After the huge success of this year’s record-breaking Silver Jubilee extravaganza – an event which attracted more than 100,000 visitors for the first time in the Classic’s 25-year history – the 2016 Silverstone Classic (29-31 July) is already gearing up for another massive attendance next summer
Continue reading …This racing car-only sale was the first auction of its kind to be offered by Silverstone Auctions and achieved total sales value of £1,071,220*. Highlights of the Competition Car Sale included a 1959 Cooper Monaco, which sold for £219,375
Continue reading …In a weekend of superlatives, when persistent rain could not dampen the atmosphere, the four Masters grids were outstanding with huge fields of cars delivering top quality races.
Continue reading …In celebration of the event’s momentous milestone, a special Silver Sunday Parade brought together more than 200 silver cars from Land Rovers to Lexus’, MGs to Mercedes and Saabs to Ssangyongs
Continue reading …Marino Franchitti is just one of the hundreds and hundreds of racing drivers all revved up for this weekend’s sensational Silverstone Classic (24-26 July). The 37-year-old Scot, though, has a very special reason to be exceptionally excited – he’s about to fulfil a dream. “I’m going to race an incredible car and I just can’t wait,” he enthused.
Continue reading …Paying tribute to the pair’s pioneering achievements in creating the blueprint for what’s now The World’s Biggest Classic Motor Racing Festival, the Stuart Graham ‘Scarf and Goggles’ Award will be presented to what’s judged to be the most admirable car competing at the Classic
Continue reading …The spectacular parade is open to everyone with a silver car – old or new – and has already attracted an amazing array ranging from a 1934 Austin Seven Special to the latest creations from legendary marques such as Land Rover and Aston Martin.
Continue reading …The Guards Trophy GT and Sports Racing Championship is open to pre-1966 GT cars and pre-1969 sports-racing cars and is the best-supported championship in historic racing. In 2014, 167 drivers took part in the seven-round championship.
Continue reading …Two evocative new races for much-loved British GT and saloon cars from the Fifties and Sixties have been added to this summer’s massive Silverstone Classic line-up (24-26 July).
Continue reading …As well as famously singing the opening and closing lines to the original Band Aid single ‘Do they Know It’s Christmas’, Young enjoyed numerous top ten hits including ‘Love of the Common People’, ‘I’m Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down’, ‘Come Back and Stay’ and ‘Everytime You Go Away’.
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