"Lola pictures: Michael Fordham
The Can Am series of no-holds-barred racing cars was awesome. And this Lola T222 was amongst the most awesome cars in an awesome formula.
Chances are that you will have never experienced the earth-shattering display of "
It’s one of those events that you might not think is what you’re all about.
But if you save your pennies for Bernie Ecclestone’s circus to come to the Northamptonshire countryside – you really should consider hitting the Silverstone Classic. For us, the Silverstone Classic offers much more bang for your hard-earned bucks.
The appeal is obvious to many of us. Think of every kind of racing formula to have graced the circuit for the last seventy odd years – think of cars and bikes from every era of 20th century racing in fact: and you have it all there.
But not only can you watch these rare and classic cars get an outing at the place for which they were bred – you can get truly up close and personal with the men and women and the machines themselves. There was music, classic aviation displays – an amazing weekend, in other words.
Highlight for us this year was undoubtedly the fiftieth anniversary commemoration of the E-Type. Apparently close to a thousand etypes were on site and on-track, a record grid of 52 racing E-types contested a round of the E-type Challenge, the special race series created for 2011 to mark the anniversary year.
Buy your tickets early for next year’s extravaganza.
"If you've never been to the Silverstone Classic and you like beautiful old racing cars, you are missing out horribly.
Last week we were treated to an array of cars that had us aching for a time in motorsport we "
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Now is it just me, or is the recently announced music lineup at this year's Silverstone classic the weirdest imaginable?
Lewis Hamilton might be dating Pussycat Doll in Chief, but we think the connection between lycra pop and classic sports "
"The Silverstone Classic is a heaven for a car geek - and these Lamborghini were a highlight.
Not only are there enough racing cars from every era to turn a motor sport fan into a quivering wreck, last weekend's event "
"photos: Michael Fordham
Motorsport is all about colour.
This set of pics from this year's Silverstone Classic reminds us of that. With the sheer weight of great cars to photograph, we forgot about this little edit that we captured from "
"For us, summer is all about classic cars. And increasingly a key part of the summer classic calender is the Silverstone Classic, which is being held next weekend. In a further bit of added value to what is always a "
"What message do we leave for the future? A handbook for survival, stories from the past. Who would believe such mythical beasts existed, without evidence?
When petrol pumps become museum pieces, the scent of fuel remains as a distant memory, "
"Out in Hyde, a Cheshire town in the eastern reaches of Greater Manchester, there is a little corner of the county that is forever California. Relics 'n' Rust is a multilayered ‘lifestyle store’ run by Howard Pedder and his son "
"Cosworth recently teamed up with Gordon Murray Automotive to develop a naturally aspirated, 3.9-litre V12 engine to power the GMA T.50 supercar, which will be the first ever GMA vehicle ever to go into production.
In case you didn’t "
"If you're a devotee of the BTCC, BSB or a fan of the Kaiser Chiefs (we'll return to that) then you'll be familiar with Knockhill, the highest (at around 800 feet above sea level) and most northerly permanent racing circuit in "