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Get your diaries out, Atomic is confirmed for August 19 & 20th 2017 next year!

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The final heat of this year’s Footman James Car of the Year competition was won by Steve Blewitt’s wonderful 1958 Ford Custom 300 two-door sedan. Whilst the Custom 300 was the base model offered by Ford that year, this is a real peach of a car in terms of its condition and originality. With only…

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The ever-popular Autumn Classic event at the famous Prescott Speed Hill Climb will once again be an all-American Stars and Stripes weekend celebrating the biggest, brightest, and brashest cars this side of the pond. Saturday and Sunday 1 and 2 October 2016 will see special displays by American car clubs alongside USA-themed entertainment while competitors…

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  The British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (BDRHoF) announced the exciting news today that Steve Gibbs and Ed ‘The Ace’ McCulloch are flying in for the BDRHoF Gala Awards Dinner being held at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London Heathrow on November 19th. Steve Gibbs got his first drag racing job at San Gabriel drag strip…

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The first five entries to be confirmed in the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership display have been revealed. Held as part of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th November, the overall winner will be decided by visitors to the season finale.  Richard Morley, Operations Director at…

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In 2014 the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame introduced the Sydney Allard Media Awards. These pay tribute to the influence of journalists and photographers in the promotion of drag racing, along with the role played by Sydney Allard in establishing the sport in Europe during the early 1960s. This year the awards are sponsored…

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  Settle could soon become the ‘supercar’ centre of Yorkshire. Owners of Falcon Manor Hotel at Settle are planning to replicate the success of a ‘Supercar Sunday’ event in Lancashire in the Yorkshire Dales market town.   Iconic vehicles, including collector’s items, Ferraris and Maseratis, together attracting a multi-million pound price tag, visited Falcon Manor…

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One of the UK’s leading classic motor insurance brokers has announced its launch of a new document portal for new and existing customers to access policy documents online. Footman James, a classic motor insurance specialist, is proud to announce the launch of an online document portal where new and existing customers can log in to access…

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It was a moment to savour for throngs of fans at Dragstalgia; perhaps the most poignant moment in Santa Pod Raceway’s half-century of history. The plan for the Dragstalgia historic drag race meeting had been to recreate the first run ever made down the Santa Pod dragstrip: early on the venue’s opening day, Easter Monday…

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