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Classic American is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural How to Photograph Cars best car photo of the year competition. The competition is open to amateur photographers of any age in two categories :  ‘Action’ and ‘Static’ and images must be taken by you in 2017, one entry per person per category. The overall…

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Still deciding whether you should attend the UKs biggest and best classic motor show? Here are 10 reasons why you should! Including our very own Classic American Car of the Year Finale! 1) This is the UK’s Biggest & Best Classic Motor Show Over 2,500 stunning classic cars will be on display at this year’s…

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The penultimate heat of this year’s Footman James Car of the Year competition took place at the Atomic vintage Festival at Sywell in Northamptonshire over the weekend of August 19 & 20th . If ever there was an American automotive icon, then this 1957 Chevrolet belonging to Daniel Springall is definitely it – and this…

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An exclusive screening of the new series of Discovery’s Wheeler Dealers, featuring show stalwart Mike Brewer with his new lead mechanic and co-host Ant Anstead, will be held at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, on Saturday 11th November. The global classic car show will play the first episode of the 14th season for…

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Editor Ben Klemenzson offers a personal view on the two major Swedish American car shows – the Power Big Meet and the Västerås Summer Meet… There can be little doubt that the Power Big Meet has been one of the most amazing American car events on the calendar for the best part of three or…

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Classic American contributor Mike Renaut looks at the Government’s plan to sell only electric vehicles within the next 22 years… In late July 2017 the British Government announced a ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 in a bid to encourage people – perhaps ‘force people’ would be more accurate –…

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Santa Pod Raceway’s Action-Packed Family Fun Day!!! Santa Pod Raceway’s spectacular season finale goes out with an explosive bang this October; Flame & Thunder is an action-packed day with fun for all the family featuring Drag Racing’s finest, Stunts galore, Kids Entertainment, Live Stage performances, Bonfire, culminating with a sensational Fireworks extravaganza! In an explosion…

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FIA/FIM European Finals Santa Pod Raceway Thu.7 – Sun.10 September 2017 A gender war is bubbling up at Santa Pod Raceway. Three women will take on six men in a battle of the world’s fastest, most powerful racing cars at this coming weekend’s FIA European Finals. Piloting 300mph, 10,000-horsepower Top Fuel Dragsters is not an…

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Winning the sixth heat of the Footman James Car of the Year competition was David Christmas’s 1970 Plymouth Road Runner, which he bought in 2012 as a rolling shell and restored over a two year period. It had its first outing to the Mopar EuroNats in 2015 and is pretty much complete now, apart from…

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  FIA/FIM European Finals, Santa Pod Raceway, Thu.7 – Sun.10 September 2017 Santa Pod Raceway is gearing up for the biggest drag race of the year. The FIA/FIM European Finals will bring some 250 teams, on two wheels and four, from 15 or more countries to the racetrack on the Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire border to settle the season’s major…

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