HSCC Snetterton 2024 issue 142 | Page 38

2024 HSCC calendar :
HSCC IN 2024
Formula Junior at the Silverstone Festival

The 2024 HSCC race calendar

Heading into the Club ’ s 57th season , the HSCC will run a range of race meetings at prime UK circuits for its members competing in a diverse portfolio of championships and series .
As ever , the HSCC caters for a fantastic array of period machinery , ranging from sports and GT cars of the 1960s through single-seaters and right up to its new series of Touring Car Legends for Group 2 and Group A touring cars from up to the 1990s . The Griffith Haig Trophy series for drum-braked sports cars represents the very early days of the club when the first Grifith Formula race was held at Castle Combe in May 1966 . As before , the HSCC is proud to be the race organising club for the Silverstone Festival at the end of August and will continue to play a significant role in this fantastic celebration of period race cars . Similarly , the HSCC will be the race organising club for the Oulton Park Gold Cup at the end of July when several HSCC categories will feature on a varied bill of classic and historic racing . At the end of the season , the HSCC will be the organising club for the annual Walter Hayes Trophy Formula Ford knock-out event at Silverstone .
The season starts , as before , here at Snetterton this weekend before switching to Cadwell Park in May . In early June , a very popular two-day event will run at Donington and then in mid- July , the HSCC will be at Brands Hatch on the fantastic Grand Prix circuit for the Legends of Brands Super Prix .
The Croft Historic Race Weekend has move forward into August to give a better spread of dates in the
busy calendar and the season then concludes at Silverstone for the traditional Finals Meeting in mid- October . In addition to its own race meetings , the HSCC will play a role in providing races for several other events , including the Thruxton Historic in June and the Castle Combe Autumn Classic in September .
There will be a fresh now look to Historic Formula 2 this season in an extension of the partnership between the HSCC and French promoter HVM Racing . The F2 Classic Interseries will have a
2024 HSCC calendar :
20-21 April Snetterton 18-19 May Cadwell Park Wolds Trophy 8-9 June Donington Park 13-14 July Brands Hatch GP Super Prix 28-30 July Oulton Park Gold Cup 10-11 August Croft Historic Race Weekend 23-25 August Silverstone Festival 12-13 October Silverstone Finals Meeting 2-3 November Silverstone Walter Hayes Trophy
superb five-event , 10-race schedule at the best circuits and events in European historic racing , including the HSCCorganised race meetings at Brands Hatch in July and Silverstone in August . Other races include Zandvoort and Spa and the F2 season starts this weekend at the Grand Prix de France Historique at Paul Ricard .
“ We ’ re very pleased to unveil our 2024 race calendar ,” said CEO Andy Dee Crowne . “ We ’ ve listened to our racing members and have endeavoured to provide the dates and the venues that they want , with a well-spaced calendar .”
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Historic F3 runs at Cadwell Park next month