@a425couple: "Spa-Franchorchamps is a wonderful race track that
is still clearly linked back to it's history and interesting
memories.
Although the circuit has been changed, many memorable
and recognizable parts are still there, emerging from the
forest to the La Source hairpin, the famous downhill
run, Eau Rouge and Radillon and on down the fast
Kemmel straight.
Famous drivers and cars competed there:
Fangio (Alfa R, Maserati, Mercedes), Farina, Ascari,
Brooks, Collins.
My thoughts go back to 1960 when a hub/wheel broke
on Moss's Lotus causing injury, Michael Taylor in another
fragile Lotus rushed back to pits to summon an ambulance
and was badly injured when his steering column broke in
two.  Alan Stacey in another Lotus and Chris Bristow in a
Cooper died during the race.  This was also the year of
an American attempt, with Reventlow and Chuck Daigh
driving the American F1 Scarab, unfortunately the whole
car was behind the times of F1 by at least a year or two.
In 1961 Phil Hill won the race in Ferrari.
In 1967 Gurney tried with another American effort, Eagle, and won.
Greats like  Clark, McLaren, Prost, Senna, Mansell and
M Schumacher have won here.  And there have been the
great endurance races for Sports Cars.
And the current track still permits passing.
What a fantastic dream to drive at this famous place!!
A couple of weeks ago I heard from another racer who had
participated in an interesting race there that has fired up
a thought from a fantasy into the "could it be possible?"
category.
Could someone help by informing me here, or by email
with information, or web sites, or 'google search' keywords
to find more solid information on my interest?
He told me about a 24 hour race at Spa in June (?),
((NO - this is not the FIA GT Race won by the Ferrari
of Gollin, Lilian Bryner, Calderari & Cappellari)).
The race I would like to learn more about was a "spec."
racer one with tube frames, rear engine, all cars with
similar fiberglass bodies looking like Volkswagens?
And a number of car owners looking for qualified drivers."
    @pete: "<quote>
It's actually a 25 hour race - goes one better ;) And yes, it's for
spaceframe spec cars with bodywork that looks like old Beetles, and
fairly highly tuned Golf engines in the back - about 200bhp. The series
does a number of shorter endurance races in the UK. 
The race was held a few weeks ago - most of the teams are enthusiastic
amateurs, but OWRS debutant Guy Smith was drafted in by a team
consisting of assorted reporters for the Britsh telly programme "Top
Gear". ;)
pete
<email_address> "there's no room for enigmas in built-up areas""
    @pete: "<quote>
No, Fifth Gear was what happened when most of the Top Gear crowd were
sacked and went off to Channel 5 - it's virtually the same show that Top
Gear used to be until a few years ago. Top Gear has been reinvented on
the BBC as a sort of "lads' entertainment show" about cars now, with
some of the old faces back on it.
pete
<email_address> "there's no room for enigmas in built-up areas""
    @a425couple: ""a425couple" <email_address> wrote in
<quote>
Thanks Pete, Luc, George and others.
The key words on google turned out to be
Spa Francorchamps, then with quote marks, "25 hours"
(really many cites have 24 or 25 and the word hours in them!)
I obviously have to do more research.
Does anyone care to comment on;
1. How difficult it would be for a person with US SCCA
National License to get a European License?
2. Is it possible most/all cars in this race are "rented out"
by the same large company?
(one source describes about $8,000 ((times 6 drivers))
which includes an insurance with $4,000 deductible)."
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