Historic Grand Prix Car Association – HGPCA 2014

Car racing from Association of Historic Grand Prix Cars they will transport you to the old days when the appearance of racing cars was determined by national pride and not by the colors of a sponsorship contract worth tens or hundreds of millions. The Grand Prix racing cars you know from the yellowed photos are now in action - Alfa Romeo, BRM, Cooper, ERA, Ferrari, Lotus, Maserati, Talbot and many more. Since 1979, members of the association have been trying to preserve the legacy of these powerful racing cars and their courageous drivers, who made the history of motor racing at the highest level in the days when it was still a pure sport and not a commercial circus.

The Grand Prix Classic Car Races span five decades of spectacular technical competition, from the Bugatti two-seaters of the 1920s to the refined 1.5-litre 'cigars' of 1961 to 1965, re-enacting the battles between turbocharged and non-supercharged cars from the early days of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950 and the following era of 2.5 liter cars, during which rear-engined cars appeared (the pioneers were already pre-war Auto-Union cars).

For several years now, each of these periods has been commemorated on the most famous circuits of Great Britain and continental Europe with an impressive field of cars manufactured before 1961 or 1965. This year, the renewed Czech Automobile Club for Moravia and Silesia joined the traditional organizers of the Grand Prix races in cooperation with Automotodrome Brno.

As if by waving a magic wand, you will be transported to the days when Italian red, British green and French blue ruled the racing circuit. Motor racing enthusiasts can once again experience the wonderful mix of smells, noise and excitement associated with the golden era of motorsport. Wheel-to-wheel battles, corners driven by controlled skidding of all wheels, occasional hours, all this makes these races an unrepeatable experience. Come to see!

Cars competing in the HGPCA must be of a type that entered Grand Prix racing before 31 December 1965 and fall into one of the following classes:

Front engine cars

class 1 1925-1934 Grand Prix cars on 18″ or 19″ wheels
class 2 1935-1951 Grand Prix cars on 18″ or 19″ wheels (smaller wheels must be proven to have been used during the specified period)
class 3 voiturette cars up to 1.5 liters made before 1939 on 16″ wheels
class 4 1930-1951 Grand Prix and voiturete cars over 1.5 liters on 16″ wheels
class 5 Grand Prix cars from 1952/53 with an engine capacity of 2 liters
class 6 1954-1958 Grand Prix cars on 16″ wheels
class 7a pre-1961 front engine Grand Prix cars on 15″ wheels
class 8 cars built before 1961 to race in the Tasmanian Series (Australia and New Zealand) or Indianapolis

Rear-engined cars

class 7b* pre-1961 built Grand Prix cars on 15″ wheels
class 7c** Formula 2 cars up to 1.5 liters built before 1961
class 9 Grand Prix/Formula 2 cars up to 2 liters built before 1961
class 10 pre-1966 Formula 1 cars with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine and 1964/65 Formula 2 cars with an engine capacity of up to 1000cc
class 11 pre-1966 Formula 1 cars with a 1.5 liter multi-cylinder engine
class 12 cars built before 1966 for the Tasmanian Series and Formula Intercontinental four-cylinders up to 2.7 liters

* class 7b – cars with an engine capacity over 2 liters start together with class 12
** class 7c – 1.5 liter Formula 2 cars can start together with front engine cars
All cars must have tires appropriate for the era in which they raced.

Race No

Make

Year

cc

Driver

Nationalities

5

Cisitalia D46

1946

1098

Richard Pilkington 

GB

6

Maserati 6CM

1938

1492 p

Sean Danaher

GB

12

Connaught A4

1952

1960

David  Wenman

GB

16

Aston Martin DBR4

1959

2992

Marc Valvekens 

B

19

Cooper-Bristol Mk 2 3/53

1953

1971

Paul Grant

GB

21

Alta F2

1952

1980

Ian Nuthall

GB

28

Maserati 250F-2522/23/26

1956

2500

Graham Adelman

USA

31

Maserati 250F-2501/2523

1954

2500

Guillermo Fierro

E

34

Cooper T43

1957

1460

 John Bussey

GB

36

ERA R9B

1936

1484 p

Heinz Bachmann

CH

41

Cooper T41

1956

1460

Brian Maile

GB

43

Cooper T43

1957

1500

Clive Wilson

GB

44

Ferrari 500/625

1952/54

2996

Alexander Boswell

GB

45

Cooper T45

1957

1475

Scotty Taylor

Aus

248

Maserati 250F-CM5

1957

2500

Klaus Lehr

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

HGPCA Race for Pre 1966 Grand Prix Cars

Race No

Make

Year

cc

Driver

Nationalities

2

Cooper T45/51

1958

2495

Jolley Rod

GB

4

Lotus 24

1962

1500

Beaumont Andrew

GB

10

Cooper T53

1960

2700

Taylor Scotty 

Aus

14

Cooper T43

1957

1960

Cook Malcolm

GB

20

Lotus 18 912

1960

1500

Bond Stephen

GB

22

Lotus 18/21 P1

1961

2500

Horsman Peter

GB

27

Cooper Maserati T51

1959

1914

Hart (Chris Wilson) Steve

GB

29

Cooper T51

1959

2500

Griffiths (John Bond-Smith) Miles

GB

30

Brabham BT14

1965

1498

Newman Rodger

GB

31

LDS 3

1961

1487

Beaumont Andrew

GB

33

Lotus 18 370

1960

2495

Guarino Andrea

AND

37

Heron F1

1960

1488

Eddy's perk

NL

47

Cooper T45

1958

1960

Jolliffe Brian

GB

50

Lotus 24

1962

1500

Studer Peter

CH

53

Lotus 18

1961

1500

Taylor Scotty

Aus

66

Cooper T66

1963

1495

Hoole Sidney

GB

71

Cooper T71/73 24

1964

1498

Baillie Alan

GB

72

Lotus 32

1964

998

Kinch Larry

GB