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The Spa Six Hours is an annual late-September delight. The endurance race itself takes place on the Saturday and runs into darkness.
The ‘50s sportscars of the Stirling Moss Trophy and Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy basked in glorious autumn sunshine on Friday, with a quality grid fighting hard throughout the hour-long race. Fred Wakeman and Chris Ward took overall spoils in Wakeman’s Cooper T38, joined on the podium by John Spiers’ Lister and the Lotus of Guy Peeters and Will Nuthall. Paul Pochciol and James Hanson took the glorious Jaguar D-Type to Woodcote Trophy honours.
Similarly, Pre-War Sports Cars enjoyed the best of Saturday’s weather. Rudi Friedrichs, sharing with Charlie Martin, emerged victorious in the German’s Alvis Firefly Special, avenging a close defeat from Donington Park in May. Rob and Josh Beebee’s Frazer Nash, and Alex Hewiston’s Riley, rounded out the podium.
Graham Davidson reigned supreme in GT3 Legends, taking his Aston Martin V12 Vantage to pole position, then victory in both races. Christoph Von Oeynhausen was similarly consistent, taking two second places in his BMW Z4 GT3. Julian Thomas took his Audi R8 LMS to an overall podium in Friday’s night race, and the GT3B spoils twice, with Christian Albrecht steering his ex-Sébastien Loeb McLaren MP4-12C to third place on Saturday afternoon.
The next Motor Racing Legends meeting takes the paddock to Northern Spain, with the first-ever MRL Navarra Historic from 10th-12th October. Alongside the organisation’s longstanding grids, the event will see the inaugural race for 2-Litre Sportscars, dedicated to the featherweight prototypes of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.
Following on from the Spanish adventure, the season concludes at Silverstone, with the MRL Silverstone GP meeting on 18th-19th October. Like at Navarra, a new grid makes its duck as the unique Generations Trophy begins at the home of the British Grand Prix.
Covering 10 decades of competition across 10 series, from the 1920s in Pre-War Sports Cars to the 2010s in GT3 Le
