GT & Sports Car Cup

The grid will be packed with pre-66 GT cars and pre-63 sports-racing cars that were raced during the World Endurance Championship period. Strategy will be of great importance while GT cars and sports-racing cars battle for the win over 2 hours, making it the longest race of the weekend.

In this race there will be 3 Austin Healey 3000's supported and prepared by Denis Welch Motorsport.

Karsten Le Blanc and Christiaen van Lanschot, as always, will be in DD300. Last year, the Healey battled it out in a thrilling race where it managed to take 3rd place in its GT3 Class.

Martyn Corfield will be racing his red Healey with co-driver Jeremy Welch. Last years race at Donington marked the return of the SMO 746, taking to the track for the first time in 45 years.

Alex Bell will be racing alongside Julian Thomas in Alex's light blue Healey 767 KNX. Last year they managed to clinch 4th place in the GT3 class.

Pre-63 GT

In this competitive race you will see the finest GT cars from the early 60's battle it out against each other. Our team will be racing in there Austin Healey's, taking on Jaguar's, Ferrari's and Aston's just to name a few!

Karsten Le Blanc will be racing DD300, Martyn Corfield will be driving alone in SMO 746 and Alex Bell will be competing for pole position in 767 KNX.

HRDC 'Coys Trophy'

In this "David vs Golliath" race you will see cars from the golden era during the formative years of the BTCC from 1958 to 1966 as Mini Coopers line up alongside Jaguar Mk1 and 2 saloons, Lotus Cortinas and mighty V8-engined Ford Falcons and Mustangs. All these great cars and many more will be competing for the HRDC 'Coys Trophy', never rule out the underdog, who knows, the trophy may be won by the least likely of cars.

Julian Thomas will be competing in his Ford Falcon co-driving with Calum Lockie. They will fancy their chances this year following 2017's dramatic race where they clinched 4th place overall and took 2nd place in class.

Jaguar Classic Challenge

The "big cats" will face off against each other in a race that will showcase the very best of Jaguars rich racing heritage. Iconic pre-1966 Jaguars will be competing in an hour long race, with the C-type, D-type, E-type, low drag E-type, MkI, MkII, XK120, XK140, XK150 all eligible to compete.

Julian Thomas will be competing once again with co-driver Calum Lockie in Julians Jaguar E Type. They will be hoping to relive the highs of 2016, when the E Type finished 1st overall, taking home the Jaguar Classic Challenge trophy with an imposing performance.

We will also be supporting the Jaguar E Type of Brian Ellroy. He will be joined by co-driver William Lynch. The E Type GBD 907B is relatively new to Denis Welch Motorsport, the Donington Historic Festival will be the first major race event it is taking part in whilst owned by Brian.

Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy

The Woodcote Trophy is a race that will take you all the way back to the 50's, featuring sleek and stylish Post-War sport cars of a type built up to December 1955, conforming strictly to original period specification.

Karsten Le Blanc will be racing in his slick Austin Healey 100S. The Healey 100S is 1 of just 55 cars making it a very rare car.