Motor Racing Legends will be on both sides of the Channel next week, with three grids at the Dijon Motors Cup and the famous Generations Trophy at the Castle Combe Autumn Classic.

Dijon Motors Cup

Motor Racing Legends makes its first appearance at the Dijon Motors Cup (11-13 September), an event organised by HVM Racing. Spotlight on one car entered in each of the three MRL grids.

Talbot AO90
 Pre-War Sports Cars 

The chassis PL3, which will be in action at the Dijon Motors Cup, is the very car that finished third overall and won the Index of Performance at the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hours. However, the Talbot factory did not arrive at that year’s event under the best of circumstances, as the three cars had been prepared in just three weeks. Based on the Scout model and powered by a 2.3-litre straight-six engine producing 93 bhp, the trio of white Talbot 90s caused a sensation. Looking diminutive alongside the giant 6.5-litre Bentleys, they harried these “fastest lorries in the world” in near-complete silence. At the finish, the two little Talbots claimed third and fourth places behind the two Bentleys.

Austin-Healey 100 S
 Pre-’66 GT Sprint  

This car is an exact replica of the Austin-Healeys entered by the factory in endurance racing during the mid-1950s. Motor Racing Legends has allocated it race number 557, the number carried by the car driven by Louis Chiron in the 1954 Mille Miglia. At the time, the Italian event assigned numbers according to each car’s start time: 557 for 5.57am. The car entered by Classic Garage was rebuilt over a five-year period in the workshops of the Paris-region team. It is based on a BN2 chassis, the rarest type, topped with a fully aluminium body. The car is presented in its Le Mans configuration, without a windscreen, to gain a few extra kilometres per hour along the long straight at Dijon-Prenois.

Austin Mini Cooper S
 HRDC ‘Top Hat’ Pre-’66 Touring Cars  

Garage des Damiers is among the regular French competitors who cross the Channel to take part in Motor Racing Legends events, usually fielding two or three cars. Racing on home soil this time, Greg Carini’s team will be out in force with seven entries, including five Minis. Lightweight (620kg) and relatively powerful (120bhp), these “big go-karts” running on 10-inch wheels provide spectacular entertainment, particularly through the bowl section of the Dijon-Prenois circuit, where they typically drift on all four wheels. Among the cars entered by Garage des Damiers, only Guillaume Timonier’s blue Mini is right-hand drive, a configuration that offers an advantage in terms of weight distribution on clockwise circuits.

Castle Combe Autumn Classic

Motor Racing Legends heads to Castle Combe on Sunday, September 13, with its Generations Trophy grid, a great opportunity for families to experience a circuit that remains as challenging as it was in its heyday.

Three races have been contested since the launch of this innovative series at the end of 2025, and each has produced a different winning family. The first victory went to Rick and Joe Willmott at Silverstone, followed by Nick and Harry Whale at Donington, before Andy and Nicole Wolfe triumphed most recently at Brands Hatch. Former BTCC driver Patrick Watts and his daughter Aimee also deserve special mention, having become the only pairing to finish on the podium in all three races.

Beyond the results, the primary objective of the Generations Trophy is to provide a welcoming environment for those looking to experience motor racing in an enjoyable and relatively easy-to-drive car. One standout example of the series’ success is Jess Mooney, who, alongside Dominic, improved from 25th place at Donington to an impressive eighth at Brands Hatch. Can they break into the top five at Castle Combe? It will be a formidable challenge, with 25 crews expected on the grid.