The second International Historic Motorsport Show will takeplace at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, over the weekend of25-26-27 February 2005.
Next year's Show will be even bigger and better than the first.There will be a total of 20,000 square metres of exhibitionspace in five halls. The existing Historic Racing Car hall andRally Car hall (Halls 2 and 1) will be enhanced with anInternational Hall, including American and French pavilions.The memorabilia, art, books and models hall (Hall 3) is beingcompletely refurbished by the organisers and, last but notleast, a significant motorsport autojumble is planned for Hall 4.
The 2004 event achieved all its aims, bringing together theevent organisers, car preparers and supporting engineeringcompanies, historic competitors, enthusiasts and newcomersunder one roof, to do business with each other in an informalatmosphere prior to the start of the season.
Historic motorsport continues to grow and the Show hasundoubtedly raised the profile of the industry. Internationally,historic cars provided significant supporting events for theMacau Grand Prix in China, the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix andthe Monaco F1 Grand Prix over the last few months and (ata different level) owners of vintage and classic cars canenter new international race series organised by MotorRacing Legends and others, allowing them to compete onfamous circuits like Assen (Netherlands), Dijon (France),Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) and the Nurburgring(Germany) in affordable vehicles.
Requests for stand space at the 2005 International HistoricMotorsport Show already exceed 200 companies and it isexpected that about 500 exhibitors will take part. It will bepossible for the smallest company to find a place and a priceto exhibit in 2005. There are over 4,000 companies operatingin this business in the UK alone.
H&H Classic Auctions will again be running their majorCompetition Vehicle Auction at Stoneleigh. Sales this yearexceeded £1.1 million - 70% of the vehicles on offer. Previewwill be on the Friday, with the auction of cars and memorabiliaon the Saturday.
The Historic Motorsport Awards - initiated in 2004 - will bepresented at a special charity event on Saturday evening atthe Show. The Classic Rally Association will be starting theirWinter Challenge Rally to Monte Carlo from Stoneleigh on theSunday afternoon. The Live Rally Stage (organised by theHistoric Rally Car Register in 2004) is again under discussionfor 2005, as is a Special Test for the Winter Challenge cars.
