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The Joe Fry Trophy

In 1936, two young students, Hugh Dunsterville and David Fry, put together a racing car from parts they bought in a Redcliffe scrap yard for a few pounds. At its debut a few months later at the Backwell Speed Hillclimb, [click. . .]

The Hastings Trophy

In the mid-1940s a craze developed for Tethered Car Racing, in which roughly 1/12 scale model cars powered by tiny petrol engines, tethered by a wire cable to a central post, run at high speed round a circular concrete [click. . .]

The Allen Classic Trial

Competitors have to drive up a narrow, steep, muddy slope without getting stuck. Then back on the road and drive to the next one. A dozen hills, 80-odd road miles, in a day…that's all. 2019 date is 24 November [click. . .]
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