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Friday, 18 May 2012

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COMMENT Italy and the 2012 Mille Miglia beckons. We will be catching up with the event somewhere near Ferrara on Friday morning and tracking the cars south to Rome where the first cars should be making their triumphant arrival into the Castel Sant'Angelo around supper time. This weekend also sees the two-day HSCC meeting at Silverstone, a great event that is also on the Retro-Speed agenda. How do we do it?

Team Retro-Speed is proud to be part of the inaugural Pentillie Festival of Speed, taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend 24-25 August. The focal point will be the new hill climb course which is truly stunning. It begins directly alongside the River Tamar and then heads up through the woods via a series of bends, including one particularly tight hairpin, to finish almost opposite the castle .... it's a real challenge. On the day, management is under the control of the enthusiastic Plymouth Motor Club and the regulations will be available shortly via the official event website. The Pentillie Festival of Speed will be a perfect, value-for-money, traditional Bank Holiday family outing. See you there.

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PRESCOTT SPEED HILL CLIMB APRIL 2012 AND IMAGES

2012 PIRELLI HISTORIC RALLY REPORT IMAGES AND VIDEO

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RETRO-FACT

The Mini was introduced on the 26 August 1959 and almost immediately a car was entered on the Viking Rally, driven by Marcus Chambers and Peter Wilson. They finished 51st overall. Soon afterwards, Pat Moss and Stuart Turner drove a Mini on the Mini-Miglia National Rally and romped home with a ten-minute lead. In November, on the RAC Rally, all three works Minis, with Tish Ozanne, Ken James and Alec Pitts, retired with slipping clutches.