Silverstone 'Spring Start' Race Meeting

The VSCC is  pleased to announce that we are now accepting entries for the ‘Spring Start’ race meeting to be held at Silverstone over the weekend of  20 -21 April 2013.

The traditional season opener for Vintage and Historic racing in the UK, ‘Spring Start’ takes on a new format and writes a new chapter in the history books with a second day added to the meeting that will be the first live televised race meeting in the history of the VSCC (to be broadcast on Motors TV). Alongside the established VSCC Racing ‘Sets’, that cater for a large span of Pre-war machinery quality Invited Grids from the world of Historic Motorsport will also support the event offering a competitor’s the opportunity to exercise a wide variety of vehicles at the meeting. 

The programme for the weekend is as follows (not in order):

Saturday 20 April 2013
High Speed Regularity Trial for Pre-war Sports-Cars	30 Mins
The Silverstone Trophy for Special Pre-war Sports-Cars (VSCC Set 4)	8 Laps
Rothschild Trophy and Patrick Lindsay Memorial Trophy for Pre-'61 Racing Cars (VSCC Set 2)	12 laps
Fix and Nichol Trophy for Standard & Modified Pre-war Sports-Cars (VSCC Set 3)	8 Laps
Commander Yorke Race for F3 (500) Racing Cars	25 mins
GP Itala and Lanchester Trophies for Vintage Racing Cars (VSCC Set 1)	10 laps
George Abecassis  Centenary Trophy Race by invitation	40 Mins
Short Scratch Race for Pre-war All-comers (VSCC Set 5)	5 Laps
Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars For HGPCA	12 Laps
Short Handicap Race for Pre-war All-comers (VSCC Set 6)	5 Laps
Short Scratch Race for Pre-war All-comers (VSCC Set 5)	5 Laps
Sunday 21 April 2013
Standard and Modified Pre-war Sports-Cars (VSCC Set 3)	10 mins
Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars (VSCC Set 2)	15 mins
Front-engined Formula Junior Race	20 mins
Handicap Race for Special Pre-war Sports-Cars (VSCC Set 4)	10 mins
Aston Martin Centenary Race for Pre-war Aston Martins	10 mins
1950s Sports-Racing Cars Race (optional 2 drivers)	40 mins
VSCC Standard and Modified Pre-war Racing Cars	10 mins
Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars For HGPCA	20 mins
HRDC Allstars Race for Grand Touring Greats	30 mins
Pre-war All-comers Scratch Race	10 mins
Commander Yorke Race for F3 (500) Racing Cars	20 mins

 
For  Media, Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities contact Gillian Carr, PR Manager
01608 644777 Ext 3
gillian.carr@vscc.co.uk
 
To book a Trade Stand contact Gill Batkin, Office Administrator
01608 644777 Ext 5
gill.batkin@vscc.co.uk
 
For competitor enquiries please contact the VSCC Competitions Department,
Richard Winchester, Gemma Price or James Taylor
01608 644777 Ext 4
comps@vscc.co.uk