Vintage Sports-Car Club
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VSCC Logo | |
| Abbreviation | VSCC |
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| Formation | 1934 |
| Purpose | Motor racing club |
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Region served | England |
Membership | 7500 (4000 in 1961)[1] |
| Website | vscc.co.uk/ |
The Vintage Sports-Car Club or VSCC is a British motor racing club. Established "towards the end of 1934" [2] by Tim Carson and Tom Rolt to promote the pastime of motoring, the VSCC was first started in order to allow the "not so rich" to enjoy historic motoring.[3] General guidelines made the club principally for cars built before 1931.[1] This guideline generally remains in force although cars built before the Second World War but conforming to standards set in 1931 are also allowed.[4]
As well as social events the club, which has a membership of some 7,500, organises a range of motoring competitions such as driving tests, hill climbs, races, road rallies[5] and sprints.[1] Their most famous race is held at Silverstone Circuit in April of every year.[6]
Notes
- 1 2 3 King, Seth (February 12, 1961). "Vintage Cars in Vogue Among British Crivers". New York Times. pp. X42. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ↑ Motor Sport, February 1943, Pages 23-27.
- ↑ "About Us". Vintage Sports Car Club. Vintage Sports-Car Club Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ↑ "What is a Vintage car?". Vintage Sports Car Club. Vintage Sports-Car Club Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ↑ "The Great Steamer". Time. September 20, 1954. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ↑ Brewster, Georgina (November 13, 2004). "The drive of my life". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-24.