The brand new Historic Motorsport Affiliation (HMA), a nonprofit group devoted to preserving the wealthy legacy of motorsport and selling historic automobile racing on a world stage, held its first assembly within the historic setting of London’s Royal Car Membership and elected a slate of specialists to kind the HMA Steering Committee.
The HMA was established by a coalition of motorsport lovers and professionals, together with occasion organizers, drivers, golf equipment, and preparers who’re dedicated to making sure that historic racing continues to thrive and appeal to new drivers.
Historic racing prospers from its sense of group, honouring and preserving the game in its historic and genuine kind. HMA members endorse the precept that historic car competitions shouldn’t have the only goal of successful trophies. One of many sport’s important traits is the appreciation and look after genuine automobiles and the celebration of their histories. The Affiliation will foster a dialogue about reproduction and continuation automobiles within the sport, in addition to the rising concern in regards to the growth of race automobiles past their authentic specs.
It is a optimistic step in direction of guaranteeing that historic motorsport stays vibrant, respectful of its origins, and accessible to future generations. The Affiliation seeks to talk with a unified voice for its members, in addition to to advertise the historic significance of motorsport.
Elected to the Steering Committee are people with a wealth of expertise from numerous disciplines. They’re:
Michael Birch is a retired businessman primarily based within the UK who has changed work with historic racing as an newbie gents driver. Lively with many of the major historic race organizers, he’s at present racing in ELMS in 2025 and 2026 and intends to return to historic racing in 2027.
Andy Dee-Crowne has over 5 many years in motorsport and has served in roles starting from membership racer to Chief Government of the Historic Sports activities Automotive Membership (HSCC), considered one of Europe’s main historic racing organizations. Starting with Police Motor Golf equipment and karting within the Nineteen Seventies, he achieved success in sports activities and historic racing earlier than transferring into occasion administration and governance. Now an Worldwide Clerk of the Course, Steward, and ARDS Teacher, Dee-Crowne has served on key Motorsport UK and FIA committees, shaping the path and requirements of the game. Underneath his management, the HSCC has earned a number of nationwide awards for excellence. Past the circuit, his senior administration and consultancy expertise spans main UK authorities departments, specializing in complicated program supply and stakeholder relations. A passionate advocate for security, schooling, and youth growth, he’s concerned with applications that nurture rising expertise and strengthen the way forward for the game. Well known as a number one pressure in British historic racing, he stays devoted to advancing the game’s integrity, sustainability, and world popularity.
Nigel Greensall is a full-time skilled racing driver and driver coach. He has competed in additional than 1,400 races since his first race in 1988. Greensall now competes in roughly 100 races and 6 rallies yearly. He has achieved 200 outright wins in automobiles as numerous as F1 Tyrrell Judd, Funcup, Lister Costin, Lotus Cortina, TVR Griffith and Ligier LMP3. He’s a member of the BRDC and has gained 24 racing championships throughout Europe, UK and America with drivers that he races with and coaches.
Peter Horsman is a retired chartered accountant and tax adviser and has raced Morgans from 1995, then historics (Lotus 17, 15 and 18/21) from 2004. Horsman has raced with Masters Gentleman Drivers, Motor Racing Legends, GT&SCC, HGPCA. He has been a Director of HGPCA since 2014, and chairman since 2018. Horsman led negotiations with HMRC in relation to Customs’ utility of Momentary Admissions Process as an alternative choice to the Carnet process to a profitable end result. He identifies with those that imagine that successful in historic automobiles is secondary to racing them with one’s associates.
Patrick Peter has greater than 40 years of expertise creating trendy and historic automotive occasions which have develop into a number of the most prestigious on this planet. He started with the Coupes de l’Age d’Or in Montlhéry and in 1992 launched the historic Tour Auto. Becoming a member of with Jurgen Barth and Stephane Ratel, the trio efficiently relaunched GT racing worldwide, which turned the FIA GT World Championship. In 2002, in partnership with the ACO, Peter created the enormously profitable Le Mans Traditional and has devoted himself to the event of historic races all through Europe. Among the many a lot of his creations are Chantilly Arts et Magnificence Richard Mille and the Richard Mille Legends Rally. Peter is a frequent visitor at racing occasions worldwide and is a decide within the Worldwide Historic Motoring Awards.
Andy Prill is proprietor of Prill Porsche Traditional within the UK and has over 35 years’ expertise of working with traditional and collector automobiles. He’s lively in all Porsche and Ferrari actions together with racing, inspections and consultancy. Having pushed or raced almost each Porsche mannequin, Prill is an everyday invitee to Goodwood Members Conferences, Revival and Pageant of Velocity, in addition to a multiyear entrant within the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and a number of Porsche Rennsport Reunions. Prill at present serves on the volunteer Advisory Council of each the Rolex Reunion and former Porsche Rennsports with accountability for automobile choice, guidelines and rules, and driver etiquette.
Carol Spagg has been accumulating automobiles for the reason that age of 21 and is especially captivated with Alfa Romeo, having owned many pre- and post-war race and road-going Alfas. She is a member of the Scuderia del Portello and a founding member of the Scuderia del Portello UK. She has edited Historic Motor Racing Information since 1994 and has raced herself in an 8C 2300 Alfa Romeo, a Lotus XI Le Mans, an Aston Martin DB2/4 and an Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ amongst many. She has additionally pushed in lots of aggressive rallies, together with the Tour Auto, Carrera Panamericana, Targa Tasmania, Ruta Maya and the Modena Cento Ore. Spagg has based and arranged varied profitable historic race sequence, together with Gentleman Drivers, Sports activities Racing Problem, U2TC for pre-1966 touring automobiles and he or she continues as Director of the Pre-’63 GT sequence, which she based in 2011. She is a member of the FIA Historic Circuit Sub-Committee and founding member of the European Historic Motor Sport Affiliation. Spagg is a decide on the Chantilly Arts & Magnificence Richard Mille concours and the Hothouse Media-run Worldwide Historic Motoring Awards.
Barry Toepke has had an extended profession within the automotive sector together with working with Lamborghini USA, Bonhams, Los Angeles Auto Present, Mitsubishi and Toyota. He turned concerned in historic racing in 1989 when he started working for Monterey Historic Car Races’ founder Steve Earle. From 2009 till earlier this yr, he oversaw the general administration, participant relations, gross sales, inventive path, marque choice, and finances oversight of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Toepke has additionally been the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca workforce chief on 4 Porsche Rennsport Reunions.
“Historic motorsport is extra than simply racing; it’s a celebration of automotive historical past and the automobiles,” mentioned HMA founding members Patrick Peter and Carol Spagg. “By way of the Historic Motorsport Affiliation, we goal to create a supportive surroundings that enables organizers and drivers to share their views and experience, guaranteeing that this side of motorsport continues for generations to return.”
The brand new Affiliation goals to signify the pursuits of members to regulatory our bodies and promote honest insurance policies that help historic racing.
“We’d additionally like to arrange occasions, equivalent to seminars, dialogue teams, prizegiving and alternatives to community and share information and greatest apply,” they added.
