Race Descriptions / Grid

The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars

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Length : 1 x 60 mins

Not the usual historic FIA GT suspects, but an exciting, eclectic grid of early 1960s racers will battle it out on track at the Silverstone Classic in July. The pre-'63 GT race, brainchild of racer Ben Cussons, is symbolic of the Silverstone Classic's effort to showcase original race cars on a level-playing field rather than in a more traditional FIA context of combined pre-'66 classes. Participation is by invitation only to GT cars built and homologated before January 1 1963, from Short Wheel Base Ferraris to Aston Martin Zagatos, all models which were built to be driven on the road and raced on the track. Observance to period homologation rules will be strict, as the grid welcomes pre-'63 models which were competitive in their time but whose performance may not be suitable for more 'modern' historic racing.
Among the entries accepted so far are two of the rarest and most famous Aston Martins: the lightweight chassis ex-Equipe Endeavour DB4GT, which won its first race at Goodwood with Stirling Moss at the wheel in 1960, and a Project DP212 which raced at Le Mans in 1962.

Automobiles Historiques new 'Italian Historic Car cup' for pre 74 Italian Sports and GT cars

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Length : 1 x 75 mins

The 'Italian Historic Car Cup' is a race Series exclusively dedicated to Pre-74 Italian Sports, Sports-Prototype and GT cars of a type that were raced in the World Endurance Championship in period.
The 'Italian Historic Car Cup' will run races for the most outstanding historic racing cars at the very primehistoric events and are delighted to be part of the Silverstone Classic, bringing the cars back to the home of British motor sport where they competed in their heyday. To name the most iconic models, the following examples have already been registered: Ferrari 250 GT SWB, 250 GTO, 330 LM/B, 275 GTB, Dino 206 S and 246 S, Ferrari 312 P, 412 P, 512 S and M, 312 P/B and Daytona Group 4, Alfa Romeo TZ, TZ2, 33/2, 33/3 and 33TT3, Abarth SE 021 and SE 027, Simca-Abarth 2000, Maserati 250 S, T61 and 151. These outstanding cars will be campaigned by some of the most important collectors and racers in the world, making the Italian Historic Car Cup the most exclusive grid world-wide

HGPCA Pre 61 Front Engine GP cars

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Celebrating the 50th�anniversary of the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza (the last win by a front-engine car in Grand Prix racing) the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association will be fielding the actual car that achieved this honour, a Ferrari 246 Dino driven on the day by American Phil Hill.
The HGPCA race will also include examples of the winning cars from the BRDC Empire trophy races, such as Bugatti, ERA and Riley as well as the 1948 British Grand Prix Silverstone winning Maserati 4CLT driven by Villoresi and the 1950 winning Alfa Romeo 158 driven by Farina. In addition the Rosier Talbot, third in the1949 race, Bob Gerard's Cooper Bristol from the 1953 race and the Aston Martin DBR4 driven by Roy Salvadori will compete together with many other cars which featured in the results of the British Grands Prix between 1950 and 1959

HGPCA Pre 66 Rear Engine Cars

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Length : 2 x 20 mins

By 1959 rear-engine cars dominated Grand Prix racing and the HGPCA will be assembling a grid of the cars which competed in the British Grand Prix up until 1965. The winning car, a Cooper T51, that Jack Brabham drove to victory in 1959 at Silverstone will lead the field with Jim Clark's winning Lotus 18 from the 1960 British Empire Trophy, the Ferrari driven by von Trips in 1961, Stirling Moss� 1959 Cooper  T51, as well as Graham Hill's BRM and the Brabham driven by Dan Gurney will line up in July to compete in a separate race for rear-engine Grand Prix c

Masters GPM pre 74 GP cars

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Length : 2 x 20 mins

Formula One cars of the 1970s will headline the contribution to the Classic from Masters Historic Racing, Europe's largest historic racing organisation. With entries so far including iconic cars from McLaren, Williams, Tyrrell, Brabham, Lotus and Matra, fans of the era of Stewart, Hunt, Fittipaldi and the rest will enjoy a visual and aural feast.

MRL RAC Woodcote Trophy

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Length : 1 x 60 mins

In 2006, the Royal Automobile Club and Motor Racing Legends proudly announced the launch of a new European historic race series. Called the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy, the series is for genuine sports-racers of the post-War era, up to and including December 1955. Organised and managed by Motor Racing Legends, the races are at least one hour long, for two drivers, and held at premier historic race meetings.

