Southport Classic and Speed 2023 builds on the great success of 2022 and 2021 and will once again celebrate our motoring and motorsport heritage.

This year we will celebrate thw 120th Anniversary of the first Southport Speed Trials,held along the Promenade in 1903.

This year is also the 60th Anniversary of the last Speed Trial,held along The Esplanade and Marine Drive,in 1963.

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This year's event will open at 10am with the Parade starting earlier at approximately 3.30pm.

All timings subject to change.

THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL NOTICES HAVE NOW BEEN PUBLISHED:

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For more information contact:

 

Media Team

E: media@southportclassicandspeed.com  stephen@actuariusart.co.uk

 

Andrew Brown

Founder, Stand Up For Southport

E: mediaandrewbrown@gmail.com

M: 07919 112582

 

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The 2021 Classic and Speed event attracted an amazing array of 250 cars from three centuries of motoring - veteran, vintage, historic, racing and modern classics - to the 34-acre Victoria Park, in celebration of Southport’s motor sporting heritage. 

 

The parade started at 5:30pm and thread its way along Lord Street and the Promenade, the scene of the 1903 Speed Trials. Opposite the Bliss Hotel, the Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Clare Carragher, performed the ceremonial flag drop

 

The Speed Trials on the promenade in which Dorothy Levitt competed attracted over 50,000 spectators, many of them accommodated in grandstands erected along the one kilometre course in front of the many hotels and boarding houses. It was a truly landmark event and one of the very first competitive speed events in the country, predating such well known venues as Brooklands, Donington Park and Goodwood. 

 

Southport Classic and Speed is organised by #Aintree Circuit Club, presented by #Cataclean and supported by #OceanPlazaLeisure #Sefton Council, #Southport BID and #Victoria Park Events.

 

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