Aston Martin DB4GT burns rubber!
Historic rally Mini Clubman.
Cholmondeley Castle. VW Beetle rally car.
three Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans cars all parked together. It would have been great to see them all out on track, but sadly only one of the three would run over the weekend. Still, it was a pretty impressive sight seeing the dark green Le Mans winning car blasting around the Cholmondeley estate, a very cool car indeed. While on the subject of Le Mans, the show’ s PR in the run up to the event hinted that a Le Mans winning Audi R18 car would be on show during the weekend, and I have to admit I was really looking forward to seeing this car in the flesh again. I last saw it during the epic 2011 24 Hour Race in its famous battle with the Peugeot cars. Sadly, the R18 didn’ t show up at the Pageant of Power; instead visitors had to make do with the 2009 Audi R15 TDi, which was only there as a static display and didn’ t go out on the track. Maybe next year?
Lets Go Shopping!
Equipped with my shiny new wellies, I set off around the
The Bell Griffin helicopter.
BRM P261 historic F1 car.
site to explore some of the trade stands. There was an interesting mix; some catered for motoring and motorsport fans, but nowhere near as many as I had expected. Quite
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