COMING UP
Racing? A concours? A tour, perhaps? It’s all on the menu in May and June
19-20 May Beaulieu Spring Autojumble If that winter project is missing a crucial part, there’s a good chance you’ll find it here. beaulieu.co.uk 25-27 May Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este No concours can boast a prettier location, and the cars and motorcycles that gather on the shore of Lake Como aren’t half-bad, either. concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com 26-27 May Land Rover Legends A new show, held at Bicester Heritage in Oxfordshire, to honour the most famous 4x4xfar. In the year of the Series I’s 70th birthday, visitors can expect to see some special early vehicles. bicesterheritage.co.uk 26-27 May La Vie en Bleu …‘incorporating La Vita Rossa’, so visitors can expect to enjoy the sights and sounds of both French and Italian treasures charging up the hill at Prescott. Four-wheeled guests will include the 1911 Fiat S76 known as the ‘Beast of Turin’. prescott-hillclimb.com 27 May Youngtimer Event A 10,000m² warehouse in Amsterdam is filled with ’70s, ’80s and ’90s cars by a friendly and knowledgeable crowd. youngtimerevent.com 27 May – 17 June Trans America Challenge Charleston to Seattle in three weeks – long enough to allow for rest days in Nashville, New Orleans, Santa Fe and Aspen. endurorally.com 31 May – 3 June Jersey International Motoring Festival A celebration of Jersey’s motoring heritage and the island’s famous post-war road race. jimf.je 1-3 June Greenwich Concours d’Elegance As usual, the Connecticut concours will feature separate days for US-built and international cars, as well as a Bonhams auction. greenwichconcours.com 2-3 June Coventry Motofest Ever-growing, enthusiastically supported, and featuring all manner of machinery – and, best of all, free to attend. coventrymotofest.com 5-8 June Three Castles Welsh Classic Trial There are enough regularity sections and tests to amuse competitive types, but the main attraction here are the brilliant roads around Llandudno. three-castles.co.uk 5-9 June Modena Cento Ore Classic Monza to Modena via the pretty seaside town of Forte dei Marmi and Florence, with special stages at three of Italy’s most famous race tracks: Varano, Mugello and, of course, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. modenacentooreclassic.it 6-10 June Giro di Sicilia Just like the historic event for which it is named, the Giro takes crews clockwise around (most of) Sicily’s picturesque coastline, beginning in Palermo. girodisicilia.it 7-10 June 1000km GT Open to modern GTs as well as classics, this regularity rally makes the most of all that Provence has to offer: good food, good wine, good weather and good roads. 1000kmgt.com 8-10 June Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or Everything from pre-1978 single-seaters to classic Touring Cars at the fast and flowing Circuit Dijon-Prenois in the French countryside. peterauto.peter.fr 8-10 June Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance No longer known as the Ault Park Concours d’Elegance, but still held at that wonderful venue to the east of Cincinnati. Expect vintage Americana, European exotics and much muscle – oh, and Ecto-1. ohioconcours.com
8-10 June The Race of Gentlemen The beach at Wildwood in New Jersey is churned up by the wheels of all-American classic hot rods and motorcycles. theraceofgentlemen.com 10-16 June HERO Classic Marathon No small undertaking, this, with a route 1450 miles long, but it should be enjoyable rather than exhausting: the roads from the Greek capital of Athens to Kalamata are mostly tarmac, and all driving happens during daylight hours. heroevents.eu 14-16 June Coupe des Alpes Evian to Cannes via all the pointy parts in between, including the Col d’Iseran, the highest pass in Europe at 2764m. rallystory.com 16-17 June Brooklands Double Twelve A joint production of the VSCC and Brooklands Museum, with speed trials, driving tests and a concours d’elegance. brooklandsmuseum.com 17 June Banbury Run Pre-1931 motorcycles set out from the British Motor Museum in Gaydon for their annual jaunt around the local lanes. banbury-run.co.uk 17-23 June Paris-Amsterdam Rally Celebrating 120 years since the 1898 Paris-AmsterdamParis Race, the world’s first international motor race. rallyround.co.uk 20-24 June Passione Caracciola Geneva to St Moritz is the plan for this year’s running of the fabulous rally dedicated to racing giant Rudolf Caracciola. passione-caracciola.com 22-24 June Concours d’Elégance Suisse Held at the beautiful Château de Coppet in Vaud, and this time featuring classes ranging from ‘French Coachwork’ to ‘40 Years of the Paris-Dakar Rally’. concoursdelegancesuisse.com