Racing Legends make TABAC Classic GP Assen 2024 Unforgettable
The third edition of the TABAC Classic GP at the TT Circuit was a huge success. ...
From the '50s to the late '90s five decades of dangerously fast racing produced some of the most iconic racing cars and motorcycles in motorsports history. The TABAC Classic GP will host some of the best racing heritage from that era.
The Tourenwagen Legenden celebrate the ‘golden’ years of DTM Touringcar racing, boasting some of DTM’s finest and most successful racing cars, like the Mercedes Benz C-Class DTM, Opel Calibra DTM and Alfa Romeo 155 V6 DTM. These 500 horsepower-strong factory family saloons were the talk of the town in the mid-90s. The Tourenwagen Legenden sports three additional divisions including one for the ‘Evolution’ models, like the Ford Sierra Cosworth, raced from 1990 to 1993, a division for 80s street-legal touring cars like the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3 16v, Volvo 240 Turbo, Opel Astra GSI and a division for ‘Supertourer’raced between 1993 and 2000 like the Renault Laguna.
Based in the UK, ‘The Force’ stands for ‘The Historic European Formula One Race Car Entrants’, an organisation for owners of F1 cars from the 1980s to the present, run by Lorina and David McLaughlin. Force organises demonstrations and events worldwide, running legendary F1s like James Hunt’s 1976 championship-winning-McLaren M23 and the 1992 ex-Michael Schumacher Benetton B192.
In its 75-year long existence the FIM Motorcycle Road Race World Championship hosted some extraordinary grand prix racing bikes. Starting out in the 50s with rumbling 4-stroke machines, the highly efficient 2-stroke technology took over the world stage in the 60s and 70s with its domination lasting well into the millennium. Meanwhile ‘privateer’ tuners entered their own creations in the world championship. Classic GP Assen honours machines and riders from the past by reuniting them with the famous Dutch TT race track.
The ADAC Graf Berghe von Trips Cup is the first and longest running racing series in historic motorsport in Germany. The class was founded in 1982 and bears the name of Reichsgraf Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, the first German Formula 1 winner who died in a fatal accident in 1961 and posthumously finished as runner-up in the Formula 1 world championship. The cup hosts a competition with Formula 3 cars, Formula Ford, Formula Atlantic and Super Vee up to 1990, but also with Formula 2 cars up to 1984. The Formula Ford Zetecs and Formula Opel Lotus' up to 2004 are among the youngest cars in the field.
The Dutch Vintage Sports Car Club (DVSCC) aims to offer owners of pre-war sports cars, including 'sports tourers' and 'race cars', the opportunity to enjoy their cars in a recreational way. Members' cars are classified as ‘Edwardian cars’ built between 1908 and 1919, ‘Vintage cars’ built before 1931 and ‘Post-Vintage cars’ and ‘Thoroughbred sports cars’ built before 1940. At DVSCC events, the focus lies on responsible driving skills and proper knowledge of the driving characteristics of the car. All participants and participating cars must meet the safety requirements that apply at a particular event. In addition, each member and each participant is responsible for presenting their pre-war car to the best of their knowledge and ability in an excellent and well-maintained condition. The DVSCC was founded in 2005 and has since acquired a solid position in the Dutch classic car scene.
Thirty years ago a racing series for small and compact street cars was founded in Germany. It is currently Germany's largest sprint racing series. The race cars are divided into five groups. The Abarth Coppa Mille features cars with an engine displacement of just over one litre, like the Fiat Abarth 1000 TCs, Autobianchi A112 or Fiat 127.The Mini Cooper is the vehicle of choice for the British
Car Trophy. Many people still remember the NSU TT mountain and slalom races from the old days. These have found their home in the NSU TT Trophy. The 1300 Histo Cup is home to touring car classics such as a Fiat 128, Simca Rallye or Renault Gordini. The small touring cars, with a maximum cubic capacity of up to 1300 ccm, are the crowd favorites at every historic motor sport event.
The International Historic Racing Organisation (IHRO) was founded in 1985 as a modern day ‘Continental Circus’, referring to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship from its early beginnings in the 1920s up until the 1970s. All motorcycles are of the type raced in Grand Prix during that era. The prospect of competition has lured some of the famous stars of the past into competing with IHRO. However it is the vast majority of ‘ordinary’ classic racers which has allowed the classic bike racing series to prosper. With a rider base of over 100 active competitors spread throughout Europe at accessible venues, IHRO looks set to continue providing the sights and sounds of yesteryear for modern race audiences.
The Belcar Historic & Youngtimer Cup is a championship suited for old- and youngtimers with and without an FIA HTP passport, divided by year of construction into pre 1982, 1982 tot 1991 and 1991 to 2000. Engine sizes vary from 1.300 cc to 2.500 cc. Big touring cars and GT’s like the Ford Capri and Sierra Cosworth, the BMW 635i Alpina, Corvette C4 and Ford GT40 share the track with the BMW E36 en E46 M3, Mercedes 190 E, Mazda RX3, Ford Escort RS 2000, Porsche 911 en 964 and Toyota Celica.
In the late ‘50s in the United States an American and a German designed an open single seater racing car powered by a 1200 cc-Volkswagen Beetle engine. It marked the birth of the greatest junior racing series of all time in which drivers like A.J. Foyt, Jochen Rindt, Jacky Ickx and Niki Lauda grew up to become formula 1 and indycar legends. The ‘Historical Formula Vau Europa e.V.’s aim is to bring these beautiful racing vehicles back to the racetrack as faithfully as possible to the original, in order to to revive the ‘golden days’ of Formula Vee and Super Vee today.
The YTCC has proven to be the historic race series of choice for racing drivers with touring Cars, sports Cars, prototypes and even Le Mans and Imsa cars built before 1990; a great racing era where manufacturers tried their best to put the most beautiful and fastest race cars on the track. Youngtimer racing stands for racing cars that were built to standards and with components that where used in the period that the car raced.
The Fast Seventies & Triumph Competition & British HTGT features races in touring cars and GT’s built between 1966 and 1981. Ford’s Escort and Capri models battle against the likes of BMW’s CSL and Porsche’s 911. All competing cars must have a historic FIA passport.
SuperSixties is a Dutch organized historic racing series for FIA touring cars and GT’s built between 1947 and 1965. It attracts large starting fields and ensures exciting races with historically correct cars. All participating cars must be prepared according to the rules of FIA Appendix K and must drive on Dunlop Racing tyres that guarantee spectacular drifts, especially with big touring cars like the Ford Falcon and GT’s like the Chevrolet Corvette.
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