{"id":611056,"date":"2020-01-13T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/\/\/mom-1-historic-racing"},"modified":"2020-01-14T17:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:23:49","slug":"mom-1-historic-racing","status":"publish","type":"issue_content","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/december-2019\/14\/mom-1-historic-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"MoM 1 Historic Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"
The curtain came down on the 2019 historic racing season with the packed Dix Mille Tours by Peter Auto event at Paul Ricard over the weekend of October 19\/20.<\/p>\n
Peter Auto\u2019s final race event of the season featured more than 350 cars in action across eight categories at the French Grand Prix venue, with its variety stretching from Jaguar E-types and Bizzarrinis to Group C and turn-of-the-millennium GT machines.<\/p>\n
There were several titles up for grabs, including a battle reminiscent of Le Mans in the 1960s as Claudio Roddaro\u2019s Porsche 917 took on Toni Seiler\u2019s Lola T70 for honours in the Classic Endurance Racing field. While the race was won outright by Briton Daniel Gibson in his Lola T70, Roddaro\u2019s third place was enough to hand him the title.<\/p>\n
Mark Sumpter put the Porsche 2.0 Cup honours out of reach with his first win of the season, as Oliver Bryant\/Andrew Smith secured second in the standings after finishing second ahead of Richard Cook\/Harvey Stanley \u2013 the two teams heading into the weekend tied on points.<\/p>\n