For 500cc Formula 3 cars, the Don Parker Trophy is the second shortest race of the weekend, with just 15 minutes for the open-wheeled, single-seaters to contest victory. The engines? They’re 500cc motorcycle engines, predominantly from Nortons and JAPs.
Featuring RAC TT-derived closed-cockpit GT cars and prototypes of a similar age (1958 to ‘62), the Moss Trophy promises 20 minutes of stunning action on Sunday, with full road trim E-types facing up against narrow-bodied AC Cobras. Of course we don’t need to explain who this race is named after…
The only two-wheeled event of the weekend, the Hailwood Trophy will pit pre-1983 250cc and 350cc Grand Prix motorcycles against one another on the fast, flowing circuit. The grid will be Yamaha-heavy, with a swarm of TZ250 and 350s dominating the field.
Following on from the Moss Trophy in the prototype stakes is the Gurney Cup, which will pit world championship sports prototypes dating from 1960-1966 against one another. The longest race of Sunday, this 45-minute, two-driver race will feature some of the most exciting cars of the weekend, including Lotus 23Rs and 30s and McLaren M1As. On the American side there will be a number of Ford GT40s, while representing the Germans will be Porsche 906 and 910s. Named after American racing driver Dan Gurney, this race promises spectacular sports prototype driver changes – a first for the Members’ Meeting.
Named after Le Mans 24hr winner Roy Salvadori, who famously stormed to victory with Caroll Shelby in 1959, the Salvadori Cup is open to world championship sports cars that competed from 1955 to 1960. Jaguar D-type long-noses, Lotus 15s, Lister Knobblys, Cooper T59 Monacos and Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcages will all contest this 20-minute cup, which is easily the most curvaceous race of the weekend.