{"id":4012,"date":"2022-06-30T17:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:02:33","slug":"spa-summer-classic-explores-new-track-lay-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=4012","title":{"rendered":"Spa Summer Classic explores new track lay-out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Was it because this was the first chance for a large historic field to check out the new Spa lay-out? Or is any weekend of racing at Spa just too hard to resist? The Spa Summer Classic was a success.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Carlo Senten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Main event of the Spa Summer Classic was the 3-hour race. Won in this case by Gipimotor\u2019s Christophe Van Riet and Fred Bouvy in an AC Shelby Cobra. They had a 1-lap (!) advantage over Sautter and Newall, also in a Class 3 entry, a Jaguar E-Type. Rolner and Thibaut brought their 3-litre Porsche 911 RS home in third place, and first in Class 5. Remarkably, fastest lap in the race (Lars Rolner in the E-Type) was some 10 seconds slower than fastest lap in the six hour-race on the old lay-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Carlo Senten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Camaro power<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the other series, Leonard Batenburg in a BMW M3 E30 won both the Belcar Historic Cup races. The CSCC Classis saw Reuben\/Reuben triumph in their TVR Griffith. In race 2, they had to settle for second behind Raymond Barrow in the Chevrolet Camaro. The CSCC Youngtimers saw Mark Chilton win race 1 in a Nissan Skyline GTR R32. Dominic Malone took race 2 in his ex-WTCC BMW E90, with Chilton second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Carlo Senten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dutch historics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Race 1 of the Dutch NK HTGT championship went Kaj Dahlbacka\u2019s way in the Corvette Grand Sport. Kennet Persson took race 2 in his Ford GT40. France Historique saw Roland Fisher (AMS 2000) take the win over Rapha\u00ebl de Borman and Christophe Van Riet in a Porsche 996 GT3 Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Caterhams, Lotus Sevens, the historic monoposto single seaters, the Colmore youngtimers and many more (all results here<\/a>), there was plenty of racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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