Welcome to our events page. The events listed here are organised by private businesses and clubs. We try to list the most up to date information but dates, charges and locations can change without us being informed. Please double check event details before setting off.
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Please note that many events are not publicised until the new year so we will be adding the calendar throughout the year.
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Classic car events:
January 2024:
February
REIS RACE RETRO – SHOWCASING HISTORIC MOTORSPORT: 23rd – 25th February.
Race Retro brings together thousands of fans, drivers, preparers, traders and enthusiasts to enjoy a weekend of everything you need to prepare for the motorsport season ahead.
Covering disciplines including formula and circuit racing, rallying, hill climbs, touring cars, single seater and one marque series, GT cars and more. The event also features a fantastic showcase of iconic cars across the halls, alongside traders who can supply all your motorsport needs from medicals, to clothes and parts, and a live stage hosting legends of the track.
Renowned for our exhilarating outdoor action, Rallying with Group B delivers two Live Rally Stages with over 140 ex-works and WRC cars showing us what they’re made of. There is also the opportunity for you to take a passenger ride in one of these fantastic cars.
If you want to celebrate the history of motorsport, you’ve come to the right place!
April:
Goodwood members meeting
We’re delighted to reveal the dates of next year’s Members’ Meeting – our tenth since the event was re-started in 2014 – as Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April 2024.
Next year’s season opener promises to be another action-packed weekend of dramatic racing, spectacular demos, fun for all the family and thrills all round. We can’t reveal too much just yet, but planning is in full swing to make the races even more exciting, the demos even more jaw-dropping and the whole weekend even more of an epic experience for everyone.
May 2024:
Donington Historic Festival (4/5 May, 2024)
Attracting the finest vintage cars out on track – some more than 100 years old – the ‘Mad Jack’ for Pre-War Sports Cars, which will see behemoth Bentleys wheel-to-wheel with powerful Bugattis, Aston Martins and Frazer-Nashes and giant-killing Morgans in a grid which echoes the very earliest days of racing at Donington Park.
Sportscar and GT speed and glamour is showcased in a number of races across the Festival weekend. The combined grid for the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy for pre-56 sportscars and Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-61 sports racers brings some of the most beautiful machines in motorsport history to Donington’s sweeping curves. Expect to see Jaguar D-types and Maserati 250S, Lotus XI and XVs, Lister Jaguar Knobblies, Lola Mk 1s, Austin-Healey 100Ms and Cooper T39 Bobtails.
The epic, three-hour Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup features pre-’66 GT and Touring Cars, with categories for pre-’63GTs and pre ‘61 Sports Cars. With its unique format, including ‘in pit’ refuelling, this has become firmly established as a true challenge in historic racing, as everything from Jaguar E-types, Shelby Daytona Cobras, TVR Griffiths and Granturas battle it out with Lotus Elans, Ginetta G4s and MGBs.
The Superformance Ferrari Club Classic – the only classic Ferrari racing series in the world – returns to the Donington Historic Festival in 2024 for more wheel-to-wheel action and promises to provide thrills aplenty in three races across the weekend. Expect close racing across several classes for road-legal and modified Ferraris up to the era of the 355 Challenge, including 308, 328, 348, 355, 456, 550, Mondial and more!
Earlybird ticket prices start at just £23 for a one-day adult (16+) entry, with discounts for teens aged 13-15. Under 13s are admitted for free. For further information and to secure those Earlybird tickets please visit www.doningtonhistoric.com.
june:
June 1st
July
Goodwood Festival of Speed 11-14 July 2024
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The world’s greatest celebration of motorsport and car culture!
Held in the beautiful parkland surrounding Goodwood House, the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard is motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party, an intoxicating celebration of the world’s most glamorous sport. Nowhere else will you get so close to the cars and bikes as they blast up the hillclimb track; nowhere else will you enjoy such unrestricted access to the machines and the drivers who made them famous.
