race at Snetterton

With entries still being taken, the stage is set for the biggest entry to date for the revival of the Autosport three-hour at Snetterton on 30 May, during the Historic Sports Car Club's annual race meeting at the Norfolk track.

The Autosport 3-Hours is the longest classic race in Britain and will be contested by GT and sports-racing cars built before 1966, along with cars in an invitation class for pre '69 sports-racing, GT and sports-prototypes.

The entry list already numbers more than 40 cars and with only a couple of places left on the grid, the HSCC is confident that a capacity field will start the third running of the three-hour. In 2007, 31 cars started and in 2008 a total of 34 cars took the start.

"We certainly expect to have a capacity field and I'm delighted with the quality of the entries we already have," said Grahame White, CEO of the HSCC.

Leading the field, and aiming for a hat-trick of wins, will be 2007 and 2008 three-hour winners Michael Schryver and Simon Hadfield in Schryver's faithful Chevron B6. However, Jon Shipman and Mark Hales came very close to winning last year, only to be denied with 15-minutes to go when their Crossle C9S failed. They are back this year, determined to win.

As well as half a dozen Chevron B8s, including the family pairings of brothers James and Jeremy Cottingham and father and son team Steve and Will Hodges, the field includes Jaguar E-Types, Porsche 911s, Elva Mk7s, MGBs and Lotus Elans.