Extraordinary Endurance Rally Reaches Final Destination 11,500 km Across South America, Visiting Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina Bentley Triumphs Overall with Porsche Supreme in Classics The inaugural Lima to Cape...
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Lima to Cape Horn 2022 Event Highlights For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Day 27 El Calafate to Puerto Natales For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Day 23 Chile For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Patagonia For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Day 18 San Rafael to Neuquén For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Day 15 The Halfway Point For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Uyuni to Tarija For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Peru to Bolivia For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn Competition Report One – Day 1 – 7 Seven days’ ago, the Lima to Cape Horn endurance rally began a 12500 km journey to Ushuaia at...
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Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Escape from Ayacucho For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Paracas to Ayacucho – 386 Kms For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Lima to Paracas For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn 2022 – Scrutineering & Documentation Day For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – The Film For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Temple Rally 2022 – The Film For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Lima to Cape Horn – An Adventure to the End of the World *38 hopefuls to take on the might of South America on 11,500km Continental Rally In just a...
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Competition Goes Down to Final Day The dust has settled, and the champagne has been sprayed, after 4500 difficult kilometres the 2022 Sahara Challenge has reached it’s end and Bentley...
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Sahara Challenge 2022 – Event Highlights For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – Tafraoute to Essaouira – 404 Kms For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – Erfoud to Merzouga – 158 Kms For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – Midelt to Erfoud – 467 Kms For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – A Constantly Evolving Leaderboard the Signature of the First Four Days of Competition On September the 19th, at 10 am, the HERO-ERA Sahara Challenge thundered into...
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Sahara Challenge 2022 – Day Two For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
The Trans-America 2023 It’s the land of the free, it is the land of plenty with vast spaces for automotive adventure. That’s exactly what our recce team lead by Nick...
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Sahara Challenge 2022 – Day One For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge 2022 – Scrutineering & Documentation For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Sahara Challenge Preview You wait years for a long-distance endurance rally, and then two come along at once! Not content with one epic adventure this month, HERO-ERA have another to...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Event Highlights For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Temple Rally proves all roads lead to Rome Mamma Mia, Winners dump Abba to win Athens to Rome 1. Tomasz Dzitko and Beata Siwek – MG B GT 2. Benno...
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Low and Behold – Return of The Cows Gives Temple Rally Extra Edge A Day To Go and Crews Get Their Timings Right They have been missing since Greece but...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day Eleven For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Temples Toughest Day Proves Stressful And Successful Under Pressure But Holding On To Top Spot They knew it was coming just not the detail or the cunning but by the...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Matera to Taormina From the Sky For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Rest Day at Taormina Ahead of Final Push to Rome The sweeps were early to work despite it being rest day while the crews could enjoy a long lie in...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day Nine For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Jumpy Not Bumpy Says Beata As Leaders Survive Scare Over-Heating Is A Mount Etna Problem Not content with finishing Day 9 at the top of the Temple Rally, Tomasz Dzitko...
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The Sicilian Job Keeps Temple Crews Busy Fast Repair Saves Third Place For The Mortons Rise and sail folks. That was the message for Day 8 as the Temple Rally...
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Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022 The UK’s longest reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II has passed away peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland today 8th September. Together with an entire nation...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day Seven For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Temple Rally Goes Heel to Toe In Italy Lead Changes Hands Again as Sicily Beckons A new record was set for the Temple Rally as the crews made their way...
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Italy Crews re-gather for the Italian job The crossing has been made and at the halfway point of the 2500 mile Temple Rally, the cars, crews, back-up team had a...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day Five For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Rare Rare Rain Fails to End Rally Reign Last Day in Greece Provides More Ups and Downs The looks were a mix of surprise, almost bewilderment, relief and nervousness as...
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Rally Reaches The Ultimate Temple at Delphi Hectic Day Drop-Outs & A Drop-In As Greek Drama Grips What a day as the Temple Rally surged onwards relentlessly in the dust...
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Mountains of Work Keep Crews Busy at The Temple Olympic Trials as Bentley Makes a Return Just around the corner from where the ancient Olympic Games were held for over...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day Three For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Pole Position For Warsaw Crew Mountain Goats Keep Competitors On The Edge The competitors had been promised even more spectacular views than they enjoyed on the opening day of the...
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Mustang Gallops to the Top in Temple Heat takes toll on navigator Benno Britschgi laughs as he declares that many people think that Ford Mustangs are ill-suited to rallying. “Nobody...
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Temple Rally 2022 – Day One For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Temple Rally 2022 – Scrutineering & Documentation For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
Historic Athens Olympic stadium start They have come from Australia, the United States, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Belgium, the United Kingdom with cars of many colours, shapes and sizes. Today the...
