{"id":498022,"date":"2019-01-23T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=71143"},"modified":"2024-11-03T00:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T00:15:28","slug":"ford-capri-50th-anniversary-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ford-capri-50th-anniversary-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Capri 50th Anniversary Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s most successful Capri racer will lead the celebrations honoring the Ford fastback\u2019s golden anniversary at this summer\u2019s Silverstone Classic (July 26-28).<\/p>\n<p>For five seasons in succession between 1976 and 1980, Gordon Spice took top class honors in the British Saloon Car Championship, taking the Mustang-inspired coup\u00e9 to no fewer than 24 outright race victories.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"1981 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship (Group 1) part 1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-OIqagDLIqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"1981 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship (Group 1) part 1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-OIqagDLIqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>With the Capri turning 50 this year, the tin-top racing legend will present a special trophy to the top-performing Capri in the crowd-pleasing Historic Touring Car Challenge (HTCC) race at the Classic.\u00a0\u201cThe Capri was very important to me,\u201d reflected Spice, who further proved his talent by lifting the Group C2 World Endurance Championship crown when racing a sports prototype produced and entered by his own Spice Engineering company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Capri was by far the easiest car I ever raced. There was absolutely nothing complicated about it \u2013 the rear-drive chassis was simple to tune, so it handled really, really well. Just a brilliant motor car.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_690199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690199\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-690199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3.jpg\" alt=\"Jakob Ebrey\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3.jpg 1500w, 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https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667270_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-3-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-690199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jakob Ebrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First unveiled at the Brussels Motor Show in January 1969 and marketed by Ford as \u201cThe Car You Always Promised Yourself,\u201d close to two million Capris were produced before the model\u2019s demise at the end of 1986.\u00a0As well as finding huge favor in the showrooms, Capris were popular in motor sport \u2013 notably in Britain where they totally ruled the country\u2019s premier touring car series after the bigger-engined American muscle cars were banned at the end of the 1975 season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing fierce competition \u2013 mostly from rival three-litre Capris \u2013 Spice was very much the man to beat for the following five years, right up to the moment a subsequent rule change permitted the introduction of the larger-engined Rover Vitesses, thus ending the Ford\u2019s domination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_690201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690201\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667264_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-690201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667264_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667264_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667264_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-1-300x172.jpg 300w, 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id=\"caption-attachment-690201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jakob Ebrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today\u2019s flourishing HTCC features large numbers of Capris \u2013including some actually raced by Spice in period \u2013 Rovers and other iconic saloon cars from that much-loved era, many adding to the memories by still competing in evocative period liveries.<\/p>\n<p>Providing further spectacle, for the first time this year\u2019s grid at the Classic will also permit official entries from a number of later-generation, flame-spitting Ford Cosworth RS500s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_690202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690202\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667271_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-690202 size-full\" 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https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1667271_The-50th-anniversary-of-the-Ford-Capri-will-be-celebrasted-at-the-2019-Silverstone-Classic-4-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-690202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jakob Ebrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past, the high-performance Sierras have raced regularly with the Super Touring field. However, due to diminishing number of cars competing in this grid and an already packed track schedule, the super tourers will be taking a break from the Classic this year.\u00a0Appropriately, though, the coveted one-off Gordon Spice Trophy will be presented by Spice to the first Capri past the finishing post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely delighted to have been given this honour,\u201d said Spice, now aged 78. \u201cI never miss the Classic; it\u2019s one of my favourite race meetings of the year and it is always wonderful to see so many Capris still racing today \u2013 50 years is a long time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Ex Gordon Spice Ford Capri Racing At Spa\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3rTjw2WhlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Ex Gordon Spice Ford Capri Racing At Spa\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3rTjw2WhlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>To mark the occasion, organizers have also confirmed that they will be holding a celebratory anniversary parade for the Ford Capri on the Sunday of the event for those car club members joining in the festivities with their Ford Capris. This will be fronted by the last Capri to roll off the production line in Cologne \u2013 a limited edition 280 \u201cBrooklands\u201d model owned by Ford\u2019s heritage workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Full details on general admission tickets, car club display packages, hospitality experiences and camping options \u2013 as well as all the latest Classic news \u2013 can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/silverstoneclassic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">silverstoneclassic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s most successful Capri racer will lead the celebrations honoring the Ford fastback\u2019s golden anniversary at this summer\u2019s Silverstone Classic (July 26-28). For five seasons in succession between 1976 and 1980, Gordon Spice took top class honors in the British Saloon Car Championship, taking the Mustang-inspired coup\u00e9 to no fewer than 24 outright race victories. 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