High temperatures and loads of sunshine stimulated the second Summer Classic at Spa-Francorchamps to be an excellent raceweekend. Sunday-afternoon around three o clock the clouds burst open and it rained for just half an hour. Shortly afterwards the sun was shining again. Highlights of this event were the Spa 250 Miles on Saturday and the Long Distance Cup on Sunday. At Spa it’s the pure engine-power and drivers skills and bravery which counts. Just watch a car entering Eau Rouge from the balcony of the old pitboxbuilding and listen if the driver keeps the pedal to the floor ! 

This event could only happen in England, the camping, picnics, some delectable old cars and mellow evenings nursing a glass (Orange juice, of course). Couple that with the fierce compulsion to go up that hill quicker than your peers and you have the recipe for a weekend that is the vintageants idea of heaven. This summer being a little less soggy than last year, the local villages had not been flooded out and therefore the possibility of accessing the venue by boat did not arise.