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The Temple Rally – Long Distance Endurance Rallying Makes its Long Overdue Return HERO-ERA returns to rallying action with a bang this September, with an event that has every...
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The 2022 REVS Pilgrim Tour REVS, the Morgan Motor Company, NET-HERO and Mission Motorsport deliver a unique autumn driving adventure – The classic car adventure returns for a tour on...
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Eclectic mix of 38 cars from 1904 to 2016 take 100 mile Oxfordshire tour to raise funds Smiles all round as route takes crews to tour highlights of Williams Heritage...
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Dynamic couple to sample their first historic car event and raise funds for vital clinical trials Life can be described by many metaphors, a river, a song, a puzzle, a...
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The 12th Flying Scotsman For More Videos Visit the HERO-ERA YouTube Channel Here
*Company reveals increased carbon offset figures for 2021 *HERO-ERA company fully carbon neutral for second year HERO-ERA have today (19th April) reinforced their commitment to the environment by announcing their...
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The Calm During the Snowstorm as Scrutineering Precedes the Return of The Flying Scotsman The driver’s hand brushed the freshly fallen snow from the bonnet of his 1924 Bentley, nearly...
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Catch up with the action from The Flying Scotsman 2022 – Results and Rally Reports HERE
William Medcalf and Andy Pullan, car 18. 1923 Bentley Supersports, 1st overall William: “It’s just about taking the smallest mistakes possible. Like yesterday, there were a few close moments so...
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Catch up with the action from Day Two of The Flying Scotsman 2022 – Results and Rally Reports HERE
Paul Crosby and Ali Proctor, car 97. 1939 MG TB Supercharged 2nd overall Paul; “It’s been okay. We’ve been a bit slack here and there so it wasn’t our best...
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Catch up with the crews as they take on Day One of the 12th Flying Scotsman. View the results and read the Rally Reports Here
Catch up with the crews as they prepare to take on the 12th Flying Scotsman. View the results and read the Rally Reports Here
With a mix of sunshine, snow and hailstones hitting competitors like bullets, 94 crews are preparing for an adventurous 12th Flying Scotsman starting on April 1st from Slaley Hall in...
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Motor sport has lost one of its most accomplished, dedicated and best loved characters, who in the words of one of his best mates and fellow BTRDA Board member Mike...
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Ukrainians and Russians work side by side in Banbury sorting centre As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there are already 3.5 million refugees and that number will...
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Flying Scotsman 2022 The world’s premier rally for vintage motor cars returns to British soil for its 12th edition, promising plenty of the magic that has made this enduring event...
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‘Quick’ Vic Elford – the original Rally and Race star dies of cancer aged 86 *The man who made the Porsche 911 into a rally car *A superstar of rally...
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Willy Cave, ‘Mr Rally Navigator’ visits his final control *Legendary navigator passes away aged 95 after illustrious 70 year career *From RAF pilot to BBC employee and passionate skier, Willy...
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*Long distance rally calendar reshuffle produces exciting programme of events *Plan includes new Trans Mongolian Motor Challenge 2022 Following the postponement of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2022 until...
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NET-HERO LAUNCH THE FIRST PREMIUM CARBON OFFSET PLATFORM FOR MOTORISTS TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS Simple to use web-based platform for motorists launches today Motorists can access environmentally responsible driving...
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*18 day ‘Motor Challenge’ style endurance competition set in remote desert wonderland *A 6000 km endurance event with 15 nights under canvas and stars *Part of route to run...
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*Continuing impact of pandemic triggers calendar move *Optimism for future with stand alone Mongolian event The HERO-ERA organisation can now confirm the decision to reschedule the 2022 Peking to Paris...
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Day Two – Fort Worth to Amarillo Famous names of famous places might lend you to thinking that the 2022 TransAmerica isn’t an off the beaten track exploration of the...
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Day 1 – Houston to Fort Worth Stockyards Let your feet wander and you never know where they might take you, let your mind wander and you might find that...
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Border issues and fluctuating international restrictions force organisation’s hand The HERO-ERA organisation has had to make the painful decision to postpone both Sahara Challenges until 2022. Continuing border issues between...
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*Latest recce points to tough but adventurous 2022 challenge *Three week trip as challenging as the actual event Defying the odds of actually getting out to Mongolia, then producing a...
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Come and find the America you didn’t know was there, this is the 51st State America, we all know what it’s about, right? The land of the brave and the...
