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February Classic and Competition Car cover

February Classic and Competition Car

Monday 10 February 2014

The February issue of Classic and Competition car is now on-line and available to download.

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Entries for the 2014 VSCC Pomeroy Trophy Closing Soon cover

Entries for the 2014 VSCC Pomeroy Trophy Closing Soon

Friday 07 February 2014

Deadline for entries for The Pomeroy Trophy is fast approaching so don’t miss out and submit your entries for this legendary VSCC event now!

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BONHAMS €17,000,000 PARIS SALE IS RESOUNDING SUCCESS WITH NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD ACHIEVED FOR FERRARI 275GTB/4 BERLINETTA cover

BONHAMS €17,000,000 PARIS SALE IS RESOUNDING SUCCESS WITH NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD ACHIEVED FOR FERRARI 275GTB/4 BERLINETTA

Friday 07 February 2014

Held at the stunning Grand Palais in Paris, the Bonhams auction sale took place 6 February during Rétromobile Week. The Grand Palais Sale is one of the Bonhams’s Blue Riband auctions and saw a 1929 Bugatti Type 35B sell for €1,610,000 (£1,340,000/$2,200,000).

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VSCC Silverstone ‘Spring Start’ 2014 open for business cover

VSCC Silverstone ‘Spring Start’ 2014 open for business

Thursday 06 February 2014

We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the Club’s prestigious ‘Spring Start’ Race Meeting taking place at Silverstone on 12 and 13 April. As the established season opener for Vintage and Historic Racing in the UK, we anticipate a full entry brimming with quality and, with the Club’s 80th Anniversary in full-swing and our friends at the HGPCA running their traditional Friday Test Day, there is even more reason to join the celebrations at the home of British motorsport this April.

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Only 6 Months until 80th Anniversary Celebration Week & Entries are filling-up fast!  cover

Only 6 Months until 80th Anniversary Celebration Week & Entries are filling-up fast!

Wednesday 05 February 2014

With only 6 months until the celebrations commence for the VSCC’s 80th Anniversary week, we would like to remind all VSCC Members planning on attending the celebrations, based at East of England Showground, Peterborough from 4 – 9 August 2014, to put their entries in early for all events, as entries are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. This means that no preferential treatment will be given to anyone, including Directors, Staff, Marshals or Regular Competitors.

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New Year Driving Tests Provisional Results and Gallery Now Live cover

New Year Driving Tests Provisional Results and Gallery Now Live

Wednesday 05 February 2014

Members can now download the Provisional Results from our New Year Driving Tests, which took place last Sunday 2 February at Brooklands Museum.

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 EXCEPTIONALLY RESTORED FERRARI AND RACING PORSCHE SET TO SHINE AT BONHAMS PARIS SALE cover

EXCEPTIONALLY RESTORED FERRARI AND RACING PORSCHE SET TO SHINE AT BONHAMS PARIS SALE

Tuesday 04 February 2014

Ferrari 275GTB/4 Berlinetta and racing Porsche 962C for sale at Bonhams Les Grandes Marques du Monde at the Grand Palais on 6 February.

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February Newsletter Now Available to Download cover

February Newsletter Now Available to Download

Monday 03 February 2014

The February edition of the Newsletter is now available for Club members to download.

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Sun to shine on Brooklands this weekend for the VSCC New Year Driving Tests cover

Sun to shine on Brooklands this weekend for the VSCC New Year Driving Tests

Friday 31 January 2014

Following weeks of gloom and rain, forecasts anticipate a day of sunshine at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge Surrey this weekend so why not join us this Sunday 2 February as the birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation plays host to the VSCC’s annual New Year Driving Tests event.

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Marshals required for the first VSCC Trial of the season cover

Marshals required for the first VSCC Trial of the season

Thursday 30 January 2014

Are you looking for a New Years Resolution that doesn't involve giving up something that you love? Then why not make your resolution to give something back to the Club and sport that you love the most and support the VSCC by marshalling this year?

One of the Club’s most popular and well-supported disciplines, the VSCC 2014 Trials Season is almost upon us and begins, as is tradition, with the Exmoor Fringe Trial on Saturday 15 February. We are still seeking marshals to support this event.

