Imagine a world of wheel-to-wheel saloon car racing, full grids and a host of manufacturers fighting for honours…welcome to The Masters Historic Racing Pre-66 Touring Car
Championship.
Ford Capris and Escorts, Jaguar XJS and Triumph Dolomite Sprints, BMW 2002 and Datsun 240Z: There’s something about Touring Cars from the late 1960s to early 1980s that brings back memories not just of the racing but of the road-going saloon cars that many of us longed to own.
Continue reading …More than 50 years after it was launched, the Jaguar, E-Type is still revered as the best looking sports car in British automotive history. The E-Type Challenge
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While the Group C cars re-live the 1980s, an earlier era of World-class sports car racing is brought back to life in the 1000km series for pre ’72 sports-racing cars and the hour-long race will wrap up Saturday’s Donington Historic Festival 2013 in style!
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From the late 1960s through into the early 1980s, the singleseater ladder was much clearer than it is today. Formula 2 was widely accepted as the prime proving ground for aspiring grand prix racers and most of the drivers who rose to the very top of the sport had F2 racing on their CV.
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Through relatively new in historic racing terms, the pre ’63 GT race series has been a huge success. Beautiful GT cars from the late 1950s and early 1960s will grace the grid late on Friday afternoon to bring the curtain down on the opening day of the Donington Historic Festival.
Continue reading …HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy Pre-1940 Grand Prix Car Race
May 1, 2013 Comments Off on HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy Pre-1940 Grand Prix Car Race
On 25th March 1933, Yorkshire textiles magnate Edward Ramsden Hall (MG) won Donington Park’s first car race. The Historic Grand Prix cars association celebrates its 80th anniversary and four period Donington GPs with a spectacular pre-1940 double header. This event is names for Italy’s Tazio Nuvolari, arguably the greatest driver of all time. Gritty and […]
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Accross the UK and Europe, racing for period touring cars is massively popular and one of the best and most competitive series is the U2TC, for under two-litre touring cars.
Continue reading …Last Chance To Save With Advance Discount Tickets For Donington Historic Festival
April 26, 2013 Comments Off on Last Chance To Save With Advance Discount Tickets For Donington Historic Festival
Drivers, cars and spectators are travelling from across the globe for the event – some from as far afield as Australia, Russia and the USA – making this a truly international historic race meeting
Continue reading …Two Iconic P3 Alfas and Seven Eras Join Pre-War GP Cars Re-Tracing Their Tyre Tracks at Donington
April 18, 2013 Comments Off on Two Iconic P3 Alfas and Seven Eras Join Pre-War GP Cars Re-Tracing Their Tyre Tracks at Donington
HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy Race in association with Hall & Hall at next month’s Donington Historic Festival (May 3rd, 4th and 5th) won’t simply evoke memories of pre-War Grand Prix racing at Donington Park, it will recreate it.
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