Event Info
FLAT OUT FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
The Silverstone Classic is one of the largest classic racing events in the world, and our declared objective is to be definitively the World’s Biggest Classic Racing Festival. The event was established nearly 20 years ago and recently the spectator attendance has grown to the level of 65,000 in 2009.
Last year the event concept changed from being purely classic motor racing based to include live music concerts on the Friday (Toploader, Blue, and Pussycat Dolls) and Saturday (Carlos Santana) nights under the legend ‘Rocking and Racing’. This will continue for 2010 with performances by Dr Feelgood and The Yardbirds on Friday Evening, and Rick Parfitt Jr on Saturday evening, with further acts yet to be announced. In 2010 we are expecting over 100 classic car clubs displaying over 5,000 members cars inside the venue. We are expecting over 700 rare classic race cars worth well over £100 million driven by around 1000 owner/racers (some races have two drivers). The grids look to provide examples of the best quality races available in each of the decades from the pre-war era through to the 90s. These cover GP, Le Mans, Sports and Touring cars. There will be aerial displays, hot air balloon ascents, a Victorian fun fair with the addition of some extreme rides, a retail village with over 100 traders. Harley-Davidson © will provide displays and demonstrations.
Bonhams auctioneers are the auction partner again in 2010 having achieved a 100% of lots sold at the 2009 event
Celebrities add glamour to any event and SC09 had Murray Walker as its ambassador plus Sir Stirling Moss, Richard Attwood, Jackie Oliver, Bobby Rahal, et al from the racing world and, Chris Rea, Mark Knopfler, and others from the music world.
New for 2010 will be a celebrity race on the Friday evening, in which celebrities new to the world of motor racing will be able to pit their newly discovered skills behind the wheel of a race car against each other on the full historic GP circuit. Driving specially race prepared road cars, the celebrities will first attend training to gain their race licences, and then go into battle in identical performance cars providing a great TV and crowd pleasing spectacle.
