VIDEO: Nurburgring Backwards: It Must Be Rallye Köln-Ahrweiler!

Ask yourself… what's wrong with this picture? Did I drink too much last night, or is this all, well, very familiar, but all odd?! Answer: You're watching all the corners of the Green Hell taken at full chat, backwards! Yes, it's the super-cool Rallye Köln-Ahrweiler, which not only runs in the forests and towns of the glorious Eifel region, but includes two special stages around the Nordschleife, the wrong way around! It's a unique opportunity to do so and is one of our favourite European clubman rally events – and not just because the stages are so great and your get to go up the Foxhole. Just look at the cult classic cars involved! Get involved this year. Find out more here. It's a cracking rally…

NEWS: Duncan Hamilton To Auction Niki Lauda Ferrari Wing on eBay

Historic car auctioneer, Duncan Hamilton, is selling a piece of iconic motor racing history – the rear wing from Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312T – on eBay! 

After selling Niki Lauda’s championship Ferrari 312T in 1985, Adrian Hamilton acquired the rare rear wing as a piece of racing memorabilia. Now however, 38 years after the French Grand Prix where Lauda was victorious, Duncan Hamilton & Co Ltd will sell on the iconic rear wing on eBay with a reserve of £10,000. Fancy it?! What with all this Rush-film-fever?
The Ferrari 312T was a Ferrari Formula One car design, based on the 312B3 from 1974. In various versions, it was used from 1975 until 1980. It was designed by Mauro Forghieri for the 1975 season and was an uncomplicated and clean design that responded to mechanical upgrades.
Nick Maton, Sales Manager at Duncan Hamilton & Co, said: “The recent popularity of blockbuster film ‘Rush’ demonstrates how connected the public is with motorsports both past and present. We are lucky enough to be holding a true piece of motorsport history and we are excited about the prospect of handing this onto a new owner. We have decided to put this piece on eBay so that motorsport fans far and wide will be able to bid for it and we have already seen a real buzz being generated amongst collectors.”
The rear wing of Niki Lauda’s incredible championship Ferrari 312T will go on sale in November on eBay.

NEWS: ROFGO Cars Hit Goodwood Revival This Weekend

It's one of the stella auto events of the year – Goodwood's retro chic Revival this weekend: A thrilling step back in time, loaded with some of the most iconic cars imaginable – on display and racing the historic circuit – period aeroplanes, amazing classic car parts and accessories on sale and a superb sense of occasion, made by the bulk of the attendees dressing up in period clothing. 

See our last Revival event Road Magazine report here and more images on our Facebook page.
One of the star attractions this year has to be leading specialist in fine historic cars, Duncan Hamilton & Co Ltd presenting a 1965 Ford GT40 and a Mirage M1 GT40 from the world-renowned ROFGO collection. The iconic cars will be on show throughout the revival as well as taking part in the high speed parade on Friday and Saturday.
And Adrian Hamilton, son of renowned British racing driver Duncan Hamilton, will be present at the event and is happy to meet with the media to discuss the cars on show as well as the classic and competition car sector as a whole. 

Check it out and do share your images from the event with us on Twitter and Facebook.

VIDEO: Retro Rides Gathering @ Prescott Hill Climb

Superb video by Dan Osborne of some superb Summer fun at Prescott for the Retro Rides Gathering with some awesome cult classics on display. What's your fav?

NEWS: Amazing Car Auction @ Race Retro Event, Feb 22-24

Race Retro at Stoneleigh Park is closing in, taking place February 22-24th this year. As usual, the event will be packed with great old school cool cars, drivers, displays and activities with themes this year including covering Team Lotus, the Renault Alpine and Group B Rally beasts. Nice. One of the biggest attractions also has to be the amazing Silverstone Auctions sale, which (as ever) is loaded with amazing old skool cool machinery. 

One that stood out for us – (a) because we've always wanted to own one having been on a few, hairy, memorable stages in a similar one,  (b) have seen it rally back in the late 1980s and (c) because it's a bargain – is this 1985 Ford Sierra Cosworth Group B rally car, still wrapped in its 1988 Ulster Rally livery, as driven by Gwyndaf Evans there and in the Lombard RAC of that year and 1987. Bertie Fisher also drive the car on the 1987 Manx International Rally. Legends. 

Originally a press car, the Ford special vehicle competition team at Boreham turned the "Cossie" into a full works Group N vehicle and its recently been revamped by BGMsport, to meet current historic MSA and FIA regs. And, with 291bhp on tap from the Cosworth turbo engine and rear-wheel drive, C234 HVM, is one hell of a lot of fun waiting to happen. It's also a steal if it hits its estimate of just £27,000-£30,000. Sorely tempted! Are you?

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NEWS: Toyota AE86 Class Victory on RAC Rally

Toyota GB supported classic rally team Midgley Motorsport is celebrating a remarkable debut class victory on the Roger Albert Clark Rally, the UK’s toughest historic motorsport event – with 160 miles and 24 special stages (including Dalby, Duncombe Park, Croft, Craik, Gen Dhu and Kershore), plus 378 road miles.
The team’s 25-year-old Corolla AE86, crewed by Will Midgley and Jonathan Driver (great name!), beat its closest rival to the Kielder Forest finish line last night (Sunday) by 14 minutes.

Midgley and Driver battled throughout the three-day event against another Corolla, crewed by Andy Madge and Pat Cooper. The duel for class honours came down to the final sting-in-the-tail stage in the 160-mile rally, the 17-mile Kershope test – a rallying classic.
"Going into Kershope we were three minutes behind Andy," said Will, 37 and from Grassington in North Yorkshire. "He looked like he had it in the bag because he had been going really well. But he came off three miles into the stage and couldn’t get going again. It was really unfortunate for Andy, but good luck for us."
The Midgley Corolla, which is liveried identically to those which Will’s father, John Midgley, and Per Eklund drove to a string of UK rallying successes for Team Toyota GB in the mid-’80s, was one of four finishers in its class.
It wasn’t all plain sailing for Will and Jonathan: "We hit a huge pot-hole on the first evening and that put the steering well off track – one wheel was pointing one way and one the other – but we were able to get that remedied in service. We were still working on the car, in mud and slurry, until one-thirty the next morning. We had four hours of sleep and then we were back off again."
On Saturday, at the Croft circuit spectator stage, the Midgley Toyota lapsed on to three cylinders and that cost the crew a couple of minutes on their second run around the track. "After that, everything was fairly trouble-free; we kept it on the road and the Toyota ran really well. Jonathan and I learned a lot: it was the first time for both of us navigating with maps, our first time rallying in the dark, and the first time in fog. That was a lot of firsts for one event. The team worked really hard to keep us going, especially on the Friday night, and we thoroughly enjoyed the event.
"I am sure we will be back to do the rally again next year and hopefully also we will contest the new RAC Club championship that is being launched for cars of the era of our Corolla."

Congratulations to Will & Jonathan. Great to see an AE86 on the stages in this fabulous rally. Find out more at: http://midgleymotorsport.com/ and see a full list of results here: http://www.rogeralbertclarkrally.org