Clermont retro festival

October 8, 2014

The famous Clermont-Ferrand road circuit at Charade, once home to the French Grand Prix, will be celebrated in demonstration runs over the weekend of June 21/22.

The Take Action for Charade movement works to maintain the history of the spectacular track and plans to re-unite drivers and riders with the machines they raced there in period.

As well as parade laps, there will be static displays and exhibitions.

The five-mile road course was first used in 1958 and was closed to racing in 1989, following the creation of a 2.5-mile permanent track. The

French Grand Prix took place at the Auvergne venue on four occasions, between 1965 and 1972.

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Paul Lawrence

Here is a man who goes racing every weekend from March to October. Paul’s passion for the sport goes back to when he was a child of the 1960s. He has organised, competed in and marshalled on scores of events, and has written about the subject for 20 years. He is as at home in the paddock at Brands Hatch as in a Welsh forest or at Shelsley Walsh.

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