{"id":493840,"date":"2014-06-01T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T07:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=10358"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:02:35","slug":"croft-autodrome-celebrates-50th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/croft-autodrome-celebrates-50th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Croft Autodrome Celebrates 50th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_715105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715105\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-715105 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Tony Todd\" width=\"1080\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3-770x504.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/n4-201406-p1-3-293x192.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tony Todd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England\u2019s Croft Autodrome is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a full schedule of events capped by the prestigious mid-summer Nostalgia Weekend. Croft Autodrome hosted its first motor racing event on August 3, 1964, a Daily Mirror Trophy meeting for touring cars, GTs, sports cars, single-seaters and bikes. Exactly half a century later, on August 2-3, 2014, the sights, sounds and smells of yesteryear will be recreated when the Nostalgia Weekend takes over the northeast\u2019s premier motor sport venue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is a big year for Croft Autodrome,\u201d said circuit manager Mike Cantelo, \u201cand to be able to celebrate our 50th birthday on the very same weekend as the first race meeting back in 1964 makes it even more special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For full information about all the 2014 Croft race meetings, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/England\u2019s Croft Autodrome is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a full schedule of events capped by the prestigious mid-summer Nostalgia Weekend. Croft Autodrome hosted its first motor racing event on August 3, 1964, a Daily Mirror Trophy meeting for touring cars, GTs, sports cars, single-seaters and bikes. Exactly half a century later, on August 2-3, 2014, the sights, sounds and smells of yesteryear will be recreated when the Nostalgia Weekend takes over the northeast\u2019s premier motor sport venue. \u201cThis is a big year for Croft Autodrome,\u201d said circuit manager Mike Cantelo, \u201cand to be able to celebrate our 50th birthday on the very same weekend as the first race meeting back in 1964 makes it even more special.\u201d For full information about all the 2014 Croft race meetings, please visit: www.croftcircuit.co.uk\/tickets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.croftcircuit.co.uk\/tickets.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s Croft Autodrome is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a full schedule of events capped by the prestigious mid-summer Nostalgia Weekend. Croft Autodrome hosted its first motor racing event on August 3, 1964, a Daily Mirror Trophy meeting for touring cars, GTs, sports cars, single-seaters and bikes. Exactly half a century later, on August 2-3, 2014, the sights, sounds and smells of yesteryear will be recreated when the Nostalgia Weekend takes over the northeast\u2019s premier motor sport venue. 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