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Old 5 Jun 2019, 20:09 (Ref:3908158)   #51
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The Thundersports grid has now appeared on the event website but also they've not removed the Aston Race.

The Woodcote Trophy and Stirling Moss grids have been combined into one as I imagine due to low entries which is very odd if true.

However on the timetable it is still shown as separate grids.

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Old 6 Jun 2019, 04:33 (Ref:3908210)   #52
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The Thundersports grid has now appeared on the event website but also they've not removed the Aston Race.

The Woodcote Trophy and Stirling Moss grids have been combined into one as I imagine due to low entries which is very odd if true.

However on the timetable it is still shown as separate grids.
While it’s not unusual for the two MRL grids to combine, as there are some similarities, it will be a bit annoying to those that have cars entered in both.....
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Old 6 Jun 2019, 06:44 (Ref:3908219)   #53
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While it’s not unusual for the two MRL grids to combine, as there are some similarities, it will be a bit annoying to those that have cars entered in both.....
Spa comes to mind
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Old 6 Jun 2019, 07:24 (Ref:3908226)   #54
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Can't the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit accommodate sixty or so cars ? That is probably close to the total entry of the Woodcote and Stirling Moss Trophies . Even so given that the Thundersports series has historically struggled to top twenty car grids and as has already been mentioned , some will have entered both MRL races , it does seem a strange decision .
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Thundersports had 30 cars qualify at Silverstone last month!!!
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Old 6 Jun 2019, 09:16 (Ref:3908238)   #56
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Single seater grids seem to get stronger and stronger whilst closed wheel grids are struggling. Am I naive in thinking that single seaters are generally more original and less subject to development than newly built, hot rod modified and downright illegal GTs, sports and saloons. Perhaps people are finally getting fed up with competing with their cheque books rather than their skills. U2TC at Truxton being an example. I was impressed with how pleasantly lacking in glitz the HF2 paddock at Brands was. Just a few guys with spanners and the cars under an awning but a huge entry
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Old 6 Jun 2019, 14:20 (Ref:3908286)   #57
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Thundersports have two races, 25 minute on Saturday and a 40 minute pit stop race on Sunday. Report on the Classic website.
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The phrase 'Increasing demand' makes it sound promising.
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Old 6 Jun 2019, 17:12 (Ref:3908309)   #59
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I was thinking along the same lines. With Jordan racing and Team Dynamics all restoring historic tourers and sports cars then having current BTCC or ex Professional racers in the seat, it makes competing that much less interesting.
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Old 18 Jun 2019, 10:30 (Ref:3912638)   #60
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Confirmation of our entry for the International Trophy being accepted by the ‘Selection Committee’ received this morning.

Qually Friday, race Sunday PM by looks of it. No excuse for not checking out the rest of the event on Saturday, then!
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Old 18 Jun 2019, 14:27 (Ref:3912671)   #61
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Confirmation of our entry for the International Trophy being accepted by the ‘Selection Committee’ received this morning.

Qually Friday, race Sunday PM by looks of it. No excuse for not checking out the rest of the event on Saturday, then!
Hope for another monster grid.Always one of the most competitive races.
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Old 18 Jun 2019, 14:31 (Ref:3912672)   #62
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Should be 58 cars according to Masters- the max track licence allows.....
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Is that the Gent Drivers race? If so I got the e mail telling me that the money would be taken from my account next week.
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Is that the Gent Drivers race? If so I got the e mail telling me that the money would be taken from my account next week.
Yup, GD renamed for the occasion..... So you’re in as well, then? Not sure if delta isn't making a guest appearance also....
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Elite? And I’m not talking about the driver....

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Should be 58 cars according to Masters- the max track licence allows.....
Yes.Great news.

Apologies if I sound a bit persistent here but do you know the numbers for the other Masters grids?
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While it’s not unusual for the two MRL grids to combine, as there are some similarities, it will be a bit annoying to those that have cars entered in both.....
Speaking purely from my own point of view as a hobby photographer and spectator, one thing I have always found irritating at the Silverstone Classic is the overlap between the grids.

I'd far rather see something different than have separate races for (for example) both pre-66 and pre-63 GT cars. Similar story for the multiple pre-66 Touring Car grids in some years. Single large grids make for a better viewing spectacle and free up timetable space for more variety, though I recognise that those actually competing are likely to feel differently.
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Speaking purely from my own point of view as a hobby photographer and spectator, one thing I have always found irritating at the Silverstone Classic is the overlap between the grids.

I'd far rather see something different than have separate races for (for example) both pre-66 and pre-63 GT cars. Similar story for the multiple pre-66 Touring Car grids in some years. Single large grids make for a better viewing spectacle and free up timetable space for more variety, though I recognise that those actually competing are likely to feel differently.
Donington Historic fest is like that. This year if I owned a Pre 63 GT spec E Type I could have entered 4 races with one car.

Great for drivers but not so much for spectators unless your like me who loves Pre 66 GT.
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Yes.Great news.

Apologies if I sound a bit persistent here but do you know the numbers for the other Masters grids?
No idea, I’m afraid. The Int Trophy entry was oversubscribed, so has been whittled down to the circuit max, but that’s all I know.....
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No idea, I’m afraid. The Int Trophy entry was oversubscribed, so has been whittled down to the circuit max, but that’s all I know.....
Hope that means for spectating that none of the C3 Cobras etc have had to be withdrawn as a result.Do need to get myself along to a Sixties Enduro race
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Speaking purely from my own point of view as a hobby photographer and spectator, one thing I have always found irritating at the Silverstone Classic is the overlap between the grids.

I'd far rather see something different than have separate races for (for example) both pre-66 and pre-63 GT cars. Similar story for the multiple pre-66 Touring Car grids in some years. Single large grids make for a better viewing spectacle and free up timetable space for more variety, though I recognise that those actually competing are likely to feel differently.
I get your point, but taking the first example, Masters can get more than 58 cars from their regular competitors, and no doubt Pre ‘63 will get a healthy entry as well, so neither organiser will want to lose out on potential income..... If, as could be the case with MRL, there are less healthy entry numbers (I’m surmising here), then it makes total sense for them to reduce overheads by combining their two races. Silverstone Classic, like DHF, is one overall organisation selling track time to individual race organisers, and all want to show a profit!
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Hope that means for spectating that none of the C3 Cobras etc have had to be withdrawn as a result.Do need to get myself along to a Sixties Enduro race
They will have selected a grid that is representative, and not heavy in any particular car model. So if for example, 20 Cobs or E’s entered, I doubt very much if there will be that many on the grid!
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They will have selected a grid that is representative, and not heavy in any particular car model. So if for example, 20 Cobs or E’s entered, I doubt very much if there will be that many on the grid!
Shame for me but understandable.

I can remember just the days when for example at Brands Hatch they used to get 46 cars just in the C3 class.Sounds alien now.

The description in the programme read:

"15 Jaguar E Types ranged against six AC Cobras, four Chevrolet Corvettes, three Bizzarini 5300 GT's, two Sunbeam Tigers and two TVR Griffiths."

WOW

Where have all the drivers and more importantly cars gone?


At the same event they had 2 512's.
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