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New dates for Classic and Gold Cup
The Oulton Park Gold Cup will move to late July next year to avoid a date clash with the Classic , Silverstone . The HSCC Gold Cup , Oulton Park ’ s flagship historic racing festival , has run on the August Bank Holiday weekend for many years but faced a complete clash in 2022 following the announcement that the Silverstone event was moving to the same
weekend , running on Friday , Saturday and Sunday 26-28 August .
Now , to avoid a clash , the Gold Cup will come forward to the traditional Classic Silverstone date of July 29-31 . The Club is the organiser of the racing activity at both events , so avoiding a date clash is good news for the team of senior officials as well as competitors , marshals and spectators .
Andy Dee-Crowne said : “ We ’ re excited at the opportunity to continue the success of the Gold Cup on a new weekend . We ’ re working with MSV to produce one of the key historic events of the season . There is logic in keeping the Gold Cup and the Classic , Silverstone apart . Clearly the change will have an impact on our and other calendars and we are now working on
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Jasmine Walker set to join HSCC
The Club is pleased to confirm the appointment of Jasmine Walker , who will join the office team as Alan Jones heads into his well-earned retirement . Jasmine ( 27 ) is from Northampton and comes from a background in the automotive industry . She also has a strong car background , having helped her dad on various projects as a youngster . Her partner Nick Tasker works in IT for the Alpine F1 team .
Jasmine has taken part in track days on two and four wheels and will start in the office around the time this magazine arrives on your door mat , thus giving good time for a handover period .
“ This is the learning curve into motor sport ,” she said . “ It ’ s all new but I ’ m looking forward to it .”