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SOUTHPORT SPRINT REVIVAL - 2024
SATURDAY
14 SEPTEMBER
MARINE DRIVE
CLASSIC AND SPEED
CAR SHOW AND PARADE
Sunday 15 September 2024
Victoria Park
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 2024, we will have a double length course, extended to 1650m with cars running in both directions along Marine Drive.
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Public admission to Competitors Paddock and Designated Viewing Areas will be
by pre-paid ticket only.
Tickets: www.ticketquarter.co.uk
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Note: ALL TIMINGS PROVISIONAL
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PR8 1RX
10am to 3pm
Grande Parade starts 3.30pm from Rotten Row
FREE PUBLIC ADMISSION TO THE PARK
CELEBRATING OVER A CENTURY OF MOTORING HISTORY FEATURING SOUTHPORT’S RECORD BREAKING MOTOR SPORTING HERITAGE
THE CENTREPIECE WILL AGAIN BE A FABULOUS THEMED DISPLAY OF VETERAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC AND MODERN CARS FROM ALL PERIODS ON VICTORIA PARK – HOME TO SOUTHPORT'S WORLD FAMOUS FLOWER SHOW!
MARQUE AND CAR CLUB DISPLAYS.
FOOD, DRINK AND SHOPPING VILLAGE FOR ALL THE FAMILY!
A GRAND PARADE OF ALL CARS, RETRACING THE ORIGINAL GROUNDBREAKING 1903 SPEED TRIAL COURSE, ALONG LORD STREET AND THE PROMENADE, WILL BE THE FINALE OF THE DAY’S EVENTS!
SOUTHPORT WILL COME ALIVE TO THE UNIQUE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS THAT THESE CARS WILL CREATE FOR EVERYONE'S PLEASURE AND ENJOYMENT.
KEEP WATCHING THIS WEBSITE FOR UPDATES!
Southport Classic and Speed 2024 builds on the great success of 2023, 2022 and 2021 and will once again celebrate our motoring and motorsport heritage.
This year we will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the opening of the 3 Mile Aintree Grand prix Circuit - 29 May 1954 - the UK's only purpose built Formula 1 GP Track and also the formation of Aintree Circuit Club, also in 1954.
This year is also the 60th Anniversary of the last Motor Race held on our Aintree Grand Prix Circuit which was held 16 May and also organised by Aintree Circuit Club.
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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.
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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 2023 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 3:30pm and thread its way along Lord Street and the Promenade, the scene of the 1903 Speed Trials.The Mayor of Sefton, Cllr June Burns, 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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Victoria Park, Southport PR8 1RX
SOUTHPORT'S MOTOR SPORTING HERITAGE
WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD 1926
152mph on Ainsdale Beach
SIR HENRY SEGRAVE,
SUNBEAM TIGER
2023 marks the 97th anniversary and the 127th anniversary of Segrave’s birth.
SOUTHPORT
SPEED TRIALS 1903
Southport Promenade
120TH ANNIVERSARY - 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.
DON’T MISS IT! SAVE THE DATE!
SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Brought to you by Aintree Circuit Club, supported by Victoria Park Events, Sefton Council and Southport BID
