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SOUTHPORT SPRINT REVIVAL - 2026
SATURDAY
28th March
MARINE DRIVE
Closed Road Motorsport Speed Meeting
Marine Drive will be closed between 6am to 5pm
Practice from 9.30am to 11.30pm
Timed High Speed runs from 11.30am
Lunch Break 12.30 - 13.30​
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For 2026, we will again be running the double length course, extended to 1650m with cars running in both directions along Marine Drive.​​
Public admission to Competitors Paddock and Premium Viewing Areas will be
by pre-paid ticket only.
Free pre-booked tickets will also be available for other Promenade Sea Wall Viewing Areas.
To purchase your Tickets - please click below: Eventbrite
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Note: ALL TIMINGS PROVISIONAL
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CELEBRATING OVER A CENTURY OF MOTORING HISTORY FEATURING SOUTHPORT’S RECORD BREAKING MOTOR SPORTING HERITAGE
SOUTHPORT WILL COME ALIVE TO THE UNIQUE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS THAT THESE CARS WILL CREATE FOR EVERYONE'S PLEASURE AND ENJOYMENT.
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Southport Classic and Speed 2026 builds on the great success of five editions of Southport Classic and Speed and will once again celebrate our motoring and motorsport heritage.
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This year we will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the World Land Speed Record, set at Ainsdale Beach by Sir Henry Segrave, on the 16th March 1926.
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For more information contact:
​General Enquiries/Participants:
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Media/Press Enquiries only
E: media@southportclassicandspeed.com stephen@actuariusart.co.uk
Andrew Brown
Founder, Stand Up For Southport
M: 07919 112582
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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 #CorkhillsVW #Sefton Council. .
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SOUTHPORT'S MOTOR SPORTING HERITAGE
WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD 1926
152mph on Ainsdale Beach
SIR HENRY SEGRAVE,
SUNBEAM TIGER
2026 marks the 100th anniversary and the 130th anniversary of Segrave’s birth.
SOUTHPORT
SPEED TRIALS 1903
Southport Promenade
MISS DOROTHY LEVITT
“The fastest girl on Earth"
Dorothy was the first British lady ever to take part in a competitive speed event and she won her class…right here in Southport!
SAND RACING/SPRINTING
Ainsdale Beach and Marine Drive
WORLD CLASS RACING took place on Southport Beach throughout the '20s and '30s and again in the '60s and 70s with a major SPRINT held in March 1963 along Marine Drive, attracting the top drivers and cars of the day.
​RACING ON THE SANDS AT SOUTHPORT. February 1926 - Motor Sport Magazine
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Southport is truly a trail-blazing pioneer in world motoring and motor sporting history.
The Classic and Speed event will celebrate that history, in the spirit of record breaking Sir Henry Segrave and the amazing Dorothy Levitt.