The entry for the opening race has a fascinating mix of early sports-prototype and late GT racers, all of which helped form sports car racing grids in period
Despite a licence to start more than 50 cars per race, such is the Classic’s incredible popularity that many grids were still massively oversubscribed
Continue reading …Record numbers of car clubs are turning out in force, too, with Saturday’s vast infield display areas entirely sold-out. In total, more than 10,000 beautiful classics will be on show over the three days with, as tradition now dictates
Continue reading …The Harry Flatters on the challenging Epynt ranges in Wales is an important round of the season-long battle between current BHRC leaders Nick Elliott and Dave Price and defending champions Jason Pritchard and Phil Clarke in a contest of Ford Escort Mk2s.
Continue reading …The Cheshire track has a strong Formula 2 history from the early years of the category and the weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of the 1600cc Formula 2 regulations in 1967
Continue reading …World and Olympic champions, chart-topping musicians, best-selling authors and familiar figures from TV and radio will all be on the star-studded grid for the inaugural Celebrity Challenge Trophy Race at this month’s eagerly-anticipated Silverstone Classic (28-30 July). The stellar big-name line-up features no fewer than five gold medal-winning athletes. These are topped by Jason Kenny […]
Continue reading …The cars will take to the track for high-speed runs on Friday and Sunday, with Saturday featuring a parade of the iconic blue cars, to pipe-band accompaniment
Continue reading …“I’m both nervous and excited – it’s my first race and it’s going to be great,” he predicted
Continue reading …Come IGNITION, superhero Ari will be reunited with one of the few surviving Rothmans Rally Team RS1800s that he rallied in period. It is the very car in which he won the 1979 Cyprus Rally
Continue reading …A full nine-race programme with 250 entries was capped by a fantastic 55-car line-up for Historic Formula Ford 1600 and a sensational championship race was decided by just 0.057s when Callum Grant nosed ahead of Michael O’Brien in the sprint to the flag
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