AUGUST 2024:
LOMBARD RALLY FESTIVAL CRAUFURDLAND CASTLE – A FANTASTIC
NEW EVENT AT THE CASTLE, KILMARNOCK ON AUGUST 31st AND
SEPTEMBER 1st 2024. THE FIRST OF THE LOMBARD RALLY SERIES OF
HISTORIC CAR EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE IN SCOTLAND
They are too valuable to be rallied, fall outside current regulations in the UK
or their owners do not want to damage them due to difficulties in
obtaining replacement parts. We bring the cars to a venue, set it up in
the style of a period rally stage and the drivers demonstrate the cars
under controlled conditions.
Our events are not timed or driven competitively, running now since 2018. The events recall a period when the Lombard RAC Rally which ran all around the UK was the largest
attended sporting event in the UK. More people came out to watch
over its November weekend than watched every football league match
added together during the season. Look out for cars from the 1960s
such as Minis, Ford Anglias and Cortinas, Hillman Imps, from the 1970s
such as Ford Escorts, Hillman Avengers, Vauxhall Chevettes, from the
1980s such as Ford Sierras, Talbot Sunbeams and Opel Mantas, plus
Escort Cosworths and Subarus from the 1990s.
At Craufurdland Castle, on the edge of Kilmarnock a selection of historic
rally cars will be demonstrated on a route with mixed surface, some
gravel and some tarmac. We will be bringing hero champion rally
drivers from the past from both Scandinavia and Scotland to
Kilmarnock to both drive cars reproducing their competitive period and
to tell some stories about their rallying exploits.
On Saturday evening the drivers will attend a social event at the Laird’s
Table near the Castle to tell tales of winning rallies, dragging cars to the
finish of rallies that really should not have got there and much more.
Static displays of sports and classic cars will sit opposite the Castle, with
catering and other stalls also in place.
Early Bird Reduced Price Tickets to Lombard Rally Festival Craufurdland
Castle are now on sale, giving entry and parking for a car and four
occupants at £40.00 – a large discount from the individual ticket prices
which will go on sale in the Spring. There are only a limited number of
these tickets available and they come with an extra benefit –
purchasers of the Early Bird tickets will go into a draw and the lucky
winner will get a ride on the Rally Stage with one of our Star Drivers!
That is definitely not to be missed.
Our other events are
Lombard Rally Festival Grimsthorpe Castle June 30th
Craufurdland Castle, Kilmarnock August 31st and September 1st.
Revesby, Boston September 14th and 15th
Information from http://www.lombardrallybath.co.uk
CROFT: HISTORIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND & SHOW.
10-11 AUGUST 2024 From £18
The Historic Festival Weekend & Show in conjunction with Historic Sports Car Club featuring classic sights and sounds.
A two-day meet of classic cars, vintage vehicles, historic racing and music and performers from 1950’s through to the 1980’s
- Classic Racing on Track
- Entertainment throughout the weekend
- Children 15 and under go free
2024 SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL
The event will once again be staged over the end-of-summer bank holiday weekend 23-25 August.
Off-track highlights returning in 2024 include the event’s Foodie Fest with chef demos, high energy stunt shows in the Shift & Drift Zone, a host of funfair rides and live music on all three evenings.
The switch to the August Bank Holiday weekend has proved to be a huge hit drawing record attendances. The race card will include all the established favourites including the return of the iconic Pre-War Sportscars. This means that we will be reviving a century of golden motorsport highlights. We will also be announcing some special celebrations as well as next summer’s music line-up in the New Year.
A wide range of tickets – including camping and hospitality options – will be available. Full details of all tickets as well as the Golden Ticket Prize Draw can be found here.
Goodwood Revival
The only historic motor race meeting to be staged entirely in a period theme, Goodwood Revival is an immersive celebration of iconic cars and fashion.
Revive & Thrive is the modern community that drives Revival forward, inspiring us all with creative ways to rethink, repair and re-wear.
Venue based events:
WHAT’S ON AT THE MOTORIST
Open 7 days a week, with regular meets such as Wheels & Wings, Bikes & Bonnets (Returning in 2024), Cars & Curry (Returning in 2024) and the well attended Coffee & Cars, we have something for everyone at The Motorist. Take a look at our calendar to plan your next visit.
