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cars.

In the early days of F1 Heritage,
a small selection of restored cars
ran alongside fast ''Retrospecials'', many of which feature
high-performance racing
components that were not on the
originals. Full-on contact, a high

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components, racing tyres and
separate points and grade
structure.

The 'early years' F1 class
however continue to have a good
spread of 1950s original cars that
have been lovingly restored and
given a second life, running quite

debate has been a hot topic on
both the terraces and internet
forums this year and will no doubt
continue in the foreseeable
future.
One thing is for sure - the sight
and sound of all these historic
oval racers certainly roll back the

Photo by: Stu Stretton

degree of damage and the
addition of racing tyres did little to
help matters, with many people
being confused as to exactly
what the Heritage F1s were trying
to achieve.
This issue has now been
addressed with the formation of
the 'early years', where cars from
1950s to mid 70s are either a
demonstration or exhibition class
with their own set of rules and
guidelines. The later period from
the 80s and early 90s are now a
fully fledged racing division who
run competitively using more
modern performance

comfortably with an array of
accurate 70s replica builds that
have been painstakingly
constructed to pay tribute to their
particular era.

The Tony Neal and Ellis Ford
cars (built by Rob Squire and
Mike Shirley respectively), kickstarted the trend for authentic
replicas and two more recent
examples are the stunningly
accurate Doug Cronshaw
andDave Chisholm builds that
were unveiled at the start of the
2012 season.
The on-going 'Race V Demo'

decades and are guaranteed to
put a smile on the faces of
thousands of dedicated fans who
have an appreciation of the sport.

After all, isn't that what it's all
suppos