Historic motorsport
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Historic motorsport tends to be the opposite of modern motor racing that is centered on modern technology with a lots of corporate sponsors and politics involved. Instead historical racing relies on cars of a particular era and rarely politics as they are merely seen as hobbies. Events are purely regulated to allow cars being around of a certain era to partipicate and only timing and safety device is the thing that is modern of it. A historical event can be of various different type of motorsport disciplines. Notably some of the most famous events of them all are the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival in Britain and Monterey Historic in the United States. Championships range from "grass root" Austin Seven racing to the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship for classic Formula One chassis.
While there are several professional teams and drivers in historical racing, this branch of auto sport tends to be contested by wealthy car owners and is thus more amateur and laid back in its approach. One advantage of historical motorsport is that once a series for a particular category is introduced, it helps to increase the value of its competing cars, sometimes approaching the million dollar mark, therefore as a result, many of these are carefully driven by its owners and are occasionally used to bring in spectators.
[edit] Notable historic motorsport events
The list are for events that has ran at least three years and are internationally recognised events.
| Event | Current/Last Venue/Circuit | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Redman International Challenge | Road America |  |
2001-date |
| Circuit des Remparts | Angoulême |  |
1979-date |
| Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix | Faelledparken, Copenhagen |  |
2001-date |
| Goodwood Festival of Speed | Goodwood House, Chichester |  |
1993-date |
| Goodwood Revival | Goodwood Circuit, Chichester | |
1998-date |
| Grand Prix de l'âge d'or | Dijon-Prenois, Dijon | |
1964-date |
| Grand Prix de Pau | Pau | |
|
| Grand Prix Historique of Tunis | Avenue Habib Bourguiba | |
2000-date |
| Historic Grand Prix of Porto | Circuito da Boavista, Porto |  |
2005-date |
| La Carrera Panamericana | From Oaxaca to Nuevo Laredo, México |  |
1988-date |
| Le Mans Classic | Fra: Circuit de la Sarthe, Jpn: Fuji Speedway |  |
Fra: 2002-date, Jpn:2005-date |
| Mille Miglia Storica | Brescia to Rome and Brescia |  |
1977- date |
| Monaco Historic GP | Circuit de Monaco, Monaco |  |
1997-date |
| Monterey Historic | Laguna Seca | |
1982-date |
| Nismo Festival | Fuji Speedway | |
1997-date |
| Oldtimer Grand Prix | Nürburgring |  |
1974- date |
| Oulton Park Gold Cup | Oulton Park | |
2002-date |
| Rennsport Reunion | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | |
2001-date |
| Silverstone Classic | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | |
-2001, 2006-date |
| Spa Six Hours | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa |  |
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| Southern Festival of Speed | Dunedin Street Circuit, Dunedin; Levels Raceway, Timaru; Ruapuna, Christchurch; Teretonga Circuit, Invercargill |  |
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| Tour De France Auto | Paris - Evian | |
1992-date |
| Toyota Motorsports Festival | Fuji Speedway | |
-date |
For further Historic Racing events details and dates, visit the Historic racing events calendar
