Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
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Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
Tour Auto 2018 ... 239 Starters ... Day 1 Scrutineering
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Paris, 23 April, 2018

It is end of April and this means it is time for the 27th edition of the Tour Auto. Since the first edition year after year a large number of Classic Cars enter Paris for the start of the biggest Classic Car event in France organized by Peter Auto. This year 239 cars of different marques from the era of the original Tour de France Automobiles found their way to the Grand Palais in the heart of the French Capital for the technical inspection and to be equipped with transponder and race number to be followed all the way down too Nice for the finish. Once again divided in 5 different groups including 2 regularity and 3 race classes the car compete against each other on the circuits but more so against the stop watch on the special stages.

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This year journey will lead them to Besancon, Megève, Avignon, and Aix-en-Provence before arriving at the Cote d´Azure on Saturday for the final. The circuits of Dijon, Bresse, Ledenon and the modern Paul Ricard track that will host the French GP at Le Castellet. Together with the numerous special stages this will challenge the drivers and their co-pilots to the fullest over more than 2100 km though lovely countryside including the mountains of the Haute Savoie.

The entry list read very much like the usual suspects from the previous year when team Cottingham/Smith will again have to face the competition of the fast Cobras and the Jaguars on a very even levelled field. As usual the number of Porsche seems to explode over the last year and more and more competitors take a classic 911 or 356 in more or less hot racing versions over the cars they drove in the past. But not only shifts the amount of cars in between the marques but especially at Ferrari one can see a trend from the earlier cars to the late Ferrari 308 GTB Group 4 models that appear in larger numbers now leaving the usual strong field of 275 GTBs to just over a hand full. One does not expect a Ferrari 250 GTO any more but there is also only one 250 GT SWB running although this certainly is a special one having won the original event back in 1961. The oldest and also the most interesting Ferrari present is the 250 MM coming all the way from Argentina for its first outing at the TA replacing the owners SWB from previous editions.

A sole example of the Competition Daytona is present in the 40th anniversary year of the last front engined GT V12 of the 1960s.

Being one of the main sponsors BWM is very well represented not only with a range of 2002 models but also the famous 3.0 CSL Batmobiles from a time when advertising beer and cigarettes seemed normal in sports.
Featured this year are a number of less common Italian brands like OSCA, Autobianchi, Siata or De Tomaso bringing some color into the field.

Tomorrow morning the cars will leave early into the traffic of the capitol to the official start at the Chateau des Courances. In after a special stage in the morning the cars will arrive at Dijon for the first race of the week before finalizing the day at Besancon for the first of the short nights to come. The mechanics will be busy again after the first challenges to sort out the numerous gremlins that might occur after the first real shake down of the season.

Report & images ... Peter Singhof
www.ClassicCarPhotography.de



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