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Exciting New Countries to be explored in ‘Four Golden Years of Adventure’ Japan, The Middle East, The Arctic, and Classic Safari Rallies to Feature HERO-ERA, the world’s premier historic rallying...
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Prince Phillip 1921 – 2021 HERO-ERA joins the rest of the nation in expressing our deepest sorrow at the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
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Haulier with taste for adventure to swop heaving tarmac for hot sand Three time European Track Racing Champion Richard Walker has set his sights high looking for success in deep...
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An Appreciation: Tomas de Vargas Machuca, the Chairman of HERO-ERA; “It is with great sadness that we have learned that Gerry Crown has died last night. Everyone at HERO-ERA would...
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Remembering Philip Young – ERA’s Founding Father Yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of the loss of the founding father of the ERA, Philip Young. A giant of a man with...
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*‘Stay Home’ Real-Time Rally launched *‘Stay Home’ Online Rally to run in parallel In a bold move to take competitors one step closer to real rally action, HERO-ERA has launched...
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Dorothy Caldwell, mother of Alastair passed away on February 10th 2021 The world’s oldest rally navigator has sadly died (Dorothy Gertrude Caldwell, January 6, 1918 – February 10, 2021) at...
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The Adventurer There is a subsect of society for whom the day to day nine- ‘til-five, two-point-four children is not enough. They have an itch that cannot be scratched by...
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A Lady and Her Singer: Permanent Stitches in Time One of the key elements that drew me to historic rallying, indeed historic motorsport of all varieties, is the fact that...
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FIVA – Protecting, Preserving and Promoting World Motoring Heritage since 1966 Who is FIVA? FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) is the largest classic vehicle organisation in the world...
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Dakar 2021 Shares Spirit of Adventure with Historic Endurance Rallying with New Classic Category The hot deserts of the world are strange places, vast and unforgiving and the most alien...
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*National Lockdown three restrictions trigger requests from competitors for a third VTTRC *Three weeks of challenges to start 11th January, entries are open from 6th Jan 2021 A third national...
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Latest data suggests 11.3% of UK Motor Industry jobs are in historic and classic sector There has been much comment about the impact of Brexit on the UK’s modern motor...
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THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE HISTORIC AND CLASSIC MOTOR INDUSTRY IN THE UK Expert Panel Convenes to Launch Environmental and Economic Impact Study Study Commissioned by HERO-ERA and...
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La France Type 10 Power Plant: Getting to the Heart of the Ark, in Preparation for Peking to Paris Huge is an often-overused adjective, massive is another one, over-stated and...
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HERO-ERA have received the very sad news that Bob Redhead passed away on Monday 23rd November. While Bob was a formidable and highly successful navigator and rally organiser in the 1960s and...
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2019 P2P ‘Spirit of the Rally’ award winner turns author of stunning new book The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge is about grit and determination as much as endurance, but...
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Tomas de Vargas Machuca – Chairman HERO-ERA On a cold, wet Thursday many wouldn’t choose to find themselves inside the cabin of a Mk1 Land Rover, rattling along poorly paved...
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Heritage motoring and events specialist Tiggy Atkinson to add her skills to world’s foremost classic and vintage rally company as new Director of Memberships As one of the original...
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Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2022 Recce Story time from Chris Elkins and Tony Jones We had a close shave today in a village when the local milkman was driving...
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David Richards CBE, FIA World Champion Rally co driver, Chairman of Motorsport UK and motor sport fan, visits the HERO Challenge Two rally As a former rally competitor himself from...
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Classic cars put to the test as historic rallying returns to UK roads
‘To Cut a Long Story Short…’- George Mullins and a Lifelong Obsession with Rallying ‘Ooh, I must tell you about the time I bribed a load of Croat road workers...
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Competitors to Ease Back Into the Sport with ‘Learner’ Event Safety first as all Motorsport UK COVID-19 procedural measures put in place For the first time since March 8th 2020...
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Far from the Madding Crowd, that’s where you will find Senior Events Manager Nick Reeves on a rare day off. Nick Reeves likes nothing better than a hike on...
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Peking to Paris 2022 – The road to Paris begins now, with a bumper entry Just a day after it’s official launch ceremony at the Automobile Club Paris, there were...
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HERO-ERA to partner with top charity Hospitality Action HERO-ERA run historic motoring and rally events throughout the world, as such they are a rally family of organisers, competitors, partners, marshals...
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The Road From Peking Actually Begins in a Workshop in Hull Most people would agree that the prospect of driving from Peking to Paris is a fairly gruelling undertaking, in...
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Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2022 Crews – Gerry Crown & Matt Bryson Taking the Classic category win in 2010 in their EH Holden, and again in 2013 and 2019...
