Historic Formula Ford
Chevron B28 . With a full grid of powerful single seaters , the Derek Bell Trophy promises to be a real highlight of the weekend ’ s racing .
Formula Ford plays a significant part in the weekend and more than 50 cars are due in action across double headers for the Classic and Historic Formula Ford Championships . The SDC Classic Championship is having a great season and it is Benn Simms in his older but incredibly effective Jomo JMR7 who is currently heading the title race .
His rivals include the evergreen Rick Morris , emerging ace Andrew Gosling and Jordan Harrison , who returns to his Lola T540E in a weekend off from his Historic Formula Ford 2000 campaign . While the classics are for cars up to 1981 , the Barnett Racing Engines Historic championship is for cars up to the end of 1971 and the first five years of Formula Ford , which started here at Brands Hatch in July 1967 .
“ His rivals include the evergreen Rick Morris ”
A fabulous field of historic cars has set the championship firmly back on its feet , and Simms and Callum Grant , both former champions , are likely to be the pacesetters . However , with another former champion making a welcome return to Formula Ford in the form of Westie Mitchell , Tom McArthur , Cormac Flanagan , Ross Drybrough , Simon Toyne and current championship leader and rising star Spencer Shinner all in the entry , it promises to be an absolute cracker of a weekend for Formula Ford at the spiritual home of the category .
Historic Formula 3 is enjoying a great
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Classic Formula Ford
year for its 60th anniversary season and another strong grid of the wonderful one-litre F3 ‘ screamers ’ will line up to do battle on the Brands Grand Prix circuit , including several welcome visitors from Europe .
Pacesetters are likely to be Andrew Hibberd , Christoph Widmer , Francois De Rossi , Richard Trott and current championship leader John Milicevic . It is a wonderfully varied and diverse grid , and a real tribute to everyone involved in Historic F3 , which celebrates a category that was first created for the 1964 season . The King Hussein Trophy for the winner and the concurrent Nations ’ Cup add to the sense of occasion .
Another series enjoying a fine 2024 campaign is the Guards Trophy for sports-racing and GT cars , which has a very nice grid for a 50-minute race on Sunday . Chevron B6s and B8s are the most popular car , but the combination of Nick Fennell and Michael O ’ Brien in their Lotus 23B will offer a strong challenge to the Chevrons , as will the Lenham P69 of father and son , Robert and Ben Tusting . The fabulous Cobra Daytona Coupe of Graham Moss is a stand-out in the GT ranks .
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