The Historic Sports Car Club will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch during the annual HSCC Historic Superprix over the weekend of 3/4 July.

Widely regarded as one of the most challenging and spectacular sections of race track in the world, the Grand Prix loop at the Kent track was completed in 1960 and was first used for car racing over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The feature event was the non-championship Formula 1 race for the Silver City Trophy, which was won by Jack Brabham (Cooper T53) from Graham Hill (BRM) and Bruce McLaren (Cooper T51).

Now, in a fitting celebration of half a century of international racing on the Grand Prix circuit, the type of cars that contested the Silver City Trophy will be back in action as races for the Historic Grand Prix Car Association feature prominently. There is every probability that the grid will include a Cooper T53 alongside many other classic Grand Prix cars from the pre '66 era.

For three decades, the British Grand Prix was held regularly at Brands Hatch and the Formula 1 cars that raced there in the 1970s and early 1980s will be back in July for a round of the sensational FIA Historic Formula One Championship. Other major races include rounds of the Historic Formula 2 Trophy, the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior and there is a full programme of HSCC categories spanning single-seaters, sports and GT cars and saloon cars.

"The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit has to be the finest drivers' track in Britain," said Grahame White, CEO of the HSCC. "We are very pleased to mark this important anniversary with our Historic Superprix. Not only do we have a great line-up of some of the most significant international historic racing categories, but we also have rounds of all of our own championships. The chance for our members to race on the Grand Prix circuit ensures that this is one of our biggest events of the season."

Jonathan Palmer, Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision, said: "We're delighted that Grahame White and his team at the HSCC have chosen such a special anniversary as the theme for this year's Superprix. The Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit is regarded by many F1 Grand Prix legends as one of the most challenging in the world, which makes it all the more satisfying to race on.  With its dramatic sweeping undulations and the unique nature of every corner, it is one of those circuits that as a driver you just know at the end of every lap that there is a bit more time that can be found on the next - and that is so rare and exciting."

Other race winners in August 1960 included F1 driver Roy Salvadori, who won the Kingsdown Trophy for saloon cars in a Jaguar and the Raffles Trophy for un-limited sports cars in a Cooper Climax. Jack Sears won the Wrotham Trophy for GT cars in an Aston Martin DB4, while the 24-year old Jim Clark won the John Davy Trophy for Formula Juniors in a Lotus 18. Even though he had already started his Grand Prix career for Team Lotus, Clark still contested some Formula Junior races for the team through the 1960 season. The club is hoping to re-use some of these trophy names for suitable races in July.