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Bumper entry list for 2011 Oulton Park Gold Cup

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On August - 18 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

The entry list for the 2011 Oulton Park Gold Cup, which takes place this August Bank Holiday weekend (28/29 August), has been released, and reveals more than 450 cars will take part over the two days. Across the 18-race programme there will impressively be an average of 28 cars per race..

This includes 35 cars entered in the two E-Type challenge races, which celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Jaguar sports car. Entries include 1989 and 1995 British Touring Car Champion John Cleland, racing legend Barrie Williams and motorsport television personality Tony Jardine. Also entered is a pristine example from Alan Minshaw that is in showroom condition, matching the original brochure car. The races complement a parade and display by E-Type owners on the Sunday.

The races for historic sports cars, single seaters and saloons will be a treat for fans of marques Lola, March, MG, Austin, Lotus and revived local favourite Chevron amongst others. A lesser known racing name is Chinook and a rare Mk2 from Canada has been entered in the Martini Trophy for sports racers.

Another highlight of the meeting will be the Derek Bell Trophy for F5000 cars, once referred to as ‘F1 for the common man’. These F1-style cars from the 1970s are powered by big 5-litre V8 engines, making an amazing sound to match their prodigious speed.

Also present at Oulton Park during this nostalgic weekend will be 1970 Le Mans winner Richard Attwood. The Sportscar legend will race in the Stirling Moss Trophy for sports racers that competed in the ‘50s and early ‘60s. He is entered in an Aston Martin DBR1, which, like Attwood, also won at Le Mans. They will face a grid containing cars from Maserati, Cooper, Ferrari and Lister.

Tickets for the Oulton Park Gold Cup are available from £17 per day, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information, call 0843 453 9000 or visit www.oultonpark.co.uk.

The Oulton Park Gold Cup is the north west’s premier historic racing event and the annual meeting is set to be another classic in 2011. Held on August Bank Holiday weekend (28-29 August), the history of the Gold Cup stretches back to the 1950s, when it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-championship F1 races.

The event, organised by the Historic Sports Car Club, will feature racing from some of the top single seater racing classes, including Formula 2 and Formula 5000 – F1-style cars with monster 5-litre V8 engines that make a glorious sound! They are joined by Formula 3, Formula Junior and Formula Ford, categories that brought names including Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell to the Formula One world’s attention.

There’s saloon car fun with the Historic Touring Cars series, where family favourites from Ford, Vauxhall, Austin and Jaguar compete in incredibly close and entertaining races. These encounters are every bit as hard fought as today’s British Touring Car Championship rounds!

Sports car action comes courtesy of the Stirling Moss, Woodcote and Guards Trophies for sports racers and GTs, plus the Historic Road Sports 70s series, which will see legendary marques including Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Lotus in action. The Jaguar connection continues with the E-Type challenge, a series commissioned for 2011 to mark the car’s 50th anniversary.

The E-Type celebrations continue with a cavalcade of cars that Enzo Ferrari once described as “the most beautiful in the world”. The convoy will leave Manchester Airport on the morning of Sunday 28 August and arrive at Oulton Park, where they will complete a lap of the circuit before parking in a special display area for all to see. Anyone wishing to join the cavalcade should contact Christena on 07714 855694 or email: bogladyte@btinternet.com

Also honoured this year will be the spectacular Group B Rally cars of the 1980s, which were banned for being too fast! Fire-breathing specials from this era include the Audi Quattro, Ford RS200, Peugeot 205 T16, Metro 6R4 and Lancia 037. Demonstrations of these incredible machines are sure to be a highlight of a superb weekend.

Tickets for the Oulton Park Gold Cup are available from £17, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information, call 0843 453 9000 or visit www.oultonpark.co.uk

SILVERSTONE CLASSIC OPENS IN STYLE

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On July - 22 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

The 2011 Silverstone Classic opened in fabulous style today (Friday 22 July) with over 700 of the world’s finest historic racing cars taking to the track for official qualifying ahead of this weekend’s 22 races on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.

The whole Silverstone estate has been filling through the day with a stunning collection of over 7000 classic cars from more than 120 car clubs. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of Jaguar E-types already on site ahead of Saturday’s bid to set a Guinness World Record for the greatest number of E-types in a parade. The celebrations for the 50th anniversary of this iconic British sports car are a central theme of this year’s Silverstone Classic.

