A set of race dates has been released by the Classic 2CV Racing Club. These have now been confirmed in the regulations for this year.

Each meeting will be a 'double-header', meaning two races on the day, or over the weekend - more details on individual races will appear as soon as timetables are published for that event (usually 2 weeks before the event)

The 24 hour race this year looks to be held over the Sunday - Monday on the late August bank holiday.

More information as we get it.

You are invited to the Classic 2CV Racing Club Annual Awards Evening, to be held on the 12th November 2011 at the Bridge Hotel in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, from 6:30pm.  Presentation of all awards, including top 3 trophies for each race, plus many more!  Why not come along and see what you win!?

Make sure you pay for your ticket before the event!

Important: deadline for RSVP is 23rd September - get your entries in soon!

Click here for more information.

The 2011 24 hour race is all over, with RB Racing 1 (Alec Graham, Meyrick Cox, Nick Paton) taking the top honours after 721 laps of the newly revised Snetterton circuit! 2nd place went to Gadget Racing 1(Wayne Cowling, Simon Clarke, Ainslie Bousfield, Gary Adnitt) - 7 laps down on the winner, and 3rd was the Tete Rouge team (Sammie Fritchley, Simon Turner, Anthony Robinson, David O'Keefe) - 13 laps down on the winner.

The early part of the race was led by Team Stinky (Neil Thompson, Neil Savage, Christine Thompson, Chris Yates), with RB Racing 1 snapping at their heels, and Tete Rouge keeping them honest in 3rd. Team Stinky set the pace early on, putting in the fastest lap of the race on lap 38, with a 1:51.67. Problems started to emerge for the front runners around the half-distance mark, as Tete Rouge broke their cooling fan, which resulted in an engine change. Not too long after, Team Stinky lost time in the pits due to an early brake pad change. Stinky also succumbed to fan failure and an overheated engine later on Sunday morning, which handed RB Racing 1 a comfortable 5-6 lap lead, which they stretched out to 7 laps by the finish.

The Gadget car spent some time in the pits early doors while the team looked for a fuel leak. After that however, they made steady progress up the field as Stinky and Tete Rouge were struggling.

There were problems also for Crisis Racing, who suffered problems with a wheel bearing, and also some major accident damage - their offside sill ripped open in a collision with the front of the spinning Lucky Jon car. Not so Lucky for Jon, as his car was pretty much retired on the spot with a very twisted front end. Crisis were able to complete the race and finished 8th.

Also to change engines were Hollis Motorsport, #42 Old Time (who were quite settled in 4th place), Gadget 2 and JB doors. The Basingstoke College entry spent most of the race in the pits, and eventually using an engine assembled from the bits of 4 others, finished the race 32nd and last, barely completing a third of the laps of the winner.

But by far the worst luck went to Team Keller, who managed to change engines 6 times during the event, and then to cap it all off they became the team to perform the almost mandatory roll-over. Subsequently running with no front or rear window (and it gets cold during the night at Snetterton!) they managed to keep plugging away until the end, and finished 29th, earning themselves the Ian Gammon-Hardaway trophy for "Spirit of the Meeting". A prize of which they are justifiably proud.

Joining the UK spec cars this year were 4 entries from the European series. Of these, the #17 BioDeuche.be (eXperimental class) car fared the worst. It was a quick car when it was on track, but was dogged by problems and spent much of the race visiting the pits. Ahead of them, the CGS Racing Team car (Prototype class) and the 2PK Dreams (Amelioree class) car had a good battle to the end, with 2PK getting the nod by only 3 laps. Both teams had a rocky start, but recovered well. European victors were Team Pegase, driving the #15 car in the Hybride class (BMW engined) - they started with a 50 lap handicap, and managed to finish 16th, 70 laps behind the leaders.

Here's the final classification:

And here's the teams' progress chart (click on the chart for more!):

A big thank you to all those who took place in this year's race, and all the marshals and officials who made it happen. Also thanks to our commentators and media team for covering the race live - we hope to provide some video highlights via this website as soon as practical.

Meanwhile, there are pictures here, here and here.

And here's some videos from the event:

Hugh McCurrich's onboard (with vBox graphics)	JB doors losing the front right wing against the #59 SVG car (thanks to Alistair Pearson)
Team Stinky's dawn stint - Chris Yates	Iceni's Malcolm Edeson's race start and first 7 minutes
Neil Chilleystone's fastest lap in qualifying	Malcolm Edeson's slide during free practice
Team Stinky's morning stint - Neil Savage	Team Stinky's 2nd stint - Christine Thompson
Speeded up engine swap for #90 JB doors - Tete Rouge. Suitably irreverent music!	Team Iceni's crash from 7th, plus finish
Some more footage from Crisis Racing	CGS Racing Team's story, part 1
CGS Racing Team's story, part 2	CGS Racing Team's story, part 3

With the 24 hour race at Snetterton looming (27/28th August), it's time to reveal which teams will be in which garage. There are now 32 entrants (including 4 from the European series in garages 11/12), and there are only 26 garages at Snetterton circuit, so some will have 3 or possibly 4 cars squeezing into them!

Over 120 Drivers will be racing. The youngest is just 16 and a half while the oldest is 74. Average age is 43. Around a dozen drivers have International race experience and another dozen are novices. There are a number of previous race winners in different cars and it is expected to be very close at the top in qualifying and throughout the race.

Notes on the Euro classes in garages 11 / 12:

Cat A for Améliorée (car 147): Use a different shell to UK but they have an original 2CV engine with little changes and should not be much faster than the UK Classic class.

Cat H for Hybrid (car 22 – Team Pegase): These have a BMW 2 cylinder bike engine and some other modifications. Expected to be around 10 seconds a lap quicker than the UK Classic class. Drivers from Team Pegase were in the 2010 race in a UK car and finished 6th.

Cat P for Proto (car 170 - http://www.cgsracingteam.be/):  These can go to 652cc (VISA engines) and change the carburetion to double Webers or injection. Car 170 has injection. Expected to be slower than the Hybrid class.

Cat X for eXperimental (car 166 - http://www.biodeuche.be): Used for demonstrating new technologies. At the 24 Hour Race in Spa last year there were 2 cars from a university - one with a 100% electrical 2cv and another with a KERS system, like in F1. There was also a Burton with a 2cv chassis, and the 166 car which ran on 100% biofuel.  We await to see how experimental the car will be in the UK.

More info in the August newsletter, available by clicking here.