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Entrepreneur With The Human Touch From his first illicit late-night stall as a 13-year-old schoolboy to starting an asset management company aged 22, business drives him, just as his love...
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Did they really rally that? In this new series we are going to look at unusual rally cars, some that were successful, some not, but equally the teams concerned have...
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Motorsport UK Gives Green Light for the Return of Rallying The announcement that rally fans and competitors everywhere had been waiting for has finally hit the press, Motorsport UK, the...
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The 2021 Winter Challenge to Monte Carlo The mountain ranges of France are vast, and at times isolated and provide some of the most picture-perfect vistas any European alpine region...
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From 1907 and in six subsequent events, reaching Paris is the dream Twelve months ago (7th July 2019) the weary yet delighted Peking to Paris Motor Challenge crews crossed...
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Pandemic patient auctions his Peking-Paris Volvo in aid of the hospital that saved his life, with support from HERO-ERA. The Haematology Cancer Care charity will be the sole beneficiary...
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Rob Dominy – Reluctant Hero At any HERO-ERA Prize Giving the biggest round of applause is for the Mechanical Assistance crews or ‘Sweeps’ as they are known in rally parlance....
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Hospitality Matters – Finding Out About a Different Side of Rally Organisation, With Eleonora Piccolo “If nobody speaks to me then it’s been a good rally” declares HERO-ERA’s hospitality chief...
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A Five-Day Epic Built on Tradition Departs Reims on the 07th February 2021 HERO-ERA is delighted to announce the launch of its latest incarnation of a true classic, the 2021...
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Ellen Lohr The Versatile Winner Over the coming weeks, we will be running a series of features on the unusual vehicles that have been used on HERO – ERA events...
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An Interview with StarterMotor… We popped over to Classic Performance Engineering at Bicester Heritage to catch up with David Withers, StarterMotor MD, Martin Greaves CPE MD, and Oliver Taylor-Lane, StarterMotor...
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Function over Form for this Distance Demon If only Janis Joplin had HERO’s Arrive and Drive service in her life, for then she wouldn’t have been relying on divine intervention...
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Hidden treasures tracked down by winning Hunt family Virtual hand over of Hero ERA Record Breakers Awards to youngest podium sitters There were three major awards for Record Breakers at...
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The First Pirelli Classic Marathon 1988 On 19 June 1988, 95 cars left Tower Bridge to take on the first Pirelli Classic Marathon. In a rallying world dominated by...
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Pre war American Coupes became the main stay endurance road race and rally weapons across the Americas in the forties and fifties. Seven decades later they still roam the earth...
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Boxing Clever with an American Heavyweight I love American cars, they can be brash and loud, obnoxious even, everything that we sophisticated Brits are not supposed to be, although a...
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More Than Just a ‘Safe Pair of Hands’, Rallying the Roads Less Travelled with ERA Route Planner, Chris Elkins “I don’t like change”, declares Chris Elkins, one of HERO-ERA’s...
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Our Favourite Driving Roads Here at HERO-ERA we have the opportunity to drive some of the best routes around the world. We put it to the team to decide what...
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‘I would like to keep improving and expanding on everything I have and will learn’ In the second Spotlight of the HERO2HELP StarterMotor ‘Apprentice Lifeline’ campaign, we feature an absorbing...
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StarterMotor ‘Apprentice Lifeline’ Campaign To Benefit HERO-ERA have received so many complimentary communications with requests to continue their Virtual Table Top Rally Championship that it will now extend to Round...
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing Everybody that has a fondness for motoring and motorsport has that one vehicle they knew they shouldn’t have sold. We asked the team if they...
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An Adventure Through the Sands of Time The Endurance Rally Association are delighted to announce the launch of a magnificent adventure through the largest hot desert of them all, the...
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Petting the Big Cat that Stole the Affections of a Certain Mr. Ferrari Enzo Ferrari was famed for his dismissive quotes about the importance of anything on a car other...
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Good Things Come in Small Packages, as we Get to Grips with the Latest HERO Arrive and Drive Car Some things would be better if they had stayed the same....
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A Look Into The World of Stuart Anderson, And Why Life (and sheds) Is Better Full Endurance athletes are of a different breed, and the same is true of those...
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Spend a Day With Bill on His Beloved Norfolk Broads It’s a sunny afternoon somewhere in North Norfolk and I’m having the most unexpected, and quite remarkable day. My job...
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There’s something about classic cars, isn’t there… In the first of our spotlights on the HERO2HELP StarterMotor ‘Apprentice Lifeline’ campaign, we feature a superbly written blog by an apprentice who...
