The UK's biggest race meeting of the 2010 season to date will be at Silverstone over the weekend of 15/16 May when more than 550 cars will gather for the Historic Sports Car Club's International Trophy meeting on the Grand Prix circuit.
The huge entry marks a record race meeting for the HSCC and is also the biggest entry of the British racing season to date. "The chance to race on the full Grand Prix circuit has been a big attraction," said Grahame White, CEO of the HSCC. "It is the first time the club has run a race meeting on the GP circuit for many years and we believe it is the biggest entry the club has ever had for a race meeting."
At least five of the weekend's races will have capacity grids, with races for the Guards Trophy and Millers Oils Formula Junior Championships being heavily over-subscribed. The Formula Junior grid is full at 44 cars plus reserves, while the Guards Trophy had 67 entries for 48 places on the grid.
One of the other real success stories of the event is the second race of the season for the Historic Formula Ford 2000 Series. Despite being only in it's third season, the series for pre '80 FF2000s has drawn a capacity 44-car entry, which is a record for the class as a period category. The Classic Racing Car field is full at 44 cars and the Historic Road Sports and Historic Touring Cars fields are over 40 cars. The Historic FF1600 field is also vast, with almost 40 cars entered, while a similar number are entered for the 70s Road Sports race.
The programme includes all of the championships and series that regularly feature at HSCC events, as well as three high-profile guest events. The opening round of the GT and Sports Car Cup has a massively over-subscribed entry for 48 places on the grid for an hour-long race, while the meeting also incorporates the opening races of 2010 for the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy (pre '61 sports and sports-racing cars) and the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series.
After qualifying on Saturday and Sunday mornings, racing starts at 2.15pm on Saturday and at 12.15pm on Sunday. Public admission is just £10 each day, or just £8 per day when booked in advance via Silverstone.co.uk