Commented the then Royal Automobile Club Chairman, Tim Keown, The Club's rich motorsport heritage lives on today through our ties to such high-calibre events as the London to Brighton veteran car run, the Tourist Trophy (now awarded to winners of the British round of the FIA GT Championship) and, from 2006, this new series for Fifties sports cars to be run by Motor Racing Legends.
The Woodcote Trophy actively encourages the highest possible driving standards, with cars running to period specification.
The Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy, now in its fifth year, will welcome the usual mouthwatering mix from the 1950s: 300S Maseratis, OSCAs and Ferrari Monzas, through to Aston Martin DB3/S, Frazer Nash, Gordini, Cooper, Connaught and, of course, C- and D-type Jaguars. Then there are HWMs, Allards, Austin-Healeys, DB2 and DB3 Astons, XK120 and 140 Jaguars and even some Triumphs. Again, as with all Motor Racing Legends races, the emphasis is on strict adherence to genuine, period specifications.

U2TC

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Between the years of 1963, when the European Touring car Championship ran for the first time, and 1965, Touring Car stars, such as Whitmore, Hahne, Rhodes, Shoemaker, Fitzpatrick and Sears, were joined on the grid by almost all the well known, and some yet to become well-known drivers and personalities who took at shot at what was then a hot new series: Jacky Ickx (BMW 700S, Lotus Cortina); Jo Siffert (Chevy Impala); Brabham; Hulme; Chris Craft (Ford Anglia at Monza); Hans Hermann, Jochen Neerpasch; Roy Salvadori; Chris Amon (Sunbeam Rapier); Rauno Altonen (970 Mini);Timo MÃkinen; Chris Lawrence; Henry Taylor, Les Leston, famous motoring photographer Denise McCluggage (Mini Cooper); not to mention de Adamich, Facetti or Alan Mann.
The idea behind Historic Motor Racing News U2TC is to be faithful to the roots of International Touring Car racing.The series is only for cars that adhere strictly to period specification.  Although many of the participants own and drive several other racing cars, they support U2TC for the sportsmanship within the grid. With fairly evenly matched cars and high levels of race tuning and preparation as part of the winning strategy, U2TC is one of the most competitive series in historic racing today. These are two-driver races of a minimum of one hour at venues such as Brands Hatch, Monza, Dijon, Spa, and of course, Silverstone.This International series boasts several European Touring and GT Champions amongst its drivers, such as Austrian Dieter Karl Anton, and Swedish Bo Warmenius. It is also the favourite series of ex-F1 driver and ex-Arrows team owner, Jackie Oliver, while Indianapolis champion Bobby Rahal is also often seen on the U2TC grid.U2TC also attracts many of the stars of historic racing, such as Jon Minshaw (of Deemon Tweeks fame), Leo Voyazides, Martin Stretton, race preparer Rob Hall, journalist Andrew Frankel, Mikael Gustavsson, so the competition at the sharp end is fierce. Look out for a team of BMW 1800s, run by Richard Shaw, who runs no fewer than eight cars for drivers in the series.  These include the pairing of Marcus Mahy and Travis drummer Neil Primrose, Le Mans series contenders Mick and Sean McInerney, Martin Hines of Zip Kart fame, and Shaw himself paired with Jackie Oliver. The Alfa Romeo GTA contingent is just as numerous, with the factory-backed Scuderia del Portello fielding a team headed by Scuderia boss Marco Cajani driving with Italian ace Arturo Merzario. Cars are selected that not only would have been found on the grid from 1963 to 1965, but that look like the cars of the period and perform similarly. The grid is recognisable as a Championship Touring Car grid of the period, which means, amongst other things, limited advertising on the cars. Though the V8 cars have subsequently become popular amongst historic racers, there were few of them and they were not the winners in International Touring Car races before

WSM pre 74 Sports Cars

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Masters are again bringing a large grid of 1960s and 1970s Le Mans cars, which have been the star races of recent Classics, expect to see Lola, Porsche, Ferrari, Alfa replicating the endurance racing battles of that period, with drivers such as past le Mans winner Jackie Oliver and IndyCar champion Bobby Rahal up against the current stars of historic sports car racing.

