| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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Seen in VOGON News :-
* More than 2000 crews have applied for the 1990 Pirelli Classic
race from London to Southern Italy. The race features pre-1965 cars.
Please could someone post details as, and when, they appear for
this event. It's usually run at the beginning of July, starting
from Tower Bridge in London.
I would be very interested in knowing what the route is especially
the Alpine sections as there may be the chance of seeing the
cars in action.
Look forward to some kind soul(s) keeping us posted.
Thanks
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| 942.1 | MARVIN::RUSLING | MicroServer Phase V Session Control | Mon Jan 29 1990 15:46 | 7 | |
Talking to one of last year's competitors made me want to do it. This year the limit is to cars manufactured before the end of '65 rather than on models still in production at the end of '65. I also know that the BBC sent out a full crew for two weeks and all I've seen so far is 10 minutes on Top Gear - surely more must follow? Dave | |||||
| 942.2 | The roar of a Healey... | NEIGE::SMITH_A | 2 down and 1 to go | Tue Jan 30 1990 08:12 | 20 |
The first Pirelli Classic was filmed and presented by Chris Searle
(of Thats Life and In At The Deep End) and shown on BBC2. So much
interest was generated from that that it prompted the full crew
and works following last years.
I'm pretty sure that the programme has been broadcast by now, but
if it hasn't is there any chance of a videotape of it when it is?
Or at least some pre-warning so that I can get the folks back home
to do it ?
The original programme was excellent with lots of beatiful cars
and some marvellous excentric competitors (who can forget the guy
who competed in the Mk II cortina with the navigator in his
*seventies*!), so the prospect of being in the right place at the
right time to see them doing the hairpins up the mountains (somewhere
in Italy, but I can't remember the name) is too much to miss.
Looking forward...
Tony.
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| 942.3 | KBOMFG::WITZIG | Fri Feb 02 1990 10:47 | 8 | ||
Have just got a Video about the 1989 Marathon. Its great fun to see
it and to dream about participate. May be next year.
One of the most interesting sections is the "Passo Stilvio". I remember
some main stages. First stage was a museum in Belgien, then
N�rburgring, Speyer, Hockenheimring, Meran, Stylvserjoch (Passo
Stilvio), Meran, Passo Gavia, Penserjoch, Cortina. This is all I can
remember for the moment.
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