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Bicester Heritage on board for VSCC 80th Anniversary Celebrations cover

Bicester Heritage on board for VSCC 80th Anniversary Celebrations

Wednesday 29 January 2014

We are delighted to announce Bicester Heritage, the UK’s first and only business campus dedicated to historic motoring and aviation, is supporting the VSCC 80th Anniversary by sponsoring the commemorative rally plates which will be affixed to each Pre-war car taking part in the events during the celebrations.

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Volunteer to Marshal with the VSCC in our 80th Anniversary Year cover

Volunteer to Marshal with the VSCC in our 80th Anniversary Year

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Members will shortly be receiving a copy of the 2014 Marshals’ Volunteering Form with their February Newsletter. However, why not get a head start and volunteer for 2014 VSCC Events now at our Marshalling Pages online?

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POPE FRANCIS’ HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS TO BE SOLD BY BONHAMS FOR CHARITY AT PARIS SALE cover

POPE FRANCIS’ HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS TO BE SOLD BY BONHAMS FOR CHARITY AT PARIS SALE

Tuesday 28 January 2014

To mark the 110th anniversary of the motorcycle brand, Pope Francis was presented with the 1,585cc Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide in June 2013. Now, in what is a rare and exceptional opportunity, the machine is to be auctioned for charity by Bonhams at the Grand Palais on 6 February 2014.

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Only two weeks left to enter the legendary ‘Pom’! cover

Only two weeks left to enter the legendary ‘Pom’!

Monday 27 January 2014

There are now only two weeks left to submit your entry for the Club’s famous Pomeroy Trophy, taking place at Silverstone next month on Saturday 22 February. Don’t miss out...

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Marshals’ Training with the VSCC in 2014 cover

Marshals’ Training with the VSCC in 2014

Friday 24 January 2014

The Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Training Programme this year will again be offering a variety of training opportunities to both experienced and novice marshals this season, with the first session taking place alongside our Pomeroy Trophy event at Silverstone in February.

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BUGATTI 37A/35B RETURNS TO FRANCE AFTER 84 YEARS FOR BONHAMS PARIS SALE cover

BUGATTI 37A/35B RETURNS TO FRANCE AFTER 84 YEARS FOR BONHAMS PARIS SALE

Thursday 23 January 2014

Ex-Jack Lemon Burton and Lady Mary Grosvenor Grand Prix Bugatti comes to auction at the Grand Palais with an estimate of €1.5-1.8M. Built in France in 1929, the Bugatti 37A started life as a four-cylinder Grand Prix model used exclusively for competition.

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Attending the 80th Anniversary celebrations? Why not visit Peterborough Cathedral while you

Attending the 80th Anniversary celebrations? Why not visit Peterborough Cathedral while you're in town?

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Peterborough Cathedral is situated in the center of the town only a 10 minute drive from the East of England Showground, the central base of the VSCC 80th Anniversary Celebrations.

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New Year Driving Tests, Brooklands Museum, Sunday 2 February - Entries Deadline Extended cover

New Year Driving Tests, Brooklands Museum, Sunday 2 February - Entries Deadline Extended

Tuesday 21 January 2014

The Entry Deadline for our celebrated New Year Driving Tests has been extended to Wednesday 22 January. If you have yet to submit your entry, do not delay!

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VSCC enjoys an epic start to 2014 season with the Measham Rally cover

VSCC enjoys an epic start to 2014 season with the Measham Rally

Monday 20 January 2014

Provisional Results and Photos from the VSCC Measham Rally are now available to Club Members.

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BONHAMS THIRD  ANNUAL ARIZONA AUCTION THE BEST YET, WITH MULTIPLE RECORDS MADE AND NEARLY £15 MILLION ACHIEVED cover

BONHAMS THIRD ANNUAL ARIZONA AUCTION THE BEST YET, WITH MULTIPLE RECORDS MADE AND NEARLY £15 MILLION ACHIEVED

Monday 20 January 2014

Scottsdale, Arizona – Bonhams’ third annual auction during the Scottsdale Car Week was a smashing success, nearly doubling last year’s total and quadrupling that of the first year.

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