Among the many many celebrations for this 12 months’s Silverstone Competition (beforehand referred to as The Basic) are particular grids and shows honoring 75 years of NASCAR, 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary, and Silverstone’s personal seventy fifth anniversary.
Days of Thunder
The lineup of fearsome V8-powered vehicles will embrace greater than a dozen 200+mph inventory vehicles, all in iconic liveries and all with real NASCAR racing heritage between 1990 and 2015. Once they’re not on monitor, they’ll be on show within the Worldwide Paddock.
One of many entrants, the brilliant blue ex-Clint Bowyer #15 2014 Toyota Camry, is owned by Andrew Jordan, a former British touring automobile champion.
“I actually purchased the automobile to do the Basic 24 Hour race at Daytona in November, so having the prospect to demo it at Silverstone in the summertime is a giant bonus,” stated the 2013 BTCC champ.
“It’s going to be very completely different and really cool to have a bunch of them on monitor on the Competition. Being so quick, so noisy and completely in contrast to the rest on present, they’re sure to get numerous consideration.”
Masters Endurance Legends
Encompassing each prototype and GT sports activities vehicles from 1995 to 2016, the 2 Masters Historic Legends grids are the quickest and among the many most trendy on the Competition invoice. Including to the joy, this 12 months’s line-up would be the largest but with no fewer than 37 beautiful vehicles already confirmed for the 2 spectacular Silverstone showdowns over the Financial institution Vacation weekend.
This summer season’s Silverstone Competition can be celebrating Silverstone’s personal seventy fifth anniversary, so the packed on-track program options particular showdowns and parades showcasing the venue’s exceptional historical past. Honoring the numerous milestone, the weekend hosts 20 epic retro races reviving all the good eras of System 1 and touring vehicles, in addition to sports activities vehicles and GTs.
Extra info together with an in depth race schedule could be discovered HERE.
