{"id":493794,"date":"2014-05-01T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=10600"},"modified":"2023-12-31T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T00:28:13","slug":"vr-europe-at-race-retro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vr-europe-at-race-retro\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Retro (2014) &#8211; Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10601\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/n5-201405-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10601\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/n5-201405-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Pete Austin \" width=\"1080\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Pete Austin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Vintage Racecar<\/em>\u2019s European team was kept busy at the 2014 edition of Race Retro. \u201cIt\u2019s great for our readers to meet the names behind the features, and an ideal annual event to showcase the magazine,\u201d said European Editor, Mike Jiggle. Thanks to Hall and Hall, <em>VR<\/em> displayed a rare OSCA Maserati (which will be profiled in a future issue of Vintage Roadcar) which caused a great deal of interest over the weekend as many visitors stated that they had not seen one before\u2014some said it was possibly the rarest car at the show!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the weekend, the European team made two announcements. The first was the continued support for the British Women\u2019s Racing Driver\u2019s Club with the \u201cChampions Trophy\u201d series, and new for 2014 was the \u201cRacing Spirit\u201d trophy for those competing in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association events. European Editor Mike Jiggle explained, \u201cIt\u2019s tremendously important for <em>Vintage Racecar<\/em> to be seen to be actively involved in historic motor racing. The provision of trophies is a small way we can give something back to the sport, but also a great way of keeping abreast of things at the sharp end. Our readers benefit from this involvement as we\u2019re able to form relationships with owners and competitors, keep abreast of news of great racing events and a continue the flow of great cars at our disposal to profile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for the show as a whole, despite inclement weather the sun shone over the weekend (February 21-23) as nearly 30,000 historic motorsport fans made the trip to Stoneleigh Park to see rally drivers and racers spanning more than 80 years on display and in action on the live stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visitors were greeted by James Hunt\u2019s McLaren M23 Formula One car on arrival before heading toward the popular \u201cSpeed Street,\u201d passing a superb lineup of McLarens on the way including the centerpiece of the 50th anniversary celebrations\u2014Emerson Fittipaldi\u2019s 1974 double championship-winning M23.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/n5-201405-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10602\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/n5-201405-p2.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1080\" height=\"723\" \/><\/a>In the Rally Hall, there was a stunning collection of Metro 6R4s marking 30 years of rally action, but it was out on the purpose-built rally stage where these iconic cars came to life. They performed alongside Group B and C rally cars including Rauno Aaltonen\u2019s Mini Cooper, the Rothmans Audi Quattro, the Brookes Sapphire and ex-Auriol Ford Sierra Cosworths, and the ex-McRae Lotus Cortina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Celebrity drivers attending the event included motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, Touring Cars\u2019 Win Percy, World-renowned navigator Willy Cave and Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vintage Racecar\u2019s European team was kept busy at the 2014 edition of Race Retro. \u201cIt\u2019s great for our readers to meet the names behind the features, and an ideal annual event to showcase the magazine,\u201d said European Editor, Mike Jiggle. Thanks to Hall and Hall, VR displayed a rare OSCA Maserati (which will be profiled in a future issue of Vintage Roadcar) which caused a great deal of interest over the weekend as many visitors stated that they had not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":10601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,17939],"class_list":["post-493794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vintage-race-race-retro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Race Retro (2014) - Information<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VR\u2008Europe at Race Retro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vr-europe-at-race-retro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Race Retro (2014) - Information\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VR\u2008Europe at Race Retro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vr-europe-at-race-retro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-01T07:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-31T00:28:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1102199-1536.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vr-europe-at-race-retro\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vr-europe-at-race-retro\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Race Retro (2014) &#8211; 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