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As Motorsport enthusiasts or Petrolheads, our love for cars and motoring can often be traced back to fond memories of our childhood family vehicle. The cars pictured in this post ...
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BMW 328 Frazer Nash, The Fans Favourite Vintage Last week across our social media platforms we asked you, our fans, to identify your favourite vintage car from a selection of...
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FIVA Identity Cards FIVA are now using an on-line application system for a FIVA ID card. You can apply for yours now by following the link below: https://www.fivamembers.org/ IMPORTANT! The...
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We continue to turn the spotlight inwards on our own staff which has already revealed some extraordinary characters with great motor sport experience such as Guy Woodcock. His competition experience...
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We delve into Guy Woodcock’s impressive competition record, the foundation of his experience for the exacting role of Competition Director The current restrictions prevent us getting out to photograph and...
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Syd Stelvio competes in his own version of Flying Scotsman Sunday 5th of April 2020, another day opening the blinds to look out upon a locked down world. How different...
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The 10th Anniversary Flying Scotsman – 2018 2018 marked a special year for the Flying Scotsman, as it celebrated the 10th anniversary. London and Edinburgh were to be the start...
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The 6th Flying Scotsman – 2014 Today’s flashback takes us back to the 6th Flying Scotsman. The 2014 event broke past traditions and became the “Great Northern” edition, starting out...
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The First Flying Scotsman – 2009 We may not be making our way from Chester to Gleneagles this weekend celebrating the 12th Flying Scotsman, but with the power of alliteration…...
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Rally for the NHS In the absence of classic rally action, competitors and enthusiasts alike are taking advantage of the HERO ERA Table Top Rally competition to test their navigational...
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HERO ERA Table Top Rally Providing Virtual Competition and NHS Contributions In the absence of classic rally action, competitors and enthusiasts alike are taking advantage of the HERO ERA Table...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 Tom Schnackenberg Interview Known more famously for his sailing exploits and yacht design, and now also getting his toes wet in the world of historic rallying,...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 – The Film The New Zealand Classic 2020 film is here. Time to sit back, relax, and relive the 23 day, 7000 Km adventure around both...
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Ann Gillis and Filip Engelen win New Zealand Classic Rally in their Porsche 911 Targa Olivia and Martin Hunt take vintage class win by over 8 minutes in...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 – Event Highlights Watch the event highlights video shown to all the crews at the awards dinner at the end of the New Zealand Classic 2020....
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Nerves begin to bite on penultimate day Dansey’s Pass and Mount Cook are highlights of the day Despite a near sleepless night and feeling more nervous than ever before on...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 – Hanmer Springs to Milford Sound Crews are currently afloat on the Milford Sound, one of the West Coast of New Zealand’s biggest attractions. As teams...
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Pressure mounts Harrisons third place Volvo suffers a mechanical failure as they drop to 5th Ann Gillis and Filip Engelen extend lead in Porsche 911 Targa Tuapeka Ferry adventure brings...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 – From The Sky Sit back, relax, and enjoy the beautiful landscapes of New Zealand, in this short video from the HERO ERA New Zealand Classic...
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Breakdown sparks re route Teams ‘wowed’ by Milford Sound adventure Following competition action yesterday afternoon, teams were transported from Te Anau by a special ‘convoy approved’ coach- one of few...
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Stephen Hardwick (GB) / Samantha Hardwick (GB) – 1965 Ford Falcon Racecar or Rally Car, the Ford Falcon is a muscle car favourite, first used in anger by the Ford...
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Long, tricky regularity catches out some crews including dramatic missed turn by 2nd place team Group embark on start of Milford Sound adventure The rally crews left Queenstown very early...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 : Hayden Paddon Interview We caught up with Hayden Paddon, rally driver for Hyundai NZ, at The Highlands motorsport park to chat about the development of...
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Leaders cut it fine Challengers take a dive 3rd place podium push affected by Peugeot engine Rally leaders Ann Gillis and Filip Engelen cut it fine for the start of...
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Calm after the storm Despite traffic infringement, Hwaidak and Harashchenko still in the 911 fight for win Battle for final podium place continues Last night’s rain storm in Hokitika whose...
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Nearly the longest day following the longest night Rally car repairs and maintenance run into the night Second longest day (by 1 mile) turns from sunshine to driving rain Repairs...
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Saddle Sore Dust, stones and grit over 3 regularities Ann Gillis and Filip Engelen extend their lead in their Porsche 911 Targa Olivia and Martin Hunt now lead vintage...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 Wellington to Hanmer Springs George Mullins, Deputy Clerk of the Course explained; “Molesworth tracks was going to be a real highlight of the day across remote...
