TIMELINE OF THE CSCC
2001 Club founded by Richard Wos and former Aston Martin Owners’ Club man Richard Culverhouse. The club’s aim was to encourage and support drivers at grassroots level.
2002 Club gains MSA recognition. Becomes a Limited Company.
2003 CSCC runs its first standalone race meeting, with the support of the British Racing and Sports Car Club, at Snetterton. Meeting also features the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club – a relationship that still runs today.
2004 First Swinging Sixties race is held at Croft with a grid of 14 cars.
2005 Tin Tops series is launched. Its first race was held at Mallory Park in May. Series was originally going to be only for Minis, but was expanded to cater for a wider spectrum of cars and drivers.
2007 Future Classic class is created for cars from the 1970s and ’80s, holding its first event at Anglesey in June.
2008 Hugo Holder joins the club to eventually take over from Culverhouse. Original club logo is revamped to the current one. Sports vs Saloons races were introduced to allow Caterhamstyle cars to compete. Club begins a new relationship with the Belgian organisers of the Spa Summer Classic – Roadbook – and would eventually become the event’s UK promoter and main customer.
2009 Caterham-style events became so popular that Magnificent Sevens series is created. Grids were busy from the start, and the series has run split grids since 2013.
2010 Jem Marsh (founder of Marcos Cars) accepts the role of CSCC President. Classic K – catering for Pre-66 cars running to FIA Appendix K rules – is launched.
2011 Special Saloons and Modsports is revived for a race at Mallory Park – and also the track’s sole car racing meeting that year. The successful event leads to the Special Saloon series being formed, which became the current Special Saloons and Modsports contest. A special President’s Cup race for Marcos Cars is run at Castle Combe to honour club president Jem Marsh.
2012 Classic Sports Car Club Elan 50 races are run at Brands Hatch and Donington Park to celebrate 50 years of the Lotus model. Deutsche Marque series launched to cater for Post-90 German cars. 2013 David Smitheram joins the club as general assistant. Deutsche Marque evolves into Modern Classics for cars up to the end of 1999.
2014 Puma Cup is introduced, as is a Porsche Production series. Classic K is re-launched after a break of two years. Enquiries from competitors with more modern cars leads to an extra grid for New Millennium races being introduced. David Smitheram becomes a director.
2015 Club president Jem Marsh passes away. Experienced GT and touring car racer Mike Jordan accepts the role.
2016 The Open Series is launched as the club’s ninth series. It has three rules: no single-seaters, no slick tyres and no sports racers and acts as a catch-all for exotic cars or drivers seeking extra track time.
2017 Turbo Tin Tops is announced to run for 2018, and will cater for any production forced-induction, frontwheel-drive car.
2018 The club shatters its entries record, with 408 entries across two days at the Silverstone International Circuit. wendy Wools agrees to sponsor the Special Saloons and Modsports series, reviving a relationship with racing that began in 1978.