Mat Jackson Joins Silverstone Classic Weekend
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Race winner Mat Jackson is the latest of the current crop of British Touring Car drivers to join the growing grid lists for this year’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA.
For the first time since the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans three Martini coloured Lancia LC2 will share the same track at this summer’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA, racing in the headlining Group C races at the historic racing festival.
A pair of motorsport greats have been confirmed as attending this summer’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA (July 20-22).
After a record breaking 2011 event this year’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA is set to once more be a huge event in the British motorsport year, the three day event bringing together packed grids of cars representing the last 60 years of several racing disciplines including Touring cars, F1 and Group C sportscars.
After their starring role at the 2011 event this year’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA will again host Jaguar E-Types as part of a packed 24 race program for the three day event (July 20-22).
This year’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA already promises a weekend packed with celebrations of some of the most recognisable cars of the last half decade and event organisers have now added the 25th anniversary of the Ferrari F40 to the list of celebrations for this July’s festival.
As part of this Silverstone Classic powered by the AA (July 20-22) the BMW Car Club GB is organising the country’s first ever Z-Fest bringing together hundreds of cars from the German marque’s range of Z-Cars.
Experienced racer Richard Sykes will make his first appearances in historic racing this year after his purchase of a 1965 Ford Mustang.
Already including the evocative Group C sportscars and the DFV engine dominated Formula One cars of the 1970s and 80s two additions to the program for this summer’s Silverstone Classic powered by the AA will bring more iconic race cars to the world’s biggest historic motorsport festival.
Teaming up with the MG Car Club and MGB50 committee the 2012 Silverstone Classic event has been announced as one of three official events during the year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the MGB, which was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1962.
After attracting 80,000 visitors over three days in 2011 plans are already in place to make the 2012 Silverstone Classic another recording breaking year for the world’s largest classic racing event.
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