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TV, Radio star and car enthusiast Noel Edmonds talks classic rallying and more from New Zealand Noel Edmonds has been top of the broadcasting and entertainment business for nearly fifty...
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Ferry ride through the Fjords Route change due to road closures Regularities still go ahead Yesterday the entire New Zealand Classic fleet of rally cars, crews and support vehicles gathered...
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Jeff Urbina (USA) / Chris Pike (NZ) – 1972 Ford Escort The ubiquitous Ford Escort which first competed in 1968 with a win by Roger Clark, went on to...
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Listen to the Podcast from D’Arcy Waldegrave and Bob McMurray in Radio Sport’s Driven Hour. The show was aired on national radio as the hosts interviewed Tony Jardine, HERO ERA...
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Three in One Engelen and Gillis extend their Porsche lead to 15 seconds Deceptive triangle catches competitors No less than three tough Regularities featured in a busy New Zealand Classic...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 | Day 4 – 7 | Auckland to Taupo Catch up with the New Zealand Classic 2020 in part three from Day Four to Day Seven....
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8 car sheep and pony trap Hardest day ends in shadow of F1 legend Engelin/Gillis lead Hwaidak/Harashchenko by just 7 secs in battle of the 911’s Leaving Gisborne sea front...
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Awesome Motu road dominates the day Field fixed in order for now despite mechanical issues for some Leaving the steaming thermal mud, gushing geysers and the faint whiff of Sulphur...
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Famous names and film sets on the competition route to Rotorua Filip Engelen and Ann Gillis hold lead for second day Peter and Gris Gordon’s Talbot morphs into MGB GT...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 Day 2 & 3 | Whangarei to Auckland All change as Belgian Peking to Paris stars Filip Engelen and Ann Gillis moved into the lead of...
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Shake up throughout the top ten UK TV star Noel Edmonds turns out to cheer the cars on When a Talbot becomes a Midget All change as Belgian Peking to...
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Amin Hwaidak retains the lead in Mustang as Filip Engelen’s Porsche takes second. Martin and Olivia Hunt take the vintage class lead and tenth overall On a day that the...
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Amin Hwaidak and Jens Jarzombeck lead at the end of Day 1 in their Ford Mustang Teams from ten countries round the world were enthralled as a group of Maori...
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New Zealand Classic 2020 Day One – Auckland to Whangarei “Every moving thing lifted the dust into the air: a walking man lifted a thin layer as high as his...
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Cars and crews reunited in Auckland 28 distinctive vintage and classic rally cars arrived after a long journey from Europe, to be reunited with their owners in Auckland New Zealand....
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A Southern Hemisphere Adventure in the Land of the Long White Cloud There aren’t many places much further away from the Endurance Rally Associations Oxfordshire office than New Zealand, but...
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Peking to Paris: A Brief History If you had happened to purchase a copy of the ‘Le Matin’ newspaper, on the 31st January 1907, whilst thumbing through the pages you...
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Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2022 Facts and Stats What is it? The world’s biggest motoring challenge for Vintage and Classic cars. 2022 will be the 8th edition, the first...
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A Motoring Challenge Like No Other – General route revealed, with a sting in the tail! – Faithful to the Legacy, more exciting competition sections with increased navigational challenge...
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World’s foremost historic rally company to team up with successful global forestry company to negate all event related emissions Plans to build up an accurate database of historic car...
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HERO ERA Awards Dinner – Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, 17th January 2020 The HERO ERA Awards Dinner celebrated the achievements of the most successful competitors of the 2019 classic...
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World-renowned, leading tyre manufacturer to partner HERO for the next three years Michelin to support Le Jog Reliability Trial from 2020 to 2022 Michelin, which is at the forefront of...
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The HERO ERA Awards dinner takes place this Friday (17th Jan) and we’re going LIVE from Royal Automobile Club. Tune in to the HERO Facebook page (@HERORally) at the below...
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Selected Bentley competition milestones As seven Vintage Bentley’s enter the 2019 Le Jog Reliability Trial in celebration of 100 years of the marque, we are reminded of what founder W.O....
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Peking Paris 2019 achieved ‘Motorsport Event of the Year’ prize at the prestigious Historic Motoring Awards in London on Thursday 17th October 105 intrepid competitors from around the globe took...
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Portuguese crew hang onto overall lead but new Vintage Class leader emerges A shorter yet sharper day starting with a challenging gravel hill climb then a timing point on the...
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Bogey’s broken and crews moving up the order after long haul to Bosnia. What started with an amazing zig zag hairpin regularity climb out of Zagreb, ended up at a...
