You won’t believe who teamed up to pilot this Cunningham entry.
Story and photos by Jeff Allison
Part 2 continues a look at photos of Maseratis taken by reader Jeff Allison.
Graham Gauld remembers Brian Naylor
Brian Naylor, centre, and friends in the pit lane for the 1954 RAC TT Race at Dundrod. (Photo Gauld)
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
OK, let’s start with a question. Who was the first British driver to come over and race in the Daytona 500?
Do I hear you say Innes Ireland? Nope, it was not him but a much lesser known but equally characterful driver from Salford, near Manchester, named Brian Naylor. I first met Brian back in 1954 at the RAC Tourist Trophy Race at Dundrod in Ireland. I had managed to get two days leave from the Royal Air Force so took the bus from my base at Dundonald to Dundrod up in the hills behind Belfast. In the pit lane I found this cheerful character chatting up three of the local Belfast girls and so a friendship began; and ended with a telephone call some twenty-seven years later in Bill France’s office at Daytona.
Vanhoolandt at the Zoute Grand Prix, 2025
This other DS21 convertible is part of a special series by the coachbuilder Chapron called ‘Le Caddy’. This model, dating from 1967, has the same technical characteristics as the previous one.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
The traditional Zoute Grand Prix, created in 2010, became the Zoute Grand Prix Car Week in 2025. Indeed, this event began as a classic car rally to which a GT car rally, an auction, and a Concours d’Elegance were added over time. The Car Week title is justified by the fact that, since this year, not one but two auctions have been held in Knokke, an upscale resort on the Belgian coast, with the Broad Arrow auction house joining the traditional Bonhams sale.
Gauld: Tec-Mec and other Oddities
Barrie Baxter lifts a wheel of the Tec-Mec when trying to hold off young Will Nuthall in the ex-Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol.
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
From the Archives, November 2011. This was Graham’s second column for VeloceToday; his latest is featured in this week’s edition as well. Furthermore, last week Jeff Allison’ article elicited some remembrances of the Maserati Tec-Mec. Here Gauld provides another perspective.
I have been humbled by the response to the first column and only hope I can keep you entertained for a few more months. I think one of the problems is that each chance meeting or race meeting provides an opportunity to dig out even more stories to flesh out information we have on some of the odder pieces of motor sport history. They might otherwise disappear when boring old farts like me arrive at the eventual pit stop hopefully in the sky.
Allison’s Behind the Fences: Maserati
Tec-Mec (2535) (#15) Fritz d’Orey (center), Cooper T45-Climax (#16), George Constantine, Porsche RSK (#17), Harry Blanchard, United States Grand Prix, Sebring, Florida, December 12, 1959-jeff-allison
Story and photos by Jeff Allison
The Editor and Jeff Allison thought it might be a nice idea to publish a few of those old racing photos that often collect in shoe boxes. Jeff had a bundle, as he began taking racing and pit photos at the age of 17 in 1959. So here are a few of his, and perhaps our readers might want to contribute some of their old photos, and memories in future editions of VeloceToday.
Apparently I’m the first volunteer, so here goes. I’m not a photographer par excellence like Jesse Alexander, Geoff Goddard or Louis Klemantaski. I was not Bob Jackson, Allen Kuhn or others seen in Veloce Today articles either. I began as a 17-year old over-the-top fan of motor racing, who happened to have a camera – “Behind the Fences”.
Antwerp Concours d’Elegance, 2025
1923 Amilcar C4 cyclecar bodied in the style of Duval in the early 70s. 4 cylinder 1-liter engine.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Antwerp Concours d’Elegance, September 7, 2025
In the shadow of International Concours d’Elégance, the Antwerp Concours in Belgium has managed to carve out a place on the calendar of important events. Organized by a small team in the gardens of Belvedere Castle near Antwerp, this concours celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year.
Hampton Court Palace Concours 2025
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
Captions from event booklet
I did attend this year’s Concours of Elegance held, as has been the case since 2017, at Hampton Court Palace, west of London and right on the Thames. The dates were September 5-7, and our report was temporarily delayed due to the Goodwood Revival.
Antwerp Concours Part 2
1963 Alpine M63. Designed by French engineer Marcel Hubert, this M63 took part to the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours. Approximately five cars were built and were powered by a 996cc 4-cylinder engine developing 95 hp.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
We continue with the Antwerp Concours.
Hampton Court Concours P2
De Mola and Vanden Plas Alfa Romeos
Photos by Jonathan Sharp and Glen Glendenning
In this article, we present two unusual Alfas. The beautiful and elusive De Mola Alfa was finally caught by Jonathan Sharp at this year’s Heveningham Hall Concours on June 28-29. We had seen a few photos of it over the years but Jonathan found it even more stunning in person. This in turn reminded us of another attractive pre-war Alfa roadster with a body by Vanden Plas, which was photographed by the late Glen Glendenning in 1953.
Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood Part 1
A heavy downpour had soaked the Goodwood track, forming an impressive puddle at the exit of the chicane. It took more than that to impress the driver of this 1938 Maserati 8CTF.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Hugues Vanhoolandt takes us for lap at the recent Goodwood Revival focusing on the Italian cars entered.
Goodwood Trackside with Sharp Part 1
Settrington Cup, A two part contest for Austin J40 pedal cars of a type that raced between 1949 and 1966.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
If you were thinking ‘well he spent three days at the Goodwood Revival but did not seem to see any racing’ well yes I did indeed spend a chunk of time in the paddocks, pits and assembly area but I did get to see a chunk of racing, and here are the photos to prove it. Mostly British cars, some in the sun, some in the rain, either taken from leaning on the gate at the exit from the assembly area, or down in the area of the chicane. Please enjoy.