The on-track action has been fast and furious as drivers battled for grid positions for the races. Such is the scale of the entry that both Silverstone paddocks are full of glorious racing cars. Some of the races are accommodated in the stunning new ‘Wing’ pit complex, while others are situated in the existing National pit and paddock.

Single-seaters, sports, GT and touring cars spanning the period from 1928 to 1991 are all in action as the Silverstone Classic justifies its proud claim to being the ‘the world’s biggest classic racing festival’. The total value of cars racing this weekend is well over £300 million, with some worth several million pounds each.

The entire Silverstone site has been taken over by racing cars, displays, attractions and activities for the entire family, while superb music concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon will complete this unrivalled weekend of entertainment.

In the qualifying sessions, notable performances included those of Le Mans racer Andy Meyrick, who set pole position for the Grand Prix Masters race ahead of a fabulous field of 33 Cosworth DFV-powered Grand Prix cars of the 1970s and early 1980s. Other cars in the race are those driven in their heyday by drivers like John Watson, James Hunt and Nigel Mansell.

The multi-million pound Ferrari 250GT SWB of Hans Hugenholtz topped qualifying for the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy from the Aston Martin DB4 GT of former Le Mans winner Richard Attwood and Stuart Graham, the only man to win the Tourist Trophy on both two and four wheels.

Other pacesetters in qualifying included Jon Minshaw, who headed a magnificent field of 52 cars for the Jaguar E-type Challenge race, local ace Gary Pearson, who put his Jaguar D-type on pole for the Woodcote Trophy and Scotsman Alasdair McCaig, who will head the Pre ’66 Grand Prix car grid in his Cooper T53.

As the sun set over Silverstone, qualifying concluded with a magnificent field of 30 Group C cars taking to the track. It will be Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes, Nissan and Lancia battling for supremacy in the pair of races, with the first Group C race running as a spectacular into-the-dusk affair on Saturday evening.

“It has been a fabulous day of qualifying here at Silverstone,” said event director Nick Wigley, who also found time to post eighth fastest time on the Pre ’66 Grand Prix car grid in his Cooper T51. “The stage is set for some epic races over the weekend, but that is only part of what is on offer for visitors to Silverstone this weekend!”

Pic: Gary Hawkins

A huge entry list of historic racing cars will be taking to the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit next weekend (1-3 July) for the HSCC Superprix. The annual fixture at the Kent circuit, organised by the Historic Sports Car Club, is a highlight of the historic racing calendar and becomes a three-day meeting for the first time this year.

The event is headlined by the FIA Historic Formula One Championship and, taking place just one week before this year’s British Grand Prix, is the perfect way to kick off seven days of F1 fever. Whilst the sport is in a rude state of health right now, the glory days of the sport were in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and these are recalled with cars from the McLaren, Williams, Brabham and Tyrrell factories likely to be the ones to watch. Not only is Brands Hatch a venue that many of these racers once competed at, but it is one of the few to remain virtually unchanged in its layout.

Competing for the crowd’s affection in the ‘80s was Group C sportscar racing, with spectacular cars from Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes and Nissan battling all over the world. Le Mans may have been the one they all wanted to win but the Brands Hatch 1000km race was a sportscar classic and all of these cars, plus many more, can be seen on track in anger once again.

The many feeder formulas to F1 saw some of the world’s greatest drivers signal intent of their ambitions. Certainly great things were expected of Senna, Button and Hamilton before they had even taken part in their first Grand Prix. The Historic Superprix will feature races from classic Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Junior and Formula Ford cars, many of which still carry the names of their illustrious former drivers and will see large grids filling the 2.3 mile circuit.

Pic: Phatphoto

GT cars are also well-catered for with many racing stars in the line up for the 50th anniversary Jaguar E-Type celebration races. Desiré Wilson, the only woman to win an F1 race, will face Barry ‘Whizzo’ Williams, former BTCC champion John Cleland and former F1 driver and team owner Jackie Oliver in the legendary car’s 50th anniversary year. Further variety is provided in Road Sports, with Lotuses, MGs, Alfa Romeos, Datsuns, Lancias and many more. Races for the older sports racing cars of the ‘60s and ‘70s sees Chevrons, Lolas and Abarths, too.

Finally, fans of saloon car racing will rejoice at the sight of the entrants of the Historic Touring car race. Close racing has always been a feature of this category and expect to see a revival of the great battles as the big American muscle cars such as the Ford Mustangs and Falcons take on the lighter and more agile Mini Coopers and Lotus Cortinas. The big Jaguar saloons and little Austin A40s and Hillman Imps are sure to provide an entertaining sideshow too.