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Back to the top – Day One leader retakes the overall lead Bruno and Carmo Rodrigues from Portugal have taken back the provisional lead they established on day one of...
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New provisional leaders emerge from Steiner Alps in Slovenia As the name of the mountains suggest, the Steiner Alps are close to the Austrian border, higher, steeper and very spectacular...
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Adriatic Adventure | 18-29th September 2019 | Day One – Trieste to Ljubljana 55 cars started the Adriatic Adventure from the historic Piazza Unita d’Italia in Trieste, a truly wonderful...
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ERA stages the inaugural Adriatic Adventure, building on the success of Baltic Classic The Adriatic is famous for its cuisine, on both sides of the coast and this September the...
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A special treat awaits visitors to this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, as classic rallying specialists, HERO Events, brings the 2019 RAC Rally of the Tests to...
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7 Days | 1223 Miles | 18 Tests | 31 Regularities After 7 days and 1200 miles, two seconds is all that separated Owen Turner and Rachel Vestey from second...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Action from Szczecin, Poland Watch this short film and relive the action from the city of Szczecin, Poland, on day 33 of the Peking to...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Awards Dinner Presentation By popular demand, you can now watch the film that was shown to the competitors at the Peking to Paris Gala dinner,...
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The 7th edition of one of the last great endurance motor challenges, that follows in the wheel tracks of its pioneers, reaches its conclusion. Competitors say toughest one...
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Trailer: Peking to Paris 2019 – The Film Coming soon… Peking to Paris 2019 – The Film Traveling through China, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belgium...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Tallinn to Wolfsburg Catch up with the crews as they travel from Tallinn, Estonia to Wolfsburg, Germany on the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2019....
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Peking to Paris 2019 – St Petersburg to Tallinn Catch up with our P2P adventurers as they travel from St Petersburg, Russia to Tallinn, Estonia. You can view the latest...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Kazan to St Petersburg Catch up with our P2P crews as they travel from Kazan to the final rest day in St Petersberg and the...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Bannoe Lake Camp to Kazan Catch up with our P2P crews as they travel from Bannoe Lake Camp, through Ufa and onto Kazan, Russia. You...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Balkashino Campsite to Bannoe Lake Camp Catch up with our P2P crews as they travel from Balkashino Campsite, Kazakhstan to Bannoe Camp, Russia. You can...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Astana to Balkashino Campsite Catch up with our P2P crews as they travel from Astana to Balkashino Campsite, Kazakhstan. You can view the latest results...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Pavlodar to Astana Catch up with our P2P crews as they travel from Pavlodar to Astana, Kazakhstan. You can view the latest results and rally...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Novosibirsk Rest Day to Pavlodar Part. 2 Catch up with our P2P adventurers as they enjoy their rest day in Novosibirsk and then travel on...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Novosibirsk Rest Day to Pavlodar Part. 1 Catch up with our P2P adventurers as they enjoy their rest day in Novosibirsk and then travel on...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Aya to Novokuznetsk Catch up with the crews as they travel from Aya to Novokuznetsk on the 2019 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. You can...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Kochevnik camp to Aya Catch up with our P2P travellers as they make their way through the start of Russia on the 2019 Peking to...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Achit Lake camp to Kochevnik camp Part. 2 Watch the second part of the journey from Achit lake campsite to Kochevnik campsite and the final...
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When the teams finally complete their 8500-mile (13,700 km) adventure and have some time to reflect upon all they have achieved, the transit sections that have taken place through...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Achit Lake camp to Kochevnik camp Part.1 Learn more about the journey from Achit lake campsite to Kochevnik campsite and the final adventure through Mongolia...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Undurkhangai campsite to Achit Lake Campsite Part.2 Catch up with our P2P Adventurers during their last full day in Mongolia, as we continue the...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Undurkhangai campsite to Achit Lake Campsite Catch up with the crews and their journey through more of Mongolia as they travel from Undurkhangai camp...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – The Road to UlaanBaatar Pt. 2 Watch part 2 of day four’s journey as the crews battle their way through the Gobi desert and...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – The Road to UlaanBaatar Pt.1 Watch part 1 of day four’s journey on, The Road to UlaanBaatar. Crews battle their way through the Gobi...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Erenhot to Ikhkhet Camp, Mongolia The video from Day 3 of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2019 is here. On day 3 of the...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – The Journey to The Mongolian Border Part 2 The video from Day 2 of the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2019 is finally here. On...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – The Journey To The Mongolian Border The third and final video installment from China has just been sent through and you can now catch up...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Crews leave the Great Wall of China and take on day one of the event The second video installment from the 7th Peking to Paris...
