New International Historic Motorsport Show for 2004

03 January 2004

With motorsport now over a century old, and a flourishing Historic motorsport scene in the UK, the organisers, drivers, owners and associated industry now have a new annual show in Historic Motorsport International. Bringing together all aspects of the sport, the event will showcase the vehicles from the 1920's to early 1990's which are currently being actively campaigned.

Covering race and rally, the main aim of the event is to bring together the event, championship and series organisers in the UK and Europe, along with the preparation and restoration experts, the supporting trade and the historic enthusiasts. Held at the Stoneleigh Park conference centre near Coventry, the main halls will house 300 stands plus 50 event organisations. There will be special displays of around 150 competition cars, engineering and preparation areas, business briefings and a live single-stage rally event featuring star drivers which will run twice on each of the shows public days. Stig Blomqvist, Pentti Airikkala, Tony Fall, Russell Brookes and Rosemary Smith will all be in action on the stage with an array of cars from the golden age of rallying, including a factory Audi quattro, a Sunbeam Tiger and a Porsche 911.

There will also be an Auction of important cars, motorcycles and motorsport memorablia by H&H Classic Auctions, and the inaugural Historic Motorsport Awards Charity Dinner on Saturday 21 February, hosted by Amanda Stretton, with Stuart Turner as guest speaker.

Following a trade and preview day on Friday 20th February, tickets for the 21-22 February public days are £15 for adults (13.50 advance) or £25 for two-day entry (£23 advance). Entry for children aged 5-15 is priced at £7.50 (£6.50 advance). Tickets can be booked from the official site or the ticket hotline on 0870 906 2002.

See official site for Historic Motorsport International

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