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In a motoring first for the UK, three famous Le Mans cars from Aston Martin Racing and Jaguar Heritage are to go on display as part of this year’s Bradford Classic car show which takes place over the weekend of 18th and 19th July.
The cars include the LMP1 car that Aston Martin Racing are sending to this year’s Le Mans 24-hour race, their class winning DBR9 ‘009’ from last year, as well as the overall Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR-9LM from 1988.
Aston Martin Racing 2008 class winning driver, Darren Turner who will be fresh back from competing at this year’s gruelling 24-hour Le Mans race, 50 years after their famous DBR1 victory with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby, will be on hand to mingle and sign autographs for the crowds in Centenary Square. Accompanying Darren will be his LMP1 Le Mans Aston Martin Racing car, in ‘race-finish’ state.
Councillor Kris Hopkins, commented: “ We are delighted to offer one of the very first opportunities the general public are going to have to get close to this year’s Aston Martin Racing’s Le Mans car and star driver, fresh back from competing and hopefully triumphing in Le Mans! ”
Other star attractions include the class winning Aston Martin Racing DBR9 ‘009’ Le Mans car from 2008, kindly supplied by Gulf Managing Director Jonathan Turner. In 2008, Gulf celebrated the 40th anniversary of their first win at Le Mans, with a hard fought victory in GT1 going to the Gulf-sponsored Aston Martin Racing DBR9, driven by Darren Turner, David Brabham and Antonio Garcia. The Bradford Classic will also feature another extremely special and historic car, the overall winning 1988 Le Mans Jaguar XJR-9LM, kindly supplied by Jaguar Heritage.
Councillor Kris Hopkins said: “ To have the overall all Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR9 from 1988 is incredible and is the icing on the cake for what is shaping up to be a fantastic weekend for all the family.”
Over 150 classic and performance cars will go on show to the general public in Centenary Square Bradford, including a Monica, a very rare and hugely important supercar of the 1970s. TV presenter and former rally driver Penny Mallory, will be on hand all weekend to judge the cars, provide commentary and mingle with the crowds.
Vintage busses will be running periodically throughout the day transporting people from the action in Centenary Square to the showroom and conference facilities at Speedmaster to view their stunning collection of high performance classic, race and collector cars.
On the evening of Saturday 18thJuly, Speedmaster will be hosting a very special evening with official driver of Aston Martin Racing, Darren Turner and compere Penny Mallory, to celebrate his return from racing in the 2009 Le Mans 24-hour, on the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s last outright win there. Tickets for this event are priced at £25 per head, which includes a champagne reception, canapés, footage of the historic 1959 win and the chance to meet two of motor racing’s biggest names. To book tickets, please contact Katherine McBurnie on 01274 623200.
As ever, the Bradford Classic weekend promises to be a great day out for all the family. To tie in with Bradford’s bid to become a UNCESO City of Film, Bradford will see the UK’s first ever “Classic Motoring Movie Series”, which will be held at the National Media Museum cinema, showing a selection of the best ever movies inspired by or featuring cars.
There will be a free automobilia valuation service in the square on the Saturday, in an ‘Antiques Roadshow’ format. The public are invited to bring any automobilia down that they would like to get valued by our professional experts. There will also be a vintage car valuer on hand to give free valuations for classic or performance car. The public are invited to register their car on the website if they would like to get the latest valuation for their pride and joy.
Sunday 19th July will see a display of 60 performance and competition classic cars in Centenary Square and will also be “Jaguar day”. Visitors will also be able to inspect the very latest cars from Jaguar, kindly supplied by the Bradford Appleyard Jaguar dealership. The Bradford Classic invites entries of all Jaguars (in all conditions), for a special Jaguar Concours D’Elegance and parade. Bradford born Jaguar Heritage Executive Director and Founding Trustee Peter Mitchell OBE, will drive from Coventry in one of his own classic cars, a 1959 Jaguar XK150 to judge the Concours. To enter your Jaguar into the Jaguar Concourse, register at www.thebradfordclassic.com
There will be an auction sale on Sunday featuring in excess of 1,200 items of Jaguar related automobilia - including an unprecedented single owner collection of model Jaguar cars - featuring D-type, C-type and a plethora of road cars from a wide selection of manufacturers. The auction will also see a very rare collection of 17,000 pictures, collected by the late Peter Cahill, go under the hammer. A selection of the best automobilia will also be on display for the public at the Appleyard Jaguar dealership before the auction.
Finally, there will also be a world book launch of Jim Loveridge’s books: “Comic Motoring Postcards”, “Motorsport Postcards” and “Motoring Postcards”. Jim will be on hand to sign copies and chat to the enthusiasts. In addition, Chris Lawrence will be signing copies of his autobiography, “Morgan Maverick”, in the year which sees Morgan celebrating their 100th year, telling the story of his ‘characteristically British’ life from Royal Navy engineer to Le Mans class winner and Grand Prix driver. Defined tags for this entry: Aston Martin, Bradford Classic, Jaguar, Le Mans
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