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RACE RETRO IS ON THE
GRID AND READY TO RACE!
Race Retro
Stoneleigh Park
13th to 15th March 2009
Race Retro, the
international historic motorsport show, is in pole position to kicks off a
new season of motorsport as it races into
Stoneleigh Park from the 13th to 15th
March. Paying tribute to all forms of motorsport, from the
historic to the high speed and the rare to the retro, visitors will see live
racing, famous drivers, stunning racing car and motorcycle displays,
motorsport memorabilia and indoor Pre’ 65 bike trials.
The show celebrates the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s 1959 World Sports
Car Championship win, Mini’s success in World Motorsport, and for those
preferring two wheels, 50 years of the Triumph Bonneville and racing
Triumphs.
Celebrity racers and riders confirmed so far include Rauno Aaltonen in his
Monte Carlo Rally winning Mini Cooper, three times British Rally Champion
Mark Higgins, Paddy Hopkirk, Rosemary Smith and Russell Brookes, in his
championship winning Andrews Heat for Hire sponsored Ford Sierra Cosworth.
Celebrity riders include Mick Grant, former TT winner, Neil Gaunt, Steve
Parrish and Guy Martin.
Slowly Sideways GB is back with over 20 genuine ex works Group B rally cars
tearing it up on the Live Rally Stage on Saturday and Sunday, ranging from
Audi Quattros to Porsches, Lancias to Ford Escorts, along with a
demonstration of the popular Historic Kart Racing. And visitors can get a
taste for exhilaration with a passenger ride in a Caterham within Stoneleigh
Park.
The Vintage Wall of Death is back along with the Ace Café Racer Concours and
traders offering spares, parts, tools, memorabilia, clothing and everything
else you need for your motorsport collection. If all this inspires you to
invest in a competition car, visit the H&H Classic Motorsport Auction.
Adult ticket prices are £20 for Friday and £15 for Saturday and Sunday when
booking in advance and parking is free. Children’s tickets on Friday are £5
but free all weekend. Show opens from 9.30am and closes at 5.30pm Friday and
Saturday and 4.30pm Sunday. For tickets and the latest updates, visit
www.raceretro.com
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of
tickets to The Show just answer this question:
Where
is the venue for Race Retro?
CLICK HERE to e-mail us your
answer.
Please put
"Race Retro"
as your subject
and remember to include your name and address so that we can send the lucky
winners their prizes.
The draw will take place on
2nd March 2009
Good
luck !
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