In recent years the two Goodwood events have started to become somewhat victims of their own success, whilst the car content is never in doubt the crowds have started to make it them less enjoyable events to be at.  In some ways this year’s Goodwood Vintage event seemed to be aimed at offering an alternative for people that wanted to enjoy the dress up but were less interested in the cars.

Whatever the crowd might be like the cars are still top draw at the Revival events, bringing out some of the rarest and most spectacular racing cars, alongside some amazing show machinery.  The event covered massively by the main stream classic car press as well as having its own TV show, DVD, Book, TShirt, etc. etc.  We took a look round Flickr and picked out some of our favourites.

richebets has 222 photos of the racing : http://www.flickr.com/photos/richebetspics/sets/72157624976816298/

Only a handful of images in malcolm bull's collection, but they are excellent atmosphere shots : http://www.flickr.com/photos/22310427@N08/sets/72157624866938281/with/5031342148/

A great set of mixed images from Roaming Panda : http://www.flickr.com/photos/75181951@N00/sets/72157624977581504/

Or you can just check out the group images : http://www.flickr.com/groups/1258590@N22/pool/with/5031342148/

It seems that everyone wants to cram events into September, that last chance for some summer fun before nature decides it is time for autumn, with its winds and rain.  We missed coverage on a few events so this week we'll bring you a roundup of photos and videos from the last few weeks, first up The Brighton Speed Trials.

This event has a long history, in fact it is the longest running racing event in the world, it has also changed formats a handful of times, currently the event represents a quarter mile run along Madeira Drive, a closed road along Brighton's sea front.  The range of cars is usually fantastic, with Brighton and Hove motor club making sure it has as many interesting invited racers as possible.

There are many classes present from road going to single seaters, with a lot of seriously fast cars taking to the sprint.  Viewing is brilliant from the raised promenade the length of the strip, or gathering around the start line to see the cars launching.  The paddock is accessible, so getting up close and personal with some of the cars is possible.

We found some cool galleries from the event :

PLUG Photography's photoset

Rhino Not For Sale's large photoset

AndWhyNot's photoset

And a handful of videos :

How about from the driving seat! :

One for that ever expanding calendar next year I think.

Tomorrow ... Goodwood Revival.

It is racing towards that time where people stop bringing out their cars as often, either in the garage tucked up nice and warm, or being dismantled to get ready for action next year.  We seized the good weather to head down to the Krispy Kreme meet in New Malden, Surrey for a chance to check out some rides and snap some photographs.

You can see our gallery on our Flickr account : http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157624866499259/

Always an enjoyable meet, American saloons and muscle cars dominated proceedings, with hot rods being in the minority.  In the mix were a number of Fords and some other 'retro' cars, which we are always pleased to see mixing it with the customs and rods.  Hopefully the event will continue through the winter months and remain popular, although the idiots doing burnouts in the street and bringing the attentions of the local police force wont be helping its continuation.

... and so the sleepers awoke only to find that summer had rushed by and that autumn was staring them down.  Yes it has been a long sleep for Retro Scene Mag this time, summer has been hectic, but we're glad to be awake again and have some cool stuff lined up for our loyal readers.

We were not completely asleep, we found time to head out to a couple of events and share some photos, so if you've missed them have a look at these galleries.

Retro Show 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157624538363132/

Retro Rides Gathering 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157624693564528/

Hopefully you'll enjoy what we've got coming up over the next couple of weeks.  If you've got an itch to do a bit of blog writing drop us an email via the contacts page, it is great experience if you fancy going into journalism, or want to get something off your chest, or just want to share some cool stuff you've found.

Our time right now is divided between going to shows, putting up photos of shows, thinking about shows we're organising, emailing show organisers and generally doing show stuff.  Which will go part way to explaining the quiet on this blog over the past few weeks.

The eagle eyed will have spotted the latest fruits of our show going in the form of a whole bunch of photos from two events, Bromley Pageant and a RWYB day at North Weald airfield.  You can find links to both galleries below

Bromley Pageant 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157624148954885/

North Weald RWYB
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157624272289448/

Are we mid way through show season yet?  Not by a long shot.

Despite having some quite serious traffic problems London does love cars, you only need to wander around some of the swankier parts of town on a summers evening or a Friday afternoon to see a whole bunch of super cool cars.  London is also home to a great modified car scene, being home to the legendary Chelsea Cruise.  What it lacks though is motorsport, the nearest venue is Brands Hatch out in Kent, this has not always been the case, once upon a time there was racing within the borders of London, at Crystal Palace.
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Well here it is, show season is under way, with the flurry of shows at the start of April until we brave the rain and wind at the end of season shows in October.  We could pretty much find an interesting car event to go to every weekend, and occasional week day, of the summer.  In recent years our particular niche of 'retro' as a show description has grown, whilst the word pops up all over the place in show names there are really three main shows in the UK aimed squarely at 'us'.
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Another Show season is underway! Wheels Day is too often about the weather, there's been rain, rain, rain, snow and every now and then -  sun. This year, sadly, the rain won. That doesn't stop a whole host of the UK's finest rides getting their tyres muddy so we can all get our fix of cool motors though. Continuous rain from about ten-thirty meant that there was a lot of cars (and the occasional RSM reporter!) heading out the gate early, but not before a few snaps made their way onto the memory card.

Check out the rest of the pics on RSM's Flickr account right now. 

It had been eight years since I'd last been to an aircooled VW show and as Brian from the mighty Volkszone reminded me this is really a trip to remind me of my roots in this whole car thing.  This time I was an outsider, I didn't know what to expect, who was building what, who the new names where or what the current trends in the VW scene were. An interesting journey or rediscovery was ahead.
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Race retro celebrates Alfa Romeo's centenary and the 30th anniversary of Audi Quattro at this year’s event. Now in its 7th year there are 3 days of classic motorsport action and historic racing with appearances from various motoring legends, not only can you see incredibly rare racing cars but you can also meet the drivers who took them to victory. Asides from the outdoor rally stage, punters are treated to 3 halls of static displays with cars, bikes, engineering and restoration companies, parts, model cars, magazines, everything you need for a petrol heads weekend out.
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