To the glorious soundtrack of the GT3 racing hosted at nearby Rockingham Motor Speedway, the first round of the CSCRA Trans-Am series got off to an early start, despite the dreary weather. With a small field of just fourteen, all cars passed scrutineering, with Paul Minnis’ Over 2 Litre car attracting early attention with its Italian chassis. Concours However, it would be Paul’s Under 2 Litre car which would steal the show, the Fiat 600 Abarth on an Amato chassis blowing away the competition in concours. Built and detailed by Nick Hirst and his colleagues, the Reprotech-bodied car had a hand-built detailed engine bay, built by a colleague of Nick Hirst. This was the little Fiat’s first outing, proving that Minnis’ instinct to go for something a little unusual was right on the money. Second place in concours would go to Mick Langridge’s 2002 TII BMW. Built on a modified brass and piano wire open class F1 chassis, the Under 2 Litre car was also a clear favorite, gathering half a