Formula Junior

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Back in the 1960™s, the pack of Formula Juniors would stream nose to tail through Woodcote, lap after lap; in 2009, the phenomenon was repeated as a 13 car train, albeit headed comfortably by the superbly driven Cooper of Jon Milicevic, enthralled the crowd, reliving the excitement of the period. Historic Formula Junior™ was the first Formula to become Historic, when it was established as an independent Championship in 1976, and this opened the gateway to historic racing as we all know it today. This year, again, we will see another ding dong battle as the Lotus 27™s of Urs Eberhardt and Mike Hibberd pit against the Brabham BT6™s of Pierre Tonetti and Chris Drake “ but watch for F3 rising star and 2010 Autosport Awards Winner Callum McLeod in his works™ Caravelle -a black horse if any, and Sir John Chisholm, handling his Mk3A Gemin

HSCC Historic Road Sports

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Length : 1 x 25 min

Historic Sports Car Club Road SportsCravats, Cloth Caps, ladies in short dresses with the hair tied under scarves, welcome to the era of the 60 and 70s when European sports cars ruled the road.
This race epitomises the true spirit of Historic racing with Classic marques raced in almost showroom condition. Tight regulations ensure these cars are very close to road going specification, all MOT'd and on Road Tyres. Don't be fooled when the red lights go out, these boys and girls will be racing. These are the cars you will have owned, desired, laboured over in cramped garages, and serviced at the side of the road. Represented will be the great marques, Alfa Romeo, Ginetta, Jaguar, Lancia, Lotus, MG, Morgan, Porsche, Triumph and TVR, along with the not so well known cars, like Fairthorpe, Milano and Turner. Always a fantastic race, in 2008 this was the event everyone was talking about, not just for the on track action but for the evocative memories of cars once owned, and days gone by.

MRL The Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for 50's Sports Cars

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New for 2010, Motor Racing Legends has launched a brand-new series of historic races: the Stirling Moss Trophy. Inspired by the success of the one-off race of this name at the Algarve in October, the series is for genuine, pre-1961 sportscars and sports-racers. The aim is to offer the most authentic historic motor racing possible, with longer, two-driver races at high-profile meetings. The Stirling Moss Trophy, supported by JD Classics, will build on Motor Racing Legends™ ethos of inviting only genuine cars built to period specification, with an expectation of driving standards that are 'gentlemanly' as well as highly competitive.
It is a tremendous honour that Sir Stirling has allowed Motor Racing Legends to use his name for the new series, and the intention is to invite the very best cars from this evocative era. For 2010, a full season of motorsport offers six rounds of the new Stirling Moss Trophy, which will absorb the current BRDC Historic Sportscars series but extend the entry criteria to include GTs, as well as sportscars and sports-racer

HSCC Big Engine Touring Cars

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Feel the ground shake as over 40 V8 monsters, from the 60's roar around the Historic Grand Prix Circuit. This is the big Anglo American showdown of the weekend, as the Detroit Muscle cars from Ford, Chrysler, and Dodge, battle with the European cars of Jaguar and Mercedes. With engine capacities ranging from 3.4Litres to over 5 Litres, there will be over 12,000 horsepower unleashed when the lights go green. Huge cars on skinny period replica treaded tyres will be laying a line of burning rubber as they battle door handle to door handle, invoking memories of Touring Car greats, like Jack Sears, Sir John Whitmore, Frank Gardiner, Graham Hill in the John Coombes Jaguars. If you love seeing big cars sliding on opposite lock this is the race for you.

Appendix K pre 66 Mini's ( part of a new Masters Championship in association with the Silverstone Classic)

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Length : 2 x 20 mins

Masters will be providing an innovation this year, with the all Mini race, all to correct period, pre-1966 technical specification, 1293 cc engines, narrow wheels and tyres, limited modifications for racing, which forms the highlight of a season long championship all new for this year

Masters Gentleman Driver pre '66GT

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Length : 1 x 60 min

The final Masters organised race at the Classic is for the Gentleman Drivers, the GT cars of the period to 1966, the now much copied format which last year provided the race which viewers of Motors TV voted the ˜Best Race of the Year, in any category as E types battle Cobras, Aston DB4s, Ferraris and Bizzarinis, while the smaller engined categories sets Austin Healey against MG, Alfa, Lotus and rarer small volume cars of the 1960s “ 48 starters and a guaranteed close result, so typical of Masters historic rac