25/02/2013 Retro Rewards . .

 Celebrating a 10th anniversary and billed as Europe's premier historic motorsport show, Race Retro gathered a mighty ensemble of competition cars spanning 80-plus years. Alongside the Abarth award-winning stand, WSM was in the best of company with two cars on separate displays. The MG Car Club advertised the Ecurie GTS race series with the WSM MGB, and WSM Cars LLP had a stand dedicated to the Sanction 2 builds manned by Paul and Richard Woolmer, Andy Garbutt and Lorraine Noble-Thompson. On Saturday Sir Stirling Moss and Murray Walker OBE stopped by to admire WSM 402, and Mick Walsh from Classic & Sportscar and Mike Le Caplain from Classic Car Weekly rocked up to take some details.
Racer Willie Green (left) recalled his 2003 Goodwood Revival win on the Fordwater grid in the Alfa TZ2 with the WSM of David Gathercole in ultimately vain pursuit. Ex-BMC competitions boss Stuart Turner (right) sped across the display halls to run his eye over the latest WSM production, while some of the rally cars that were under his command in period were thundering around the stages outside.
 Perennial racers Barry Sidery-Smith (left) and Anthony Binnington took the opportunity to greet Sanction 2 owner Lorraine N-T in suitable style, and the irrepressible 'Whizzo' Williams (right) relayed memories of DW-S together on a four-wheeled hiatus in the 1960's, while taking in more than one form on the WSM stand in the shape of the lovely Andrea Naish.
Amongst the 29,000 visitors, ex-rally co-driver and TV presenter Tony Mason, journalist Andrew Roberts, Midget & Sprite Club's Gary Lazarus and Sprite racer Jack Wheeler graced us with visits, while WSM owners Brian Arculus, Clive Cocks, Geoff Hill and Ian Hulett, Colmworth Classic Cars proprietor Paul Webb and wife Yvette, Sanction 2 engineer Murray Henderson, Healey competition secretary Joe Cox and David Abecassis, son of the late, illustrious George, were other notables passing by.
 We were pleased to catch up with Steve Suckling (left) and John May (right) as their help was instrumental in leading us to the subsequent recovery of the WSM3000. The five year search had began with John's visit to the Isle of Man in 1998, and the trail ended with Steve's telephone call in 2003 providing the contact details for Peter Welsh in West Gloucestershire. Other motorsport stars included Tiff Needell, current presenter of Fifth Gear and former Top Gear presenter, ex-BTCC three time Championship winner Win Percy, and Norman Dewis, Jaguar test driver who helped test and develop 25 Jaguar models in his career and is still involved in motorsport today.
 The level of interest in the Sanction 2 road car was very encouraging, while Dave Saunders on the MGCC stand (left) reckoned he could have sold the WSM MGB many times over - curious spectators enquired if further builds had been or would be produced ?
Retro moments . .
     
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