Equipe Classic Racing is coming to Brands Hatch

| 26 Jun 2018
Classic & Sports Car – Equipe Classic Racing is coming to Brands Hatch

If you're going to the British GT Championship meeting at Brands Hatch on 4 August, you're in for a treat.

Why? Because there's going to a be a half-hour support race featuring a host of classics, thanks to Equipe Classic Racing.

And if the rest of the year's grids are anything to go by, expect to see cars such as MGB Roadsters, Triumph TR4s and Austin-Healey 100Ms go wheel-to-wheel in the 30-minute contest on the 2.43-mile long Grand Prix circuit.

Classic & Sports Car – Equipe Classic Racing is coming to Brands Hatch

Paul Kennelly in an Austin-Healey 100M at the head of this pack

This new race takes the 2018-season Equipe GTS calendar up to 10 races.

Make the trip and you can expect to be rewarded with close racing, too. At the Silverstone Historic GP earlier this month, race one winner Wilf Penrose crossed the finishing line in his TVR Grantura Mk III a mere 0.175 secs clear of Mark Ashworth in a similar car – and the MGB Roadster of Tom Smith was just 0.898 secs further back.

It was a similar story in the series' second race: this time Ashworth took the chequered flag, but he was only 0.876 secs ahead of Smith, with Penrose 1.670 secs behind in third.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for us to field a strong historic grid with close, competitive racing at one of the country’s top modern racing meetings," said Equipe Classic Racing partner John Pearson.

"Many regard the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit as the Holy Grail of race tracks, and we are very much looking forward to some tremendous racing.”

Find out more about the Equipe Classic Racing GTS and Pre ’63 series here, and for more information about the Brands Hatch meeting on 4/5 August, click here.


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