the circuit to one of the marker cones.
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Tony Todd is looking forward to . .
The Specsavers Christmas Stages Rally. I shall be on duty once again as official photographer and looking forward to seeing Kevin Procter and Dave Bellerby trying to continue their winning ways.
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Croft motor racing circuit’s first Nostalgia Weekend (7-8 August) has been hailed as a major success.
Thousands of people visited the North-East’s premier motor sport venue, near Darlington, for the event which mixed retro racing on the track with themed displays and entertainment off it spanning four decades (Forties, Fifties, Sixties and Seventies). continue reading…
Words:- Leanne Fahy
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The weekend of 7th and 8th August brought the masses to Croft as our Nostalgia Weekend got into full swing. Celebrating four decades, the on and off track displays included something for everyone, with people of all ages enjoying the sights. continue reading…
Photos/words:- Tony Todd
Old Timers, once young timers - Photo by Tony Todd
Some Supporters Club members who, like myself are of a certain age were fortunate to have witnessed some amazing racing of many varieties in the sixties, seventies and eighties. My personal involvement was later as photographer and reporter for Motoring News but initially as a mechanic in the golden era of 1000cc saloons with messrs Clacher, Barton and Bell heading the charge. However this was by no means the only action and a group of drivers from that period was assembled on Sunday afternoon for a bus trip round the circuit with a buffet to follow. The air was crackling with reminiscences and conversations were struck up again as if there had only been a break of forty minutes not thirty or forty years.
The drivers were Left to Right Ken Walker, Brian Morris, Tony Sugden, John Simpson, Joe Lanney in front of Mick Starkey, Jeff Wilson, Andy Barton, Ron Harper in front of Alex Clacher, Jim Adamson, the Beard is sported by John Macdonald and the velvet Collar is worn by Jonny Blades next to Keith Bowmaker and John Absalom.
Ron Harper, who still races the Spitfire, was still able to fit into some of the same clothes.
Dave Manners and Ted Paine joined the group a little later.
The Croft Nostalgia Weekend will offer a little more than fantastic racing cars, superb classic cars and hordes of military vehicles. Also present will be some of the names from the 60s and 70s who actually raced at Croft Autodrome. Representing saloons will be Andy Barton whose giant killing Mini was a big favourite with the fans, Keith Bowmaker of Escort fame, Brian Morris who holds the ASCAR lap Record in his Camaro and now campaigns a Datsun 240Z, Tony Sugden still winning in his Skoda at 70 years of age (he will also be driving the Safety Car this weekend) and Jeff Wilson who prepared then raced the fearsome 5.0 VW Beetle of Doug Niven. continue reading…
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More details of the superb line-up of entertainment during the first Croft Nostalgia Weekend (7-8 August) have been released.
The first event of its kind in the North-East will feature 16 races for an increasing number of (now more than 180) rare and iconic sports, saloon, GT and single-seater cars from the Forties, Fifties, Sixties and Seventies. The line-up is worth many millions of pounds with some cars having been individually valued at £250,000. continue reading…
