Up to 35 cars from the charismatic era of 1980s endurance racing will battle it out at this year’s Silverstone Classic, in association with Bonhams, taking place on 27/28/29 July. Powerful Group C cars from the World Sports-Prototype Championship take on their brethren from the US-based IMSA GTP series in the ACO Plate Award, on Saturday, and the Silverstone Classic Trophy, on Sunday.
The races, part of Group C/GTP Racing’s schedule of events for 2007, will be accompanied by a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic Porsche 956/962, the leading customer car of the Group C and IMSA GTP era. The very first 956, which Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell drove to Group C victory on its debut in the 1982 Silverstone Six Hours, will be on display, together with other examples of the famous German machine.
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