Superformance Ferrari Club Classic (SFCC)

The Superformance Ferrari Club Classic - the only classic Ferrari racing series in the world - returns to the Donington Historic Festival in 2024 for more wheel-to-wheel action and promises to provide thrills aplenty in three races across the weekend. Expect close racing across several classes for road-legal and modified Ferraris up to the era of the 355 Challenge, including 308, 328, 348, 355, 456, 550, Mondial and more!

Historic Touring Car Challenge with Tony Dron Trophy and the Sixties Touring Car Challenge with U2TC 

The 70's and 80's Touring Cars of the HTCC are the machines most of us wished our parents (or we!) drove back in the day, with a mass of crowd-pleasing ‘favourites’, from Mk1 Ford Escorts and  Capris, BMW CSL ‘Batmobiles’, Group A Rover SD1s, MG Metro Turbos, Alfa Romeo GTVs, TWR XJSs to BMW E30 M3s, Nissan Skylines and flame-spitting Sierra RS500 Cosworths.  Not to be left out, the Tony Dron Trophy sees Ford Capris and Mk 2 Escorts wheel-to-wheel with Triumph Dolomite Sprints, Chevvy Camaros, Alfa Romeos and Golf GTIs. Add to this the pre ’66 under 2 litre Touring Cars of U2TC – such as Mk 1 Mini Coopers, Mk 1 Lotus Cortinas, and BMW 1800s – and the Group 2 and Group 1 Touring Cars from 1966 to 1969 of the Sixties Touring Car Challenge - think Mk 2 Lotus Cortinas, BMW 2002s, early Mk 1 Ford Escorts, Mk 2 Minis, and Lancia Fulvias - and you will have an absolutely packed grid that promises enormously entertaining racing.

Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy & Stirling Moss Trophy 

The combined grid for the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy for pre-56 sportscars and Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-61 sports racers brings some of the most beautiful machines in motorsport history to Donington’s sweeping curves.  Expect to see Jaguar D-types and Maserati 250S, Lotus XI and XVs, Lister Jaguar Knobblies, Lola Mk 1s, Austin-Healey 100Ms and Cooper T39 Bobtails.

‘Mad Jack’ for Pre-War Sports Cars

Attracting the finest vintage out on track – some more than 100 years old - the ‘Mad Jack’ for Pre-War Sports Cars, which will see behemoth Bentleys wheel-to-wheel with powerful Bugattis, Aston Martins and Frazer-Nashes and giant-killing Morgans in a grid which echoes the very earliest days of racing at Donington Park.

The Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup 

This is an epic, three-hour race for GT, Sports Racing and Touring Cars built before 1966, so promises a feast of on-track glamour, pace and action.

Eligibility covers everything from Cobras and E-types to Falcons and Mustangs; Austin-Healeys and MGBs to Lister Jaguars and Lotus 15s. Each car can have up to three drivers and refuels ‘in-race’.  

HRDC Jack Sears Trophy

The HRDC Jack Sears Trophy for 1958-1966 tin-tops evokes the formative years of Touring Car racing which evolved into the BTCC. Thundering V8 Falcons, Mustangs and Galaxies are harried by nimble Lotus Cortinas, Alfa GTAs and pesky Mini Coopers, and not to be ruled out are the evocative ‘50s racers, with powerful Austin Westminsters, racy Austin A35s and A40s plus a myriad of near-forgotten models such as Riley 1.5s and Standard Tens.

HRDC Gerry Marshall Trophy (for pre-83 Group 1 and 1 ½ Touring Cars

The HRDC Gerry Marshall Trophy for pre-’83 Gp.1 and Gp.1½ Touring Cars celebrates the intense battles of this era when the likes of Gerry Marshall, Tony Lanfranchi, Barrie Williams and a host of determined racers went head-to-head in the crowd-pleasing BTCC ‘Tin-Tops’ Series. Bellowing V8 Rovers stave off the 3-litre Capris, while Triumph Dolomites pitch battle with Ford Escorts, 1275GT Minis and rarities such as Opel Commodores.

HRDC Dunlop Allstars (for pre-‘66 Sports, GT and Touring Cars) and HRDC Classic Alfa Challenge (for 750-116 Alfa Romeos)

Echoing the ‘Allcomers’ racers that were a staple part of Club racing in the 1950s and ‘60s, the HRDC ‘Dunlop Allstars’ brings a refreshing and eclectic grid to any historic meeting. Bringing pre-’66 Sports, GT and Touring Cars together on the same grid has produced one of the HRDC’s most successful series. Adding the glamorous ‘Classic Alfa Challenge’ cars to the ‘Dunlop Allstars’ to great effect in 2022, the decision was taken to retain these Italian beauties in this successful mix of historic cars. From mighty Cobras through to Austin A35s, with the added spice of Alfa GTs and Touring cars – this is an intoxicating cocktail for any petrolhead!

Historic Motor Racing News Pre '63 GT

The Historic Motor Racing News Pre ‘63 GT series is regarded as one of the most prestigious series in historic motorsport. Supported by the Royal Automobile Club, Pre ‘63 GT grids attract a unique array of 2-seat GT cars built and raced in the Tourist Trophy and other high-profile events of the period. Previous editions of Pre ‘63 GT have attracted a distinguished grid featuring prized machinery from a seminal era in motorsport, when Ferrari 250SWB, the ubiquitous Jaguar E-type, early AC Cobras, Aston Martins, Lotus Elite and Austin Healey lined-up with Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Morgan, Triumph and rarer breeds such as Ogle, Turner and Reliant. 

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Motor Racing Legends for:

• Historic Touring Car Challenge with Tony Dron Trophy
• Stirling Moss Trophy
• Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy
• Pre-War Sports Cars
• Sixties Touring Car Challenge with U2TC
• Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup

Contact Duncan Wiltshire or Gillian Carr at Motor Racing Legends.

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HRDC for:

• HRDC Jack Sears Trophy (for 1958-1966 Touring Cars)
• HRDC Gerry Marshall Trophy (for pre-83 Group 1 and 1 ½ Touring Cars)
• HRDC Dunlop Allstars (for pre-‘66 Sports, GT and Touring Cars) and HRDC Classic Alfa Challenge (for 750-116 Alfa Romeos)

Contact Julius Thurgood at HRDC.

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