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Peking to Paris 2019 – Scrutineering Day Video The first video installment from the 7th Peking to Paris is here. Watch this short introduction to the crews, the cars and...
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Belgian duo embark on their ‘ultimate adventure’ in their 1933 Dodge Roadster. Watch as Patrick Debussere and Bernard Vereenooghe describe and test the car, then explain their goals before the...
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This weekend see’s the start of the 7th running of the Peking to Paris rally, the ultimate adventure and test of endurance for intrepid rally pioneers. Whilst the modern event...
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Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs announce results of 2019 Cost of Ownership Survey – Number of historic vehicles on DVLA database has increased to 1,241,863. – 9.8m...
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Mitch Gross’ and his dream of completing the Peking to Paris Rally, with a more unusual method of propulsion ‘What are you most concerned about?’ I ask Mitch Gross, about...
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Renée Brinkerhoff’s dream to conquer the toughest endurance rallies in the world and inspire and help younger generations along the way With Peking to Paris fast approaching, with just...
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Everybody on the same starting line 05.05.2019 The hero of all adventures, Indiana Jones would smile happily if he saw Petri Kiikka, founder of the Sontek Group, taking part in...
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The world’s premier endurance rally, from the world’s premier endurance rallying organisation returns in June 112 Years after Prince Scipione Borghese won the inaugural Peking to Paris, Prince Paolo...
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The 11th Flying Scotsman – The Film Watch our 15-minute film of pre-1948 vehicles taking part in Britain’s premier vintage rally, The 11th Flying Scotsman. For more information on the...
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Grand Prix engine guru to tackle Peking to Paris Mario Illien, (69) the brilliant Swiss race engine designer whose power plants have powered over 44 GP and 326 IndyCar...
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The Flying Scotsman 2019 – A photographic Journey By Gerard Brown Watch this slideshow of all the crews competing on The 11th Flying Scotsman. To see more photos and to...
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Final Showdown, Cleyndert just squeaks in to win in dramatic finish Bill Cleyndert and Leigh Powley in their 1928 Ford Model A held on to win a tense battle against...
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Final Showdown, Cleyndert just squeaks in to win in dramatic finish Bill Cleyndert and Leigh Powley in their 1928 Ford Model A held on to win a tense battle...
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Put on your flying hats folks, it’s time to take it to the skies! Watch this brilliant collection of drone footage from The 11th Flying Scotsman, by the team at Blue...
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Day Two Slaley Hall to Turnberry The pipes herald a new leader of the Flying Scotsman Bill Cleyndert and Leigh Powley in their 1928 Ford Model A Special took...
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Day Two Slaley Hall to Turnberry The pipes herald a new leader of the Flying Scotsman Bill Cleyndert and Leigh Powley in their 1928 Ford Model A Special took advantage...
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The Flying Scotsman 2019 – Ambleside – Slaley Hall 190 Miles. “Great weather, great roads and great competition, it was wonderful to be around the lakes this morning.” The words...
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Marvellous motorsport on day one of the Flying Scotsman Words by Tony Jardine Most of the competitors on day one of the Flying Scotsman agreed that it had been a ‘marvellous’...
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2019 Flying Scotsman preparing to leave Windemere Station 93 Pioneer, Vintage and Vintageant rally machines ranging from 1907 to 1948 assembled at the Low Wood Bay Resort on Lake...
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2019 Flying Scotsman preparing to leave Windemere Station 93 Pioneer, Vintage and Vintageant rally machines ranging from 1907 to 1948 assembled at the Low Wood Bay Resort on Lake Windemere,...
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Flying Scotsman 2019 – Something For Everyone It says on the rally plate, ‘ Britain’s Premier Vintage Rally’ an apt description of the Flying Scotsman which has proved so popular...
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Driving the Impossible The first ever Peking to Paris took place in 1907. It came about through a challenge published in the Paris newspaper Le Matin on 31 January 1907,...
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Mototri Contal jolted into life at Dutch test track ready for second P2P (2019) assault 112 years later. The first Peking Paris in 1907 comprised five competitors, just one of...
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Next Stop Beijing… With just 92 days until the 110 Intrepid Crews embark on the 2019 Peking to Paris rally, preparations are now reaching an advanced stage. This includes those...
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Ghost of lost 1907 Peking Paris vehicle re awoken Driving the ABSolute impossible A 112-year-old Mototri Contal three-wheeler is set to take on the 2019 Peking to Paris, aiming to...
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Formula One media man and ex-Chairman of his eponymous communications agency, HPS Jardine, has joined the world’s leading classic rally company, HERO/ERA, to become their Communications Director.
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