Tag: Historic Motorsport
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Silverstone Festival 2025: A Family-Friendly Motorsport Extravaganza
From August 22-24, the Silverstone Festival will celebrate 75 years of Formula 1 and notable classic cars, including the XJ-S and Lotus Esprit. The event features diverse entertainment, family activities, racing, and food options. Guests can enjoy classic car displays, funfair rides, and various motorsport experiences.
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Equipe Classic Racing 6hrs of Donington Meeting
The first event of its kind for this organiser; on the Donington circuit and avoiding the GP loop. With 90 mins qualifying for the race at 9am on Saturday morning, then a race start at 1300 hrs, it was a somewhat compressed schedule compared to the Spa 6hrs. This was…
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June 2025: Historic/Classic UK Motorsport Events
The season is well underway and events are planned for every weekend, so for this post I’ll try to pinpoint what I think will be the best events to attend. They aren’t all “festival” type events but hopefully they will have interesting grids on the best circuits. 31 May/01 June…
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MRL Donington Historic Festival 2025: Highlights and Changes
Last year we learned that Shaun Lynn’s company Aythorpe Promotions Limited had taken over Motor Racing Legends. Given they only had around one week, any changes to the format or organisation of the event were unlikely, and so it proved. This year the evidence of new ownership was everywhere to…
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Why Clean Cars Matter in Club Racing Championships
In the movie Days of Thunder, the character Harry Hogge told his driver “he didn’t slam you, he didn’t bump you, he didn’t nudge you… he *rubbed* you. And rubbin, son, is racin’.” In the world of NASCAR the rubbing and nudging is pretty much the norm. Cars are running…
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