Classic Sports Car Club - A Postcard from Cadwell Park

Report by David Gowshall from DEEGEE: Motorsport Photography

12^th – 13^th June 2021

The Classic Sports Car Club returned to Cadwell Park last weekend for the first time since 2016, for their “Winners in the Wolds” meeting.

There were ten individual championships over the two-day event, featuring a huge range of cars, ranging from lightweight Caterham Sevens to cars such as a 6.2 litre Chevrolet power unit, squeezed into a former Morris Minor Police car bodyshell.

It was a glorious day on Sunday when I found some time in what was a busy weekend for me, to travel the twenty minutes through the Wolds from my home to take in morning qualifying and three of the seven scheduled races.

The crowd were very sparsely spread, perhaps due to motorsports taking part seemingly at every circuit in the UK, providing plenty of choice for spectators, and the Euro 2020 football tournament, so social distancing did not present any problems.

The range of cars competing on the day was very varied but “Beemers” of varying shapes and sizes, and Porsches, seemed to be the most popular choice for participants.

Separating two sessions of qualifying, and getting the racing action on the day underway were the Special Saloons and Modsports.

A grid made up of six cars, more than made up for the lack of numbers, by producing a thrilling race.

No quarter was given throughout the 15-minute race by previous day’s winner Tim Cairns in his MG Midget, Craig Percy in his amazing V8 Moggy Minor and Martin Reynolds in his Ford Escort Mark 2. 

Percy emerged victorious by just 0.3 of a second from Reynolds with Cairns claiming the final podium spot just 0.8 seconds further back.

After lunch the 40 minute Gold Arts Magnificent Seven Race started with a full grid of cars.

The Caterham 7 cars based on the Lotus Seven is a super-lightweight sports car with a great power to weight ratio that always entertains the crowds. 

Ben Simonds #14 driving a Caterham CSR 2400, took a comfortable victory by over 30 seconds from Colin Watson #92 and Mark James #40.

Next up was the Open Series, which included a huge range of vehicle makes and models, with BMW’s of all shapes and sizes, making up half of the grid.

The 40-minute race was something of a procession, with Oliver Smith #185 in his M3 3200 claiming a comfortable victory by almost thirty seconds, but the main interest in the race was generated by a battle for third place between the two Lotus’s taking part in the race.

At the chequered flag it was David Harvey #51 in a Lotus 340R, who triumphed over the #1 car a Lotus Europa, driven by Andrew Rath. Second was Dave Griffin in another BMW M3.

At that point, with a BBQ with friends on the social programme, I left the mini Nurburgring.

My locality to Cadwell means it is very rare that a weekend passes by when I don’t find some time to enjoy some competitive motorsport and the opportunity to take my camera gear.



On this occasion it was very much a fleeting visit, but the huge range of different cars at the meeting mean I’ll be back next year.

DEEGEE: Motorsport Photography