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DEREK BELL TO SPEARHEAD SPECTACULAR GROUP C CELEBRATION AT SILVERSTONE
Britain’s most successful sportscar racer, Derek Bell MBE , will top a star-studded bill as Silverstone celebrates the 40th anniversary of the legendary Group C era at The Classic over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of this month (26-28 August). The five time winner of the illustrious Le Mans 24 Hours will be joined … Continue reading
SILVERSTONE TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF GROUP C AT THE CLASSIC
Silverstone will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Group C sportscar era at The Classic next month (26-28 August). As well as being the birthplace of the Formula One World Championship, the famous circuit also had the honour of hosting the very first race for lionised Group C cars. The opening round of the 1982 World … Continue reading
SENSATIONAL NEW SUPERCAR RACES COMPLETE CLASSIC 2022 RACECARD
Already supercharged by its new August Bank Holiday date, this summer’s not-be-be-missed festival – The Classic (26-28 August) – will captivate fans with its greatest ever line-up of retro races. All the compelling crowd-pleasers from motor sport’s golden eras are back on The Classic bill and, together with a pair of spectacular new supercar showdowns … Continue reading
THE CLASSIC BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS COMING IN 2022
Furthering its credentials as one of the UK’s premier fun-fuelled family festivals – as well as the world’s biggest retro racing celebration – The Classic is moving to an exciting new August Bank Holiday date in 2022 (26-28 August). As ever the record-breaking displays of privately-owned classic cars and unrivalled line-up of retro races from … Continue reading
RECORD BREAKING CLASSIC BIRTHDAY REFUELS PASSIONS
Promised as the ‘biggest and best’ ever staged, the very special 30th anniversary edition of The Classic certainly lived up to its weighty birthday billing on all fronts. Over three memorable days at Silverstone, The Classic hosted 21 exceptional retro races featuring more than 900 entries enthralling a record six figure audience. These huge numbers not … Continue reading
THE CURTAIN COMES DOWN ON THE 2021 CLASSIC
Racing legend Damon Hill was the big star on the final day of this year’s blockbuster Classic as the world’s biggest retro racing festival roared to a thrilling conclusion. Marking the 25th anniversary of his World Championship win in 1996, Hill delighted a record attendance when reunited with his title winning Williams-Renault FW18 for some evocative … Continue reading
SUPER SATURDAY AT THE ROCKING AND RACING CLASSIC
Saturdays at The Classic are always very special and this year’s was one of the best in the festival’s history with 12 fiercely-fought retro races, record numbers of classic cars on display… plus a new outright lap record. It all added up to more than 15 hours of epic entertainment with reggae chart-toppers Aswad and acid … Continue reading
THE CLASSIC IS BACK ON TRACK
The Classic is back! Twenty four months after the curtain came down in 2019, the world’s biggest retro racing has bounced back in record breaking style. Fuelled by two years of pent up demand, the three day festival staged at Silverstone, the home of British motor racing, has attracted both record ticket sales and record … Continue reading
RECORD BREAKING ‘GREATEST HITS’ GRIDS AT THE CLASSIC
This month’s star-studded 30th birthday edition of The Classic (30 July – 1 August) will not only celebrate its anniversary milestone with a ‘Greatest Hits’ schedule of golden age races but also with the largest grids of historic racers ever seen in the UK. As the world’s biggest historic motor racing festival, The Classic has always … Continue reading
MARTIN AND ALEX BRUNDLE TEAM UP TO CONTEST E-TYPE’S 60th ANNIVERSARY RACE AT THE CLASSIC
Martin and Alex Brundle were at Silverstone yesterday (Tuesday) revving up to contest The Classic’s spectacular 60th Anniversary E-Type Challenge race at the end of this month (30 July – 1 August). The famous father and son pairing will share the hot seat in a very special Jaguar E-type Lightweight in a 45-minute showdown on Sunday … Continue reading
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