Masters Historic Racing has announced it has obtained MSA-recognised championship status for four of its leading categories in a new initiative for 2011 after a five-year period of working towards this goal and launches this weekend at Oulton Park.
The MSA-recognised championship will be for GP Masters, WSM, Gentlemen Drivers and Pre-66 Touring Cars and will include the UK events at Oulton, Snetterton, Brands, Silverstone, Donington as well as the foreign Masters festivals at Porto, Nurburgring and Spa-Francorchamps.
This will make Masters the only historic race organiser running a pan-European championship with the full recognition of the FIA and the MSA and will allow Masters to offer drivers the prestige of being Masters Historic European Champion.
Masters series founder Ron Maydon said: “I am delighted that we are able to make this announcement which is the result of several years of hard work from all of the Masters team; MSA Chief Executive Colin Hilton and his team, and John Hughes, President of the FIA Historic Commission to whom I would like to express my thanks for their co-operation. This championship comes with the backing of the MSA and FIA, which is a huge compliment to Masters. This allows us to have champions and season-long excitement to see who will come out as the inaugural Masters Historic European Champion in their class. Masters races are always hard to win because of the quality of our entries and to say that you are a race winner is no mean effort, but to say you are a Masters Historic European Champion means that you are among the best of the best.
“This is an exciting development for Masters and means we are a fully-fledged public championship, rather than having an internal points system within a series. Once again, Masters is leading the way.”
Points will be scored in each class within the categories on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis and each category will have its own individual champion at the end of the season.
The opening championship rounds for WSM, Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Cars and Pre-66 Touring Cars will be this Saturday, March 12th, at Oulton Park.
