Welcome to the Scottish Classic Sports & Saloons site

Scottish Classic Sports and Saloons

If you are interested in Classic Motor Racing in Scotland either as a competitor, spectator or enthusiast please join us at our race meetings at Knockhill. SMRC Scottish Classic Sports & Saloons is the only race series for Classic Cars in Scotland. Follow the links below and you will find our latest news, cars & drivers, race calendar, regulations, entry forms, points standings and results.

Newcomers are always welcome to join the Classic Sports and Saloons - please feel free to speak to any of the contacts on the left for more information on how to start racing in this category.

Photo courtesy of Jim Moir (tel 0131 552 8817)

Scottish Classics

Action Packed April Meeting

Dry and sunny conditions resulted in some very close dicing throughout the field in both our "Classics" races with track records falling in three classes and the highest ever overall entries ever at a Scottish race meeting. The new Classic Sports Car & Saloon Championship is working well and the June Speedfair weekend promises record entries with full grids expected for our races.

April 27 2008 Gallery

Cars & Drivers

The Championship is split into a number of classes so that each driver is only competing against comparable cars for the class title. Anyone from the 4 classes can become overall Champion. Cars are allocated to each class according to engine size as follows:

A provisional list of Championship contenders is available here.

Results

All race results for the Championship will be available to download from SMART Timing and MyLaps.com


Points Standings

The Championship positions and points for the Scottish MRC Classic Sports and Saloons can be viewed in the Championship Standings section of the website.

 

Gallery

The Gallery is to include pictures of the Scottish MRC Classics Sports and Saloons in action during the year. Please feel free to submit any photos for inclusion on the website.

2008 Classics Gallery

2007 Classics Gallery

 

Race Calendar

All 14 rounds of the SMRC Classic Sports & Saloons Championship are at Knockhill with 2 races per meeting on the following dates during 2008. The East Fortune Sprint and Bo'ness Hill Climb are invitational and not rounds of the Championship.


Entry Forms

The following Entry Forms are now available for the SMRC's 2008 race meetings. Any further entry forms that may be applicable to the Classics will be added to the website when they become available.

 

 

SMRC Classics invited to compete at East Fortune Sprint

Lothian Car Club has offered an Invitation Class for SMRC Scottish Classic Sports & Saloons at the East Fortune round of the British Sprint Championship to be held on the Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th May 2008. The track, which many of you will know from previous years is very fast and has just had £250,000 spent on it and reputed to be billiard smooth. They intend to have 2 or 3 practice runs each day with 2 timed runs. Each run is 1.9 laps which is about 3 miles.

A map of the track can be seen at www.dounehillclimb.co.uk and entry forms and full details are available from www.dounehillclimb.co.uk/Info/regs2008.pdf

 

 

Jimmy Stewart Trophy, Scottish Classic Speedfair

We are honoured that the new Jimmy Stewart Trophy will be presented to the winner of our main race at the Classic Speedfair in June. This is to commemorate the late Jimmy's racing career and complimentary to the JYS Trophy being presented to the winner of the Formula Ford 1600 knock-out event.

 

 

SMRC Classics invited to compete at Bo'Ness Revival Hill Climb

The organisers of the Bo'Ness Revival Hill Climb to be held 9th & 10th August 2008 have provisionally offered an Invitation Class for SMRC Scottish Classic Sports & Saloons pending discussions on cut off date for age of cars. Further details are available from their website: www.bonesshillclimb.org.uk/

 

 

New Championship Status for Scottish Classic Sports & Saloons

Regulations

The Championship regulations have been approved by the MSA and are now available for download from the link below. The regulations outline the Championship Classes and the requirements for any cars entering the championship. Further details are also available below.

Scottish MRC Classics Sports and Saloons - Regulations
SMRC Standing Regulations for all classes


Brief Synopsis of the Regs

The SMRC are delighted to announce that the Classic Sports and Saloons have been awarded Championship status for 2008. The new championship will be class based so that anyone in the four classes can become overall champion. Points are awarded to the first fifteen classified finishers in each class at (25 points for class winner, 20 for second then 16, 14 etc) as long as there are four or more cars starting in the class. Where three or less cars start in a class points will be awarded on a reduced basis (12 for class winner, 10 for second place and 8 for third place). Bonus points will be awarded per class for driver setting fastest lap and additionally setting a new lap record during the race.

Cars must be models that were in production up to 31 December 1979. The eligibility scrutineer will consider cars registered up to December 31st 1981 if the same model was in production in 1979 (eg Lotus Sunbeam, Escort Mk 2, Rover SD1,Ford Capri MGB and MG Midget). Engines must be of a type and cubic capacity available for that particular model when in production and from the same manufacturer. Methods of induction for vehicles manufactured after 31 December 1979 are not to be fitted in retrospect. Carburetion type is free.

The new class structure is based upon engine size as follows:

Class A: up to 1,150cc
Class B: from 1,151cc to 1,550cc
Class C: from 1,551 to 2,000cc
Class D: over 2,001cc

Yokohama are sponsoring the championship, and their 048 tyre has been chosen as the control tyre. Competitors may use Yokohama 032 tyres, but only if the 048 is not produced in a suitable size for their car. Proceeds from the sponsorship will reduce the cost of entries and also go into a prize fund. There will be a one meeting waver for newcomers on non-Yokohama tyres. However, they must race on tyres from list 1A or 1B and cannot score points, effectively running as an invitation class. These cars must still comply with all other regulations and be pre-1980. They will not be eligible for podium awards.

Body panels should be original wherever possible. Body panels of a similar material or fibreglass are only allowed for peripheral panels (eg bonnet, boot, front wings). Kevlar and carbon-fibre panels are not permitted.

Cars must be of MOT standard and should be capable of passing a full MOT. All cars must have a working charging and starting system. Front and rear lights must be fitted and in proper working order. Cars must not be lightened excessively and may not weigh less than 90% of their original kerb weight. Interior trim and passenger seats may be removed.

The MSA's guidelines strongly discourage faster cars starting en-masse from the back of the grid so fully reversed grids for race two of the Classics will not return this year. Instead, the MSA has approved that the top six finishers in race one will have their grid positions reversed for race two. The remainder of the grid will line up behind following their finishing positions per results of race one. Non finishers and non starters from race one will start behind.