Tickets for the Brands Hatch HSCC Historic Superprix are available in advance from £17 for adults, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information call 0843 453 9000 or visit www.brandshatch.co.uk

Cadwell Park HSCC Wolds Trophy Meeting

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On April - 29 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Racing Exposure reader, Adam Pigott, was at the recent HSCC Meeting at Cadwell Park.   This meeting was partly celebrating 60 years of Formula 3, and whilst modern F3 does not visit Cadwell Park any more, the track has hosted many F3 meetings in the past, and still sees fairly modern F3 derived cars race there when the Monoposto Racing Club visits.

Adam has sent in these photographs which capture the essence of an HSCC meeting at a glorious circuit.   More can be seen on his Flickr page.

Cadwell to celebrate 60 years of F3

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On April - 13 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Diamond celebrations for Cadwell Park this Easter - New historic race meeting to mark 60 years of Formula 3

MSV's Jonathan Palmer takes to the air over the Cadwell Mountain (1981)

Cadwell Park will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of Formula 3 this Easter weekend (24/25 April), when the Louth circuit hosts its first ever Wolds Trophy Meeting for historic race cars.

British F3 has launched the international career of many legendary motorsport names including Sir Stirling Moss, Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, Jenson Button and James Hunt, and Cadwell Park will host more than six decades of classic Formula 3 machinery.

The celebrations will begin on Easter Sunday with a race for Classic Formula 3 cars of the 1970s and 80s, before an outing for 1000cc F3 cars featuring an appearance by 1960s Formula 3 driver Bev Bond, who enjoyed an intense rivalry with future double F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi whilst competing in the series for Team Lotus.

Cadwell Park will be venturing back to the roots of its car racing history on Easter Monday, when a field of 500cc F3 cars – the first four wheel vehicles ever to race at the Louth venue in 1953 – take to the track for a special celebration race.

There will also be support racing from Historic Formula Ford, a long established feeder series for Formula 3, featuring several local drivers – including Newark’s Paul Dukes, who will be racing a Reynard SF79 once piloted by David Leslie in period ‘Dukes Palletts’ livery, as Paul’s father sponsored Leslie during his early career.

In addition, the meeting will include two races for Formula Junior cars, representing the class that took over from F3 as the major international junior single seater category between 1959 and 1963.

Advance tickets for the inaugural Wolds Trophy meeting are available until Tuesday 19 April from £10 for adults, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. All tickets include free paddock access, so spectators can take a close look at the unique machinery competing and share the enthusiasm of the drivers and teams who restore and maintain these classic race cars.

For more information on the Wolds Trophy Meeting at Cadwell Park on Easter Sunday and Monday (24/25 April), call 0843 453 9000 or visit www.cadwellpark.co.uk.

HSCC reveal 2011 schedule

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On November - 25 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

HSCC 2011 CALENDAR (PROVISIONAL DATES)

2nd or 9th April -Donington Park

16th – 17th April -Hockenheim (HF2 Only)

23rd – 24th April - Cadwell Park (Easter Weekend)

14th – 15th May - Silverstone International Trophy (GP Circuit)

4th – 5th June - Monza (HF2 Only)

11th – 12 June - Snetterton 3 Hour (New”300” Circuit)

17th – 19th June - Tour Britannia

1st – 3rd July - Brands Hatch Super Prix (GP Circuit) (Inc HF2 & E Type Challenge)

22nd – 24th July - Silverstone Classic (GP Circuit) (Inc E Type Challenge)

6th – 7th August - Croft Nostalgia Weekend

13th – 14th August - Nurburgring Oldtimer Grand Prix (E Type Challenge)

27th – 29th August - Oulton Park Gold Cup (International Circuit)(Inc E Type Challenge)

10th or 11th September - Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit)

16th – 17th September - Goodwood (E Type Challenge)

1st – 2nd October - Dijon Trophees de Bourgogne (HSCC Open Wheel Grid) (inc HF2)

22nd October - Silverstone Championship Finals

5th-6th November - Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy

Show Dates

13th – 16th January - Autosport International Racing Car Show (NEC)

25th – 27th February - Race Retro International Historic Motor Sport (Stoneleigh)

Bank Holiday Activity

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On August - 28 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

There is plenty of racing around the country this bank holiday weekend.

