Flywheel events

Photos by Jonathan Sharp

Last week Jonathan Sharp sent us a report which highlighted the cars of the Flywheel Festival and some of the many shops which now permanently inhabit the old RAF base. This week Sharp gathered up the photos take of the cars running on the adjacent test track. This is a pretty complete facility and a vintage racer’s dream.

Says Jonathan:

I have wanted to visit the Bicester Heritage complex for some time. This year’s Flywheel Festival offered an ideal opportunity to tour site, enjoy the cars and get a small aviation fix all at the same time. [Read more…] about Bicester Heritage Test Track

Photos by Jonathan Sharp

Located on one of the oldest and best-preserved RAF bases in the UK and only 60 miles northwest of London, Bicester Heritage is a hub for classic car businesses, now with 30 trades on one historic site, compete with a test track. It is the realization of a dream of Dan Geoghegan, who purchased the 348 acre airfield and its 50 buildings from the Ministry of Defense for £3.4million and began work in 2013. It needed work and he has been restoring the site ever since. [Read more…] about Bicester Heritage Flywheel Festival, June 23-24