Pre '61 Sports Racers - Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy & Stirling Moss Trophy - Silverstone Festival

Pre ’61 Sports Racers

A series for pre-‘56 sports-racers and ‘proper’ sports-racing cars built before ’61, racing for the MRL Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy & Stirling Moss Trophy.

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THE WOODCOTE TROPHY

Created in 2006 when the Royal Automobile Club and Motor Racing Legends launched a highly competitive race series for genuine, pre-1956 sports-racers. It has evolved into a highly competitive grid that is all about taking the flag (with an expectation that driving standards remain ‘gentlemanly’.

FIERCE COMPETITION

Cars you can expect to see include: Aston Martin DB3, Austin Healey, Cooper Bristol, Cooper Jaguar, Frazer Nash Le Mans and Mille Miglia, Jaguar D- and C-type, XK120 and 140, Maserati 300, and Ferrari TRC.

THE STIRLING MOSS TROPHY

A series, for ‘proper’ sports-racing cars built before 1961, launched in 2010 to offer longer two-driver races with a compulsory pit stop and an authentic racing experience true to the later part of the ’50s era.  Evolved from the former long-running BRDC Historic Sports Car Championship, participants are restricted to cars running to genuine period specification.

SUPERB TRACK ACTION

Sir Stirling Moss not only honourably lends his name to the series but all cars also compete for the actual cup that Sir Stirling was awarded for winning the 1955 British Grand Prix (his first-ever GP victory). Cars you can expect to see include: Chevrolet, Cooper Monaco, Costin, Lotus XI and 15, Lister Knobbly, Lola MK1, and Maserati T61.

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