The Martini Trophy and the International Supersports Cup will join forces in 2012 to create an even stronger race series for 2-liter sports-racing cars under the management of the Historic Sports Car Club. At a meeting in London between Silvio and Angela Kalb from Supersports and Grahame White from the HSCC, parties have agreed to bring the two championships together for 2012.
The revised series, to be titled the Martini Trophy with Supersports, will enjoy a five-event, 10-race schedule at high-profile historic race meetings. The series will be managed by the HSCC from its office at Silverstone, while the Kalbs will remain actively involved with Silvio planning to race his March 75S.
The cutoff date from the Martini regulations will remain, allowing cars produced prior to the end of 1978, with the previously announced encouragement for closed cockpit cars like Chevron B8s and B16s, the Ferrari Dino 206S, Ligier JS1, Lotus 47/62 and Porsche’s 906/907/910 range. For the Hockenheim round only, Can-Am and big-engined sports cars will be eligible to race, but after that it will be for 2-liter cars only.
“This is best news for a long time for 2-liter sports car racing,” said White. “We have been talking about working together for some time, so I’m delighted that an agreement has been reached, the future looks really bright.”
For more details about the HSCC, please visit: www.hscc.org.uk
April 14-15 – Hockenheim Jim Clark Memorial
May 19-20 – Silverstone International Trophy
June 30-July 1 – Brands Hatch Super Prix
Aug. 26-27 – Oulton Park Gold Cup
October 6-7 – Dijon
