Among the many many celebrations for this yr’s Silverstone Pageant (beforehand often known as The Traditional) 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 automobiles will embrace greater than a dozen 200+mph inventory automobiles, all in iconic liveries and all with real NASCAR racing heritage between 1990 and 2015. After they’re not on monitor, they’ll be on show within the Worldwide Paddock.
One of many entrants, the intense blue ex-Clint Bowyer #15 2014 Toyota Camry, is owned by Andrew Jordan, a former British touring automotive champion.
“I actually purchased the automotive to do the Traditional 24 Hour race at Daytona in November, so having the possibility to demo it at Silverstone in the summertime is an enormous bonus,” stated the 2013 BTCC champ.
“It’s going to be very completely different and really cool to have a gaggle of them on monitor on the Pageant. Being so quick, so noisy and completely in contrast to the rest on present, they’re sure to get a lot of consideration.”
Masters Endurance Legends
Encompassing each prototype and GT sports activities automobiles from 1995 to 2016, the 2 Masters Historic Legends grids are the quickest and among the many most trendy on the Pageant invoice. Including to the joy, this yr’s line-up would be the greatest but with no fewer than 37 beautiful automobiles already confirmed for the 2 spectacular Silverstone showdowns over the Financial institution Vacation weekend.
This summer time’s Silverstone Pageant 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 automobiles, in addition to sports activities automobiles and GTs.
Extra data together with an in depth race schedule might be discovered HERE.
