The historic racing world waited months to see what the impact of Coy\u2019s departure from its usual spot as the major sponsor for the Silverstone Festival would be \u2013 and whether Rockingham\u2019s appearance on the scene would steal Silverstone\u2019s thunder. Unfortunately, the answer is hardly any clearer after the August 25-27 event, with the track claiming a total success, while the crowds were certainly down, and there were complaints about no track action in the mornings.<\/p>\n
In spite of some of the big teams and well-known drivers staying away, however, Silverstone worked hard to present an exciting program with some close and hard-fought racing. A number of categories had two races, while the addition of motorbikes and more modern endurance cars helped to vary the program. Indeed, the two races for Group C Endurance cars were extremely well received, with a two-hour thrash starting at 6 pm on Saturday. Thousands stayed in balmy weather to watch a hard-fought Jaguar-Porsche-Spice battle over 60 laps. With the Goodwood Revival within two weeks, the question as to whether there was now too much historic racing was a common one in the paddock, though clearly the competitors who raced had a great time over the three days.<\/p>\n
Submitted by Ed McDonough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The historic racing world waited months to see what the impact of Coy\u2019s departure from its usual spot as the major sponsor for the Silverstone Festival would be \u2013 and whether Rockingham\u2019s appearance on the scene would steal Silverstone\u2019s thunder. Unfortunately, the answer is hardly any clearer after the August 25-27 event, with the track claiming a total success, while the crowds were certainly down, and there were complaints about no track action in the mornings. In spite of some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":813302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234],"class_list":["post-459605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"\n