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.