Snetterton – British F3, British GT, Formula Ford, VW support races

Oulton Park – HSCC Gold Cup

Mallory Park – CSCC and Monoposto

Thruxton – Great and British

Silverstone – 750MC

Rockingham – Britcar & BRSCC

Castle Combe – A Plant LUX Sportscar Raceday

Lydden Hill – Quaife MSA British Rallycross Championship

And on two wheels…

Anglesey – Hottrax bike racing

Brands Hatch – Thundersport GP Bike Races

Cadwell Park – British Superbikes

Oulton Park Gold Cup announces biggest ever line-up

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On August - 20 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Over 500 drivers set to compete at historic racing event

The Oulton Park Gold Cup is celebrating the biggest line-up in its fifty year history, with 480 vehicles and more than 500 drivers confirmed for the historic racing festival this Bank Holiday weekend (29/30 August).

Among the headline features of this year’s Gold Cup is the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy, a new event for pre-1961 sportscars and sports-racers. After recovering from terrible injuries suffered in a lift accident at his home five months ago, Sir Stirling himself is set to compete in the event – exactly 50 years after winning the 1960 Gold Cup in a Lotus 18 – and the 80-year-old will be piloting an Osca FS372 alongside Ian Nuthall.

Moss has won the Oulton Park Gold Cup a magnificent five times, and he will also be demonstrating the unique Ferguson P99 that he steered to victory at the event in 1961, when he became the only driver to win a Formula One race in a four wheel drive car.

Another notable entrant in the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy is Richard Attwood, who steered Porsche to its first ever Le Mans 24 Hour race victory in 1970 alongside team-mate Hans Herrman. Attwood will be racing an Aston Martin DBR1 with British GT and Le Mans Series racer Gregor Fisken.

The Gold Cup will also feature historic Formula Two and Formula 5000 single seaters in the Derek Bell Trophy, along with a bumper grid of 35 classic Formula Fords, including both Frank Sytner and double Gold Cup winner Ian Ashley. Other racing highlights include the Guards Trophy for pre-1966 GT and Sports Racing Cars, Historic Formula Junior and Classic Touring Cars.

Grahame White, executive director of Gold Cup organiser the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC), said: “The Oulton Park Gold Cup is now truly established as one of the most popular historic motor race meetings anywhere and this year has attracted an all-time record entry, including many competitors from overseas. It is a ‘must-do’ event for racers with so many top drivers confirmed and as race organisers we are looking forward to a fantastic weekend.”

In addition to a two-day programme of circuit racing, the Oulton Park Gold Cup will feature a number of unique demonstrations including a Silk Cut Group C Jaguar Le Mans car and a 3.5 litre R90 Nissan, steered to pole position by Mark Blundell at the 1990 Le Mans 24 Hour race.

There will also be a special parade to celebrate 30 years of the Audi Quattro, plus several displays from a collection of Group B rally cars.

Tickets for the Oulton Park Gold Cup on 29/30 August are now on sale from £17 for adults, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information call 0870 950 9000 or visit www.oultonpark.co.uk.

Sir Stirling Moss set to compete at the Oulton Park Gold Cup

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On August - 5 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Photo: Paul Lawrence

Racing Legend Sir Stirling Moss will be joining classic racers to compete for a trophy in his honour at the Oulton Park Gold Cup this Bank Holiday weekend (29/30 August).

The Oulton Park Gold Cup is Cheshire’s biggest historic racing event, celebrating single seaters, sports cars and saloons from the past six decades, and this year’s festivities will feature a special Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-1961 sports cars.

Among the competitors in this trophy race will be Sir Stirling Moss himself, who has made a remarkable return to racing after suffering terrible injuries in a lift shaft accident at his home just five months ago.

Often referred to as ‘the greatest driver never to win a World Championship’, 80-year-old Moss clinched 16 Grands Prix during his career, including five Gold Cup victories in the 1950s when the event was run as a non-championship Formula One race – before its modern reincarnation as a historic racing festival.

In fact, Moss triumphed at Oulton Park exactly 50 years ago, when he fended off strong competition from Jack Brabham and Graham Hill to win the 1960 Gold Cup, and he will return to the tarmac a half-century later this Bank Holiday weekend to pilot an Osca sports car.

HSCC Executive Director Graham White said: “We’re very much looking forward to being at Oulton Park for what now has become the most important historic motor racing event in the north of England. We’re also thrilled that Sir Stirling Moss will be joining us to race at this year’s Gold Cup meeting.”

