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The 53. Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 7-9 August 2026
Friday, 28 August 2026 15:16
Published in European Desk

The 53. Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 7-9 August 2026

Stimulated by the beautiful summer weather, around 43,000 spectators made their way to the venerable Nürburgring in the Eifel region for the 53. Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix. They were offered a full program and virtually non-stop action on the Nürburgring's Grand Prix circuit. The 2026 edition celebrated the 40th birthday of the iconic BMW M3, highlighted by special track demonstrations and double victories for the BMW M1 Procar. The weekend featured pre-war racing cars, historic Formula 1 machines, DRM Group 5 monsters, two-liter supertouring cars. But the highlight of this event is once again the 65-minute Saturday evening race from 8:45 to 9:50 pm featuring two-seater racing and GT cars built before 1965, which, with a magnificent sunset, offered a perfect endurance racing experience that lasted well into twilight. Count Hubertus Dönhoff, whose initiative led to the creation of the Oldtimer Grand Prix in the 1970s, once again organized this highlight of the racing program.
ADAC Nürburgring Classic 11-13 June 2026
Thursday, 02 July 2026 18:23
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ADAC Nürburgring Classic 11-13 June 2026

For three days, the Nürburgring race track was all about historic motorsport. The Nürburgring Classic is organized by the German Automobile Club, the ADAC. It’s the largest automobile club in Germany and Europe. The ADAC organizes dozens of classic car events annually, ranging from relaxed "Oldtimer-Wandern" (touring drives) to historic racing weekends. Every year, various major rallies and festivals are presented for classic cars and youngtimers. Just five weeks after the ADAC Hockenheim Historic there is the weekend of Nürburgring Classic with thrilling races on the Grand Prix circuit and