Why Do Cars Go With Coffee So Well?

There's something about breakfast that really suits a car meet. I'm sure what it is, but bacon, coffee and cars just seem to go together. But certainly meeting up early after a drive across country and chatting about all things car related is a solid way to spend a Sunday morning in March. And so there we were this morning, for the first Goodwood Breakfast Club of the year, the theme being pre '73 cars. I had a funny feeling it was going to be a massive turnout, and I wasn't disappointed. What the Goodwood breakfast clubs always seem to deliver on is variety – all kinds of car nuts, with all kind of cars turn out. From rat rods to classic Ferraris, stock British classics to the fully rally prepped. And of course the bacon sarnie isn't bad either.

Dusk Racing At Goodwood

One of most successful new additions to the Goodwood weekend this year was competitive racing on the Friday. And what a spectacle it was. Timed to deliberately run into dusk on Friday evening, the Freddie March Memorial Trophy was a ninety minute two-driver race for cars in the spirit of the Goodwood Nine Hour races from 1952 to 1955. The atmosphere was amazing as the evening light faded away and the old race cars switched to the glow of sixty year old headlights to guide their way around this historic track. Hopefully this race will become a fixture for years to come.

HSCC Historic Touring Cars At Donington

Superb in-car footage of the HSCC Historic Touring Cars at Donington on 18th March this year, featuring some proper spirited racing.

Phone Shots From Silverstone Classic

We had an amazing weekend at Silverstone Classic a few weeks back and took hundreds of photgraphs that we need to sort through. In the meantime, here's a few off my phone (taken with Instagram).

2011 GRRC Spring Sprint

On Easter Monday we went along to the 2011 Goodwood Road Racing Club Spring Sprint. The is an event where members and invited drivers compete over timed sprint laps of Goodwood Circuit. The weather could not have been more perfect, and there was a wonderfully diverse collection of cars from road cars to full-on racers, from historic GT cars to modern sports machinery.

1965 Ashley Sprite GT

1965 Porsche 911

1952 Jaguar C Type

1966 Ferrari 275 GTB

1963 Jaguar E-Type Low Drag

1961 Aston Martin DB4