WEEKLY EVENTS
COFFEE & CARS, SUNDAYS, 10am – 4pm
FREE MEET
Join The Motorist for good food, great cars and chilled vibes every Sunday as we celebrate all things automotive. Every car is welcome at Coffee and Cars, from three wheelers to kit cars to classics to daily drivers right through to super cars; we welcome you and your car to our venue for the only place to be for a well spent Sunday. Plus, our restaurant will be open serving breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages throughout the day – view our menus here.
WHEELS & WINGS, WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
Wheels and Wings is a chance to see everything from bikes to supercars, classics to modern daily drivers. Everyone is welcome to this highly popular mid-week meet and we typically see upwards of 250 cars at each event in high season. There is always something new on display, which means you can make this a weekly date in your diary in confidence you’re bound to see something new every week!
BIKES & BONNETS, THURSDAY EVENINGS
Bikes & Bonnets is an evening dedicated to those who love two wheels as well as four! Welcoming bikers and drivers alike, Thursdays at The Motorist are a great chance to catch up over a bite to eat and a drink in The Arnage with old friends and meet new like-minded people.
Cars & Curry, FRIDAY EVENINGS
Cars and Curry brings a whole new meaning to a curry run. All vehicles are welcome to come and we can start the weekend off celebrating some magnificent cars. This is our newest meet and it will be taking place every Friday.
Motorsport 2024 calendar
Classic Touring Car Racing Club
The season will be contested over seven double-header rounds across six weekends, beginning at Donington Park over Easter (Good Friday and Easter Saturday).
Super Touring Power 2 at Brands Hatch will again be our flagship event. Each championship will have two races on the fabulous Grand Prix layout on Saturday, and two more on the spectator-friendly Indy circuit on Sunday.
2024 race dates
| Date | Venue |
| 29/30 March 2024 | Donington Park (GP) |
| 27/28 April 2024 | Cadwell Park (double points) |
| 18/19 May 2024 | Mallory Park |
| 29 June 2024 | Brands Hatch (GP) |
| 30 June 2024 | Brands Hatch (Indy) |
| 17/18 August 2024 | Snetterton (300) |
| 21/22 September 2024 | Thruxton |
Classic Sports Car Club:
February 20th Donington Park (National) – Unsilenced Track Day
March 12th Sneterton (300) – Test Day
March 23rd/24th Donington Park (National)
April 25th – 28th Spa Summer Classic – Interseries and 3 Hours
April 27th Oulton Park (International)
May 5th Brands Hatch (Grand Prix) – New Millennium & Turbo Tin Tops, supporting GT World Challenge
May 18th Thruxton
June 1st Silverstone (National)
June 22nd Silverstone (Grand Prix)
June 23rd Thruxton Historic – Swinging Sixties
July 20th/21st Anglesey (Coastal)
July 27th/28th Oulton Park Gold Cup – Special Saloons & Modsports
August 25th/26th Brands Hatch (Indy) – Brands ‘Britannia’
September 25th – 28th Spa Six Hours – Classic K & Swinging Sixties
September 28th/29th Sneterton (300)
October 19th Oulton Park (International)
HSCC 2024 race calendar
The HSCC caters for a fantastic array of period machinery, ranging from sports and GT cars of the 1960s through single-seaters and right up to its new series of Touring Car Legends for Group 2 and Group A touring cars from up to the 1990s.
The HSCC is proud to be the race organising club for the Silverstone Festival at the end of August and will continue to play a significant role in this fantastic celebration of period race cars. Similarly, the HSCC will be the race organising club for the Oulton Park Gold Cup at the end of July when several HSCC categories will feature on the bill. At the end of the season, the HSCC will be the organising club for the annual Walter Hayes Trophy.
2024 HSCC provisional calendar:
20-21 April Snetterton
18-19 May Cadwell Park
8-9 June Donington Park
13-14 July Brands Hatch GP
26-28 July Oulton Park Gold Cup
10-11 August Croft
23-25 August Silverstone Festival
12-13 October Silverstone National
2-3 November Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy
Classic Yorkshire 