Index of yesteryear racing Impers

This is a mention of some more contemporary racing Impers, who race(d) their Imps in present day historic / classic races (say 90s and onwards) for old school cars. These folk presumably are happily publishing their successes on facebook and whatnot. You don't need this site to cheer you on. However, if you feel that it would be nice to get listed on this page (maybe even get a page with a photo), for information's sake, do send me what you think ought to be on The Imp Site. (Find my address on the homepage)

If you send me an address to link to, you implicitly promiss to let me know if the url changes.
Also: if you stop publishing your Imp Racing practices, the information ought to get moved to a page on this site. If you already made the effort to write about it, you may as well let this site use your texts.

The Classic Saloon Car Club of Great Britain runs, in conjunction with the British Automobile Racing Club, three separate Championships for Pre 66, Pre 74 and Pre 83 Touring Cars. Castle Combe Donington Park  - Historic Cars - Historic Sports CC  - Flockhart and Seaman Trophies - Vintage SCC Brands Hatch  - Historic Raceday (HSCC)  - International Historic Superprix - HSCC Silverstone  - Coys International Historic Festival Croft Circuit  - Classic Car Meeting / Concourse Festival  - Classic and Historic Mallory Park  - Historic Cars - Historic Sports CC  - International Classic Post TT - New Era  - Bob Gerrard Memorial - Vintage SCC Lydden - Classic Vintage Practice Day Oulton Park - Historic Touring Cars - BARC Cadwell Park - Historic Touring Cars - BARC Pembrey - The Pembrey Classic - BARC Snetterton - Historic Race Day - MSCC Mosport International Raceway, Canada - VARAC Vintage Festival

Historic races / Vintage races / Classic races / Old School races

Historic Racing Saloon Register launched a new series in January 1996: Alfred Blackmore or Alexander Forbes Historic Racing Saloon Championship.
Parcipants in Hillman Imps in 2001: Ron Parker; Adrian Oliver; Peter Upton, all in class E.

• Simon Benoy - historicsaloons.co.uk
• Curt Bowland, U.S.
• Mike Dowsett
• Toivo Hämäläinen
• Reijo Halonen
• Murray Hart (New Zealand) built a 998 Imp to race in Pre-65
  He raced Imps in the 60s.
• The Hekker family (Dutch)
• James Ibbotson - 2021 Pre-'66 champion, Champions' Chatter interview
• Mika Iltanen - Sunbeam Imp - HoMK/UA - Class SS 1300, comp. no. 604 - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Juhani Jaakkola - Sunbeam Stiletto - HRF - Class SS 1300, comp. no. 601 - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Ilkka Jutila - Sunbeam Stiletto - HRF - Class SS 1300, comp. no. 603 - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Mike Lamplough (Hillman Imp) came 6th overal in 1987 in the Classic Saloon Car Club Championship Pre-65.
• Tommi Leino drove a 1971 Sunbeam Imp with comp. no. 316 in the Historic Race Finland (HRF) Roadsport, class C; Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Jerry Lenstra - The Winton Historics, 27-28 May 2006
• John Lockwood
• Greg Masters
• Kevan McLurg (Hillman Imp) won class D and came 3rd overall in 1989 in the Classic Saloon Car Club Championship (CSCC) Pre-65.
  He planned to move into single seaters.
• Gary Nairado (Hillman Imp) was 3rd overall in the 1992 Post Historic Touring of CSCC.
• Jacques Nicolet
• Adrian Oliver, Revilo Racing, has been racing an Imp since 1992 (class D winner 1996,1998,1999). Race Engineering by Martin Humphries.
  Building and Racing an Imp - how he built a race Imp from zero to Class winning saloon. (pictures, race dates, services, results)
  
• Kai Saarenmäki drove a 1970 Sunbeam Imp Evo2 comp.no. 306 in the Historic Race Finland (HRF) Roadsport, class C. - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Jyrki Salovuori drove a 1972 Sunbeam Stiletto comp. no. 312 in the Historic Race Finland (HRF) Roadsport, class C - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Viljo van Splunteren (The Netherlands)
• Michael Stupka - The Winton Historics, 27-28 May 2006
• Tomi Taipale - Sunbeam Stiletto, no. 636 - HRF - Class SS 1300 - Gulf Historic Race Cup 2005
• Hämäläinen Toivo drives a Sunbeam Stiletto (comp. #12) in the Historic Race Finland (HRF) Roadsport, class C.

Nisula Reijo drives a Hillman Imp Rallye (comp. #4) in the HRF Historic-Class Racecars, class D (periods E-F, up to 1300 cc).
Saaristo Jussi does the same in his Hillman Imp Rallye with comp. #9.
Reijo Halonen's Hillman Imp Rallye has comp. #81 (same class)

Tommi Leino finished 8th with his Sunbeam Imp in the Historic Grand Race of 18 August 2001 in the Race 1 Roadsport C with competition number 316. In the second race, the following day, he finished 5th.
In the same race, but in class SS1300 both Ilkka Jutila (#603) and Juhani Jaakkola (#601) participated with their Sunbeam Stilettos. They finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the first race and again in the second race.
Again the same race (oh for to live in Finland...) Jussi Saaristo (#71) took part in the Historic GT/ D class. He drove his 1971 998 Hillman Imp the first day to finish 3rd (behind two Abarths) and on the second day 4th (behind four Abarts). Kari Olkinuora in another 998 Hillman Imp (but of 1964) finished 5th in the first race. Reijo Halonen in his Hillman Imp Rallye did not finish in the first race.

Historic Touring Car Championship

Photographer Toni P1 on Flicker took some photos on Silverstone of the HSCC on May 11, 2008 of four racing Hillman Imps:
no. 1: bright blue, two white stripes lengthwise over entire car; RYF 118E
no. 86: Singer Chamois (1965) blue with grey top; Andy Jones
no. 91: Hillman Imp (1963) red with yellow top; Welsh; Mimilites; Vince Frost
no. 93: white with green top; Singer; name in gold: Graham Martin.
Photographer Albert S. Bite (Martin Alford) took photos of the Silverstone HSCC 'ByBox' on March 28, 2010 of
No. 86; blue Imp, silver top; Andy Jones; Revolutions; Singer Chamois (1965)
no. 91: Hillman Imp (1963) red with yellow top; Welsh; Mimilites; Vince Frost