More than 400 classic vehicles are expected to be on show at this year’s event, and racing highlights include the Derek Bell Trophy for historic Formula Two and Formula 5000 machinery, the Guards Trophy for 1960s GT and Sports Racing cars and a 40 minute Historic Touring Car outing.

The Gold Cup will also be celebrating 30 years of the iconic Audi Quattro – most recently made famous by its appearance in the BBC drama ‘Ashes to Ashes’ – with a special parade. There will also be display laps from a Silk Cut Group C Jaguar and Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans car, along with demonstrations from a collection of Group B historic rally cars.

Paddock access is free throughout the weekend, so spectators can take a close look at the magnificent machinery from the golden age of motorsport.

Tickets for the Oulton Park Gold Cup on 29/30 August are now on sale from £17 for adults, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information call 0870 950 9000 or visit www.oultonpark.co.uk.

Brands Hatch will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Grand Prix circuit at the HSCC Historic Superprix next weekend (3/4 July).

The Grand Prix configuration is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and spectacular circuits in motor racing, and the circuit regularly held the British GP for three decades in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Nigel Mansell scored his first ever Grand Prix win at the Kent venue in 1985, whilst MotorSport Vision Chief Executive Jonathan Palmer made his F1 debut at Brands Hatch in 1983 driving a Williams FW08C.

To celebrate the Grand Prix circuit’s golden anniversary, many of the vehicles that competed at Brands Hatch during its halcyon days will once again take to the track in the FIA Historic Formula One Championship at next weekend’s Historic Superprix, which will feature famous racing marques including Brabham, Lotus and Tyrrell.

Many of the drivers that took part in the inaugural Silver City Trophy, a non-championship Formula One event, in 1960 have also been invited to attend the Historic Superprix celebrations.

Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision Jonathan Palmer said: “We’re delighted that the HSCC has chosen such a special anniversary as the theme for this year’s Superprix. The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit is regarded by many F1 Grand Prix legends as one of the most challenging in the world, which makes it all the more satisfying to race on. With its dramatic sweeping undulations and the unique nature of every corner, it is one of those circuits that as a driver you just know at the end of every lap that there is a bit more time that can be found on the next – and that is so rare and exciting.”

There will also be support racing from an array of classic machinery including one litre Formula 3 ‘screamer’ cars, historic Formula 2 and Formula Junior vehicles and 1960s GT and Sports Racing cars.

Tickets for the HSCC Historic Superprix at Brands Hatch on 3/4 July are now on sale from £17 for adults, with free entry for children aged 12 and under. For more information call 0870 950 9000 or visit www.brandshatch.co.uk.

HSCC Silverstone photos

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On May - 18 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Scott Mitchell sent in these photos from the HSCC event at Silverstone.

More on his website

Historic Formula 2 season starts at Hockenheim

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On April - 8 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

British racers Martin Stretton and Matthew Watts top the entry for the opening two rounds of the 2010 Historic Formula 2 Championship at Hockenheim over the weekend of 17/18 April.

Defending champion Stretton has stepped up to a 2-litre March 742, having won the 2009 title in his 1600cc March 712. Watts, meanwhile, continues with his ex-Norman Dickson March 772 having won races regularly through the 2009 season.

The F2 Trophy will be contested over a schedule of 12 races at six major historic race meetings. All six tracks on the calendar have a period Formula 2 history, including Brands Hatch GP, which hosts the British rounds on 3/4 July. As before, the F2 championship caters for both 1600cc and 2-litre Formula 2 and Formula Atlantic cars produced from 1967 to 1978.

The 22-car field includes drivers from seven countries and six manufacturers, with nine 2-litre cars and 13 1600cc cars. New to F2 will be Historic F1 racers Richard Meins (March 762) and Peter Wuensch in the ex-Eddie Cheever Ralt RT1. Peter Meyrick (March 782) is another leading contender, while Japanese racer Katsu Kubota (March 712) tops the 1600cc field.

“This is a great start to the F2 season,” said Grahame White of the Historic Sports Car Club, the managers of the championship. “It is very encouraging to have a 22-car entry for Hockenheim with a number of new drivers and new driver and car combinations.”

For more details about the HSCC, please visit www.hscc.org.uk

HSCC Season Opener Silverstone

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On March - 31 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Racing Exposure contributor, Scott Mitchell, sent in these photos from the first round of Historic Sports Car Club action from Silverstone.    Can anyone provide some words?

The Historic Sports Car Club will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch during the annual HSCC Historic Superprix over the weekend of 3/4 July.

