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28/02/2025

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘: 𝟭 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT tonight, February 28th. That's less than 𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟭: One American V8 started the inaugural GT3 Legends race at Silverstone in October, the #1 Corvette Z06.R GT3 of Matt Holme and Andrew Jordan, and it finished first, too. The Corvette, developed by Callaway Competition in Germany, was the first American car to win the GT3 European Championship, winning the teams' title in 2007 and two drivers' titles, in 2008 and 2010. It would also claim the ADAC GT Masters teams' (2009) and drivers' (2013) crowns.

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27/02/2025

𝟮 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's less than 𝟮 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟮: After winning two successive Grands Prix on the streets of Monte Carlo in 1958 and '59, Cooper dubbed their T49 – and subsequent T57 and T61 – "Monaco".

26/02/2025

𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's less than 𝟯 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟯: The Ferrari 458 Italia was the third model bearing the prancing horse to be homologated for GT3 racing, after the F430 and 430 Scuderia.

25/02/2025

𝟰 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's less than 4 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟰: This Jaguar-engined special from Lister has a custom body that seems almost to melt over each of its four wheels, which is what gave it the name "Knobbly".

24/02/2025

𝟱 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 5 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟱: The #5 Andrew Jamieson/Matt Holme Lotus Elan heads to fifth place in the Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup race, Silverstone 2024.

23/02/2025

𝟲 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 6 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟲: Thanks to its magnificent inline-six engine and sensational aerodynamics, the Jaguar XJ120 was the fastest production car in the world when it debuted in 1949. In testing with The Motor shortly after its launch, it achieved 124.6 mph (200.5 km/h).

22/02/2025

𝟳 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 7 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟳: This is a 1929 Riley Brooklands, driven by Nigel Dowding in Pre-War Sports Cars at Spa-Francorchamps in 2022. Riley was one of seven British manufacturers represented in the race, joined by Alta, Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Morgan and GN.

21/02/2025

𝟴 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 8 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟴: The BMW E30 M3 won eight different major touring car titles: the World (1x); European (2x); Australian (1x); British (2x); French (4x); German (2x); Italian (4x); and Japanese (7x). It's an icon for a reason.

20/02/2025

𝟵 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 9 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟵: After retirement from frontline competition, Jaguar converted the remaining D-Types to become the "road going"* XKSS, and nine of the 25 were destroyed in a factory fire in 1957.

*"Road going" is a loose term, as the XKSS had very little in the way of equipment for road use – just enough, in fact, to be eligible for production racing in the USA.

19/02/2025

𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁

MRL Club members' early bird discount is available until midnight GMT on February 28th. That's 10 days to get 10% off any entered event, through the Motor Racing Legends app.

𝟭𝟬: In the 1988 BTCC season, driving a Kaliber Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 almost identical to the one pictured above, Andy Rouse scored 10 podiums — nine victories, one second place. Amazingly, that was only good enough for third in the championship, but it did earn him class A honours.

17/02/2025

For the first time in its history, Donington Historic Festival will race on the Melbourne Loop, as the 2025 event is set to take place on the Grand Prix circuit.

For GT3 cars, however, it's tried and tested ground. These British GT entries, from the 2012 season, are all eligible for GT3 Legends and examples of the Porsche 997, Ferrari 458 Italia, BMW Z4 and McLaren MP4-12C were all on the grid at Silverstone in October.

Read more about the news: mailchi.mp/motorracinglegends/dhf-gp-circuit

Photos from British GT/Jakob Ebrey

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app from the link in bio.

13/02/2025

U2TC will race on its own, standalone grids in 2025. Screaming tourers, bumper-to-bumper, four wheel drifting across Europe? Yes please.

Read more: mailchi.mp/motorracinglegends/u2tc-stands-alone

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: MotorRacingLegends.com/about/app

12/02/2025

GT3 Legends: on tour in 2025.

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

12/02/2025

POV: you're about to get overtaken.

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

12/02/2025

GT3 Legends: Carbon-Clad GT Racers

Dates: 2006-2012
Requirements: GT3 cars homologated 2006-2012, permitted up to 2015 specification
Key marques: Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche
Race: 2x 50 minutes

GT3 is a hugely successful category in modern racing and in 2025, its 20th year, it is the undisputed king of GT racing around the world. Pretty much every major supercar manufacturer builds, or has built, GT3 cars.

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

11/02/2025

Find the Historic Touring Car Challenge at six rounds across Europe in 2025.

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

11/02/2025

Hard to beat those arches...

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

11/02/2025

Historic Touring Car Challenge: Touring Cars of the ‘70s and ‘80s

Dates: 1969-1989
Requirements: Touring cars of Group 2 and Group 5, and Group A up to 1990
Key marques: BMW, Ford, Rover
Race: 60 minutes

The HTCC offers an opportunity to see wild ‘70s tourers like the BMW 3.0 CSL “Batmobile” and Ford “Cologne” Capri face their descendants, like the BMW E30 M3 and Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500.

Entries are open for the 2025 Motor Racing Legends season. MRL Club members receive a discount on entry fees and an extra 10% off any entry made before 1st March.

Download the app: motorracinglegends.com/about/app

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