DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
As the classic world embarks on its busiest ever year, Octane offers its guide to some essential dates for your diary
The lowdown on this year’s best events, tours and rallies
WINTERACE
5-7 March Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy winterace.it
AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE
8 March Amelia Island, USA ameliaconcours.org
BRITISH CARS & LIFESTYLE
14-15 March ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands britishbest.nl
TECHNO-CLASSICA ESSEN
25-29 March Essen, Germany siha.de
ROUTE DES ANDES
25 March – 1 April Iquique, Chile via Argentina rallystory.com
COPPERSTATE 1000
28 March – 1 April Tempe, USA mensartscouncil.com
GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING
28-29 March Goodwood, UK goodwood.com
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
3-5 April Chester to Gleneagles, UK endurorally.com
TRANSMAROC
4-11 April Marrakesh, Morocco zaniroli.com
CHINA TOUR INCLUDING THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX
10-20 April Beijing to Shanghai, China sceniccartours.com
GRAN PREMIO TERRE DI CANOSSA
16-19 April Salsomaggiore Terme to Scandiano, Italy granpremioterredicanossa.it
OLDTIMER SHOW
17-19 April Hungary oldtimershow.hu
THE SCOTTISH MALTS
20-24 April Gleneagles, UK heroevents.eu
TOUR AUTO
20-25 April Paris to Marseille, France peterauto.peter.fr
CELTIC CHALLENGE
21-26 April Chester to St Andrews, UK rallytheglobe.com
TRANS-AFRICA RALLY
21 April – 19 May South Africa, via Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique and Swaziland destination-rally.com
TRANS-HIMALAYAN ADVENTURE
22 April – 17 May Chengdu, China to Kathmandu, Nepal via Tibet rallyround.co.uk
CALIFORNIA MILLE
26-30 April San Francisco to Yountville, USA californiamille.com
TARGA TASMANIA TOUR
27 April – 2 May Legana to Neika, Tasmania targa.com.au
PYRENEES TO MONACO
29 April – 7 May Bilbao to Monte-Carlo, Monaco, via Andorra classictravelling.com DONINGTON HISTORIC FESTIVAL 1-3 May Donington, UK doningtonhistoric.com CLASSIC DAYS MAGNY-COURS 2-3 May Magny-Cours, France classic-days.fr ST MAWES CLASSIC CAR FESTIVAL 4-8 May St Mawes, UK stmawesclassic.co.uk
COPPA DELLA PERUGINA
8-10 May Perugia, Italy coppadellaperugina.com
GRAND PRIX DE MONACO HISTORIQUE
8-10 May Monte-Carlo, Monaco acm.mc
RALLYE ADRIATIC TOUR
11-15 May Dubrovnik, Croatia, to Kotor, Montenegro cyrilneveupromotion.com
MILLE MIGLIA
13-16 May Brescia, Italy 1000miglia.eu
SUPERDEPORTIVOS CANTABRIA TOUR
13-19 May Santander, Spain driveespana.com
ROUTE 66
14-25 May Albuquerque to Santa Monica, USA fantasticroads.com RALLYE PÈRE-FILLE 15-17 May Saint-Tropez, France happyfewracing.com SPA CLASSIC 22-24 May Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium peterauto.peter.fr CONCORSO D’ELEGANZA VILLA D’ESTE 22-24 May Cernobbio, Italy concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com
ROUND THE WORLD PART ONE
23 May – 9 June London, UK, to Casablanca, Morocco, via Spain rallytheglobe.com
GRAND PRIX DE PAU HISTORIQUE
30 May – 1 June Pau, France grandprixdepau.fr
LONDON TO BRIGHTON CLASSIC CAR RUN
31 May Greenwich to Brighton, UK classicmotorevents.co.uk
BERGAMO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX
31 May Bergamo, Italy bergamohistoricgranprix.com
VALLETTA CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE
31 May Valletta, Malta vallettaconcoursdelegance.com
MODENA CENTO ORE CLASSIC
2-7 June Rome to Modena, Italy modenacentooreclassic.it
GRAND PRIX L’AGE D’OR
5-7 June Circuit Dijon-Prenois, France peterauto.peter.fr
RALLYE DES PRINCESSES
6-11 June Paris to La Baule, France zaniroli.com
CLASSIC MARATHON
7-12 June Oviedo, Spain heroevents.eu
THE LONDON CONCOURS
10-11 June City of London, UK londonconcours.co.uk
COUPE DES ALPES
11-13 June Evian to Cannes, France rallystory.com
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
12-28 June Around the Baltic thetrial.nl
BROOKLANDS DOUBLE TWELVE
13-14 June Surrey, UK brooklandsmuseum.com
LA LEGGENDA DI BASSANO
18-21 June Bassano del Grappa, Italy laleggendadibassano.com
CHINON CLASSIC
18-22 June From Caen, France classicgt.co.uk
CUMBRIA AND LAKE DISTRICT
19-25 June Lake Windermere to Askham, UK classictravelling.com
SHELSLEY WALSH CLASSIC NOSTALGIA
20-21 June Shelsley Walsh, UK shelsleywalsh.com
THE GREAT RACE
20-28 June San Antonio to Greenville, USA greatrace.com
RAC 1000 MILE TRIAL
23-26 June Preston to Edinburgh, UK heroevents.eu
CIRCUITO DI AVEZZANO
25-28 June Avezzano, Italy circuitodiavezzano.it
STELLA ALPINA
26-28 June Vernasca, Italy stellaalpinastorica.it
VERNASCA SILVER FLAG
26-28 June Vernasca, Italy vernascasilverflag.it
HEVENINGHAM CONCOURS
27-28 June Heveningham, UK heveninghamconcours.com
LE MANS CLASSIC
2-5 July Le Mans, France lemansclassic.com
GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED
9-12 July Goodwood, UK goodwood.com
OLDTIMER MEETING BADEN-BADEN
10-12 July Baden-Baden, Germany oldtimer-meeting.de
SUMMER TRIAL
10-12 July Telford and Wales, UK heroevents.eu
THE HIGH ROADS TOUR
14-18 July Lake District and Pennines, UK cctmk.co.uk ENNSTAL CLASSIC 22-25 July Gröbming, Austria ennstal-classic.at
THE SILVERSTONE CLASSIC
31 July – 2 August Silverstone, UK silverstoneclassic.com
CLASSIC DAYS SCHLOSS DYCK
31 July – 2 August Jüchen, Germany classic-days.de
VINTAGE PRESCOTT
1-2 August Gotherington, UK vscc.co.uk
COPENHAGEN HISTORIC GRAND PRIX
1-2 August Copenhagen, Denmark chgp.dk