Widely regarded as one of the most challenging and spectacular sections of race track in the world, the Grand Prix loop at the Kent track was completed in 1960 and was first used for car racing over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The feature event was the non-championship Formula 1 race for the Silver City Trophy, which was won by Jack Brabham (Cooper T53) from Graham Hill (BRM) and Bruce McLaren (Cooper T51)

Now, in a fitting celebration of half a century of international racing on the Grand Prix circuit, the type of cars that contested the Silver City Trophy will be back in action as races for the Historic Grand Prix Car Association feature prominently. There is every probability that the grid will include a Cooper T53 alongside many other classic Grand Prix cars from the pre ’66 era.

For three decades, the British Grand Prix was held regularly at Brands Hatch and the Formula 1 cars that raced there in the 1970s and early 1980s will be back in July for a round of the sensational FIA Historic Formula One Championship. Other major races include rounds of the Historic Formula 2 Trophy, the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior and there is a full programme of HSCC categories spanning single-seaters, sports and GT cars and saloon cars.

“The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit has to be the finest drivers’ track in Britain,” said Grahame White, CEO of the HSCC. “We are very pleased to mark this important anniversary with our Historic Superprix. Not only do we have a great line-up of some of the most significant international historic racing categories, but we also have rounds of all of our own championships. The chance for our members to race on the Grand Prix circuit ensures that this is one of our biggest events of the season.”

Jonathan Palmer, Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision, said: “We’re delighted that Grahame White and his team at the HSCC have chosen such a special anniversary as the theme for this year’s Superprix. The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit is regarded by many F1 Grand Prix legends as one of the most challenging in the world, which makes it all the more satisfying to race on. With its dramatic sweeping undulations and the unique nature of every corner, it is one of those circuits that as a driver you just know at the end of every lap that there is a bit more time that can be found on the next – and that is so rare and exciting.”

Other race winners in August 1960 included F1 driver Roy Salvadori, who won the Kingsdown Trophy for saloon cars in a Jaguar and the Raffles Trophy for un-limited sports cars in a Cooper Climax. Jack Sears won the Wrotham Trophy for GT cars in an Aston Martin DB4, while the 24-year old Jim Clark won the John Davy Trophy for Formula Juniors in a Lotus 18. Even though he had already started his Grand Prix career for Team Lotus, Clark still contested some Formula Junior races for the team through the 1960 season. The club is hoping to re-use some of these trophy names for suitable races in July.

For more details about the HSCC, please visit www.hscc.org.uk

HSCC 2010 provisional calendar

Posted by Andrew Cliffe On January - 26 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

HSCC Provisional 2010 Calendar

Listed below is the provisional Calendar of HSCC Dates for 2010 published in the latest edition of the HSCC News. Please note these dates are provisional and maybe subject to change.

Friday
26th March
Mallory Park
Test and Track Day
Sunday
28th March
Silverstone
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Sunday
11th April
Cadwell Park
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Saturday/Sunday
15th – 16th May
Silverstone
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Saturday/Sunday
22nd – 23rd May
Snetterton (Autosport 3Hr)
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Sunday
20th June
Mallory Park
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Saturday/Sunday
3rd – 4th July
Brands Hatch (Super Prix)
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Friday – Sunday
23rd – 25th July
Silverstone Classic
Invited Race Groups
Sunday
1st August
Castle Combe
Invited HSCC Championships
Saturday/Sunday
7th - 8th August
Croft
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Sunday/Monday
29th – 30th August
Oulton Park (Gold Cup)
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Saturday
11th September
Brands Hatch Indy
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Friday – Sunday
24th – 26th September
Spa Francorchamps (6 Hr Race Meeting)
Race for HSCC Open Wheel Race Car Groups.
Saturday
9th October
Silverstone (Finals)
HSCC Championship Race Meeting
Saturday/Sunday
6th – 7th November
Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy
Non Championship Scratch Races for Historic Cars

Historic Formula 2 Provisional Calendar for 2010

Listed below is the Historic Formula 2 Provisional Timetable for 2010, please note these dates are provisional and maybe subject to change.


16th – 18th April
Hockenheim
Germany
21st - 23rd May
Spa Francorchamps
Belgium
4th - 6th June
Monza
Italy
3rd – 4th July
Brands Hatch GP Circuit
United Kingdom
September
TBN
TBN
1st – 3rd October
Dijon
France

Source: HSCC website

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