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1000km Nürburgring for Young & Oldtimers
The ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring was one of the most emotional races on the longest and most beautiful racetrack in the world when it was first held in 1953. In 2021, the ADAC 1000 km race was revived, incorporating the Grand Prix track and the legendary Nordschleife,…
New Dedicated US Nascar Series
Historic Sportscar Racing has announced the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Petty’s Garage, a racing series for HSR’s growing Group 8 Historic Stock Cars division. The series will debut at VIRginia International Raceway on 23-24 August at the HSR NASCAR Classic. Open to stock cars that have…
Peter Auto at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa
In 2022, Peter Auto and the SRO Motorsports Group joined forces to celebrate the group’s 30 years of GT racing by organising a first race for historic cars. Two years later, the partners renewed their collaboration to celebrate the past and present on this iconic circuit. As part of a…
Marc Quayoun takes on top job at Peter Auto
From a purely automotive background, self-styled ‘Car Guy” Marc Quayoun has taken on the job of Managing Director at Peter Auto. With an extensive automotive background, 53 year-old Quayoun spent 10 years at Mercedes-Benz and Smart, before joining Porsche France as Sales Director, eventually being appointed Managing Director in 2011….
French Championships
Historic Tour Round Three Magny- Cours For its third destination of the year, the French Historic Championship drivers shared the bill at Nevers Magny-Cours with the French Truck Racing Championship. Home of the French Grand Prix between 1991 and 2008, a crowd of over 20,000 spectators was able to watch…
Masters to Launch Group C Series for 2025
The latest organisation wanting to revive the once-mighty Group C grid, Masters Historic Racing has announced a new series for Group C cars from 1982 to 1993 for the 2025 season. The new series, entitled Masters Le Mans 80+, is set to debut at a select number of events next…
Serious Incident at Donington
Motor Racing Legends has released the following statement from founder Duncan Wiltshire following an inquiry into events that took place at Donington in May: Statement from Motor Racing Legends 8th July 2024 Following a serious incident in the Motor Racing Legends Stirling Moss Trophy at the Donington Historic Festival on…
NASCAR at Velocity
Velocity Invitational has announced that there will be a historic NASCAR race on the programme for this year’s 4-6 October race meeting at Sonoma International Raceway. Nestled in the rolling hills of northern California’s wine country, this ‘lifestyle’ event includes wine tastings and gastronomy, a rally stage offering rides to…
Goodwood Announces 2025 Dates
In a recent press release, Goodwood has announced its dates for next year. The 82nd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport will be held on 12-14 April, 2025. The Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will take place on 10–13 July and the Goodwood Revival will run on 12–14 September….
14th Dix Mille Tours
At the end of August, all ten Peter Auto grids will be racing at the Paul Ricard circuit for the 14th edition of the Dix Mille Tours race meeting. Paul Ricard is a modular circuit with 167 track variations and Peter Auto uses a variety of layouts depending on the…
Historic Indy Car Challenge at Long Beach
Now a yearly fixture, Indy cars from the 1970s and 1980s screamed around the Long Beach street circuit on 19-21 April, marking the 49th edition of the Long Beach Grand Prix, originally for Formula 1, and now for modern Indy cars. Amongst the highlights of the fanfare and razamataz-filled weekend,…
The Mitty
One of the longest-standing ‘vintage’ race meetings in America, the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Mitty saw one of the biggest editions in the event’s nearly 50-year history come to a competitive conclusion on 28 April with more than a dozen HSR Feature Race winners crowned in the final two days…
30 years of BOSS GP
‘BOSS’ stands for Big Open Single Seater and is for Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3000, World Series or IndyCars from the USA and Formula Nippon from Japan. Boss GP remains the platform for single seat racing cars of the last three decades. For 30 years now, the FIA-registered race…
Masters at the US F1 Grand Prix
Though Masters Historic Racing is not running a Historic F1 series in the US this year, it was pleased to announce that it has once again been invited to bring two support races to the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, on 18-20 October at the Circuit of The Americas…
Equipe 50s Back on the Programme
Equipe Classic Racing first launched the 50s series in 2020 but it lost momentum into covid, and since then, grids have been combined with Pre ‘63 and others. However, entries for these lovely cars have increased to the point where they can now support their own stand-alone races once again,…
APL Acquires Motor Racing Legends and Announces New GT3 Grid
Aythorpe Promotions, the recently formed motorsport events business led by well-known competitor and collector Shaun Lynn, has acquired Duncan Wiltshire’s Motor Racing Legends company. The agreement will also see APL acquire the MRL flagship Donington Historic Festival. Lynn immediately announced that a new MRL series for GT3 cars to be…
Grand Prix du Maroc Historique
Only recently announced, the Morocco Historic Grand Prix is scheduled to take place on 8-10 November at the new, 4.4km Sidi Daoui circuit near Casablanca. A collaboration between the Moroccan Federation (FRMSA) and AGS Racing & Events, the grade 2 homologated circuit hopes to host races for Formula 1 from…
Turn of the Century Challenge
In its 42nd edition, Historic Festival Lime Rock will expand include a new class, the Turn of the Century World Challenge. At a time when an increasing number of organisers are accommodating later and later cars, the Challenge will include production-based race cars from the 1995-2005 era prepared for SCCA…
New Chair for HSCC
Kevin Kivlochan has been elected as the new Chairman of the Historic Sports Car Club. ‘Keke’ has been an active member of the club for many years, winning races, most notably in Morgan Plus 8s and Shelby Cobra,= and is a three-time champion in the HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship. …
FIA Historic Committee
As reported in our April issue, the restructuring of some FIA departments has meant that the ratification of the 2024-2025 FIA Commissions and Committees has been delayed. They have finally been announced and this is the makeup of our own Historic Committee, which replaces the old Historic Commission and represents…