Celebrating 54 years at Aintree - 1954-2008
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1955 GP Information 2008 Events
IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE - LIVERPOOL 2008 - EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
Liverpool
HISTORIC FORMULA 1 EVENT - POSTPONED
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Celebrating Liverpool's Grand Prix and Formula 1 heritage
This will feature both live demonstrations and static displays of Formula 1, racing sports and saloon cars from the 1950's and 60's and a selection of contemporary world class competition machinery around a specially created "street circuit" close to the City Centre/Waterfront.
The Club is pleased to announce that negotiations to use the King's Waterfront site, pictured above, as the venue for the event, are continuing.
When we have full authority to use the venue from the landowners, English Partnerships, we will announce a definitive date of when the event will take place.
We know this will be a great disappointment to motor racing enthusiasts in the North West but the use of the venue is entirely dependant on the permission of the owners and the goodwill of existing users.
The event will consist of a paddock display area and a demonstration/parade route along King’s Parade and Queens Wharf on the Liverpool Waterfront, close to the World Heritage Site at the Pier Head and next to the new Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre.
Highlights:
Further details will be released in due course.
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Festival of Motorsport Report and Update
Fangio
and Moss discuss tactics before the start of the '55 GP with the legendary Team
Manager, Alfred Neubauer organising the Mercedes mechanics
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The magic of Aintree....despite the rain, the stands are full to capacity. All of the department stores in Liverpool sold out of plastic macs that day!
Start of the 1961 British Grand Prix won by Count Wolfgang (Taffy) von Trips - Ferrari 156 (3rd Ferrari - white helmet far right).
27 Formula 1 cars line up for the start - Tatts Corner is immediately behind these cars.
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Click
here for a
scalable map of our location including the circuit and major surrounding
highways.
The
Aintree Circuit is located 6miles (10Km) North East of Liverpool City Centre,
close to the M57 and M58 Motorways.
Club
Circuit entrance at North Eastern end of
Aintree
Station (Merseyrail Northern Electric Line – trains every 15min from Liverpool
Central) is opposite the Racecourse Main Entrance on
However, Old Roan Station is closer to the Circuit Entrance
- see map.
Liverpool |
Please scroll down for event details for the 2008 Season………
Legal Note: ACC has no direct connection with any other Club organising or promoting events at the Aintree Circuit.
All
contractual arrangements relating to the use of the venue by individual
motoring organisations are with the Aintree Racecourse Company Limited.
Tel
0151 523 2600
ACC
Contact– Michael Ashcroft – (+44) 0151-525-5060(e) or (+44) 07821 230 961
For
Competitive Motorsports Events, the Association of North Western Car Clubs Championship coordinator is David Thomas Tel/Fax:(+44) 01492-584872
(7-9pm only)
Summer events
2008
26th April, Aintree Spring Sprint
28th June, Aintree Summer Sprint
6th September, Aintree Autumn Sprint
Aintree Track Days
Drive in the tracks of Moss, Fangio and Brooks on the Historic Aintree Racing Circuit!
31st May 2008
4th October 2008
The Club is very proud of the fact that all of the current car events at Aintree were created and developed by the Aintree Circuit Club following the cessation of circuit racing , and the famous Tuesday Test Sessions, in July 1982.
This included single venue rallies and the development of speed sprint events to include award winning rounds of the M.S.A. British Sprint Championship.
In 1987, the Club also pioneered the promotion and operation of Track Days, with an emphasis both on high standards of safety and slick organisation, as an evolution of the Tuesday Test Sessions, which were the world's first events organised to allow non-racing access to a purpose built motor racing circuit.
These were established by the Club in 1954-5.
The Club was also entirely responsible for the management and financing, including the provision of all track equipment , of the "Club Circuit" for nearly 35 years, since 1964
when the then owners of the Racecourse, the Tophams, closed the 3 Mile Grand Prix circuit, pending sale of the course.
Weds 7th May Machine testing
Sat 17th May Aintree #1
Sat 14 June Aintree #2
Sat 12 July Aintree #3
Sat 9th August Aintree #4
Sat Sept 20th Aintree #5
Please note: All events
take place on
the 1.64mile (2.65Km) "Club Circuit
Circuit open to Spectators from
Clubhouse Bar and Café open to visitors.
Free Car Parking and Paddock access
All vehicles enter via Northern entrance off
(click here
for location MAP)
For General Enquiries relating to the Venue (History, past events
and future usage), please contact:
Aintree
Circuit Club - Michael
Ashcroft at:
info@aintree.org
Please Note: All Car Motor Sport Events
organised by
All
Motorcycle Racing organised by Aintree
Motorcycle Racing Club
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