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Classics begin to shine at Race Retro this weekend
publication date: Mar 10, 2010
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author/source: Peter Hughes
This weekend brings the first major event of the year for classic motor sport fans in the shape of Race Retro.
A wide range of machinery will be on display in the show’s halls at
Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire with a matching variety of celebrities
on hand to be interviewed on the event’s Octane Stage to be interviewed
by bike racer turned commentator Steve Parrish.
Switching to two wheeled motorsport, 8 time world
champion Phil Read will be there, along with Steve Plater, Trevor
Nation and Peter Williams. | 
| From the world of sports car racing Brian Lister will be launching a
new book, “Lister-Jaguar”, which chronicles Britain’s most successful
sports racing cars of the 1950’s while one of the sport’s larger than
life characters, Barry Whizzo Williams will be recalling a race, and
sometimes rallying, career that spans more than 50 years.
Rally drivers new and old will not only be talking about their sport
but, on Saturday and Sunday, they will be putting their skills on
display with runs through a demonstration special stage in the Park.
Heading the list is the original, and for many rally fans only, Stig –
1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist, who is scheduled to drive a
range of Audi Quattros.
He will be joined by double British Rally Champion Russell Brookes who
will be driving two cars with which he is synonymous, the Opel Manta
400 and Ford Sierra Cosworth. Meanwhile reigning British Champion Keith
Cronin will be behind the wheel of the fabulous looking and sounding
Aston Martin V8 Rally GT.
Returning to the Retro theme, former works Triumph driver will be
reunited with what became an unlikely rallying success story, the
Triumph 2.5pi while other cars scheduled to put in an appearance
include a Metro 6R4, Ford RS200 and Peugeot 205T16.
| | | | Adult ticket prices start from just £20 for Friday and £15 for Saturday
and Sunday when booking in advance.
Children’s tickets are £5 on Friday
or Saturday and free on Sunday. Parking is also free throughout.
The
show is open from 9.30am each day and closes at 5.30pm on Friday and
Saturday and 4.30pm on Sunday.
To book tickets and for the latest
updates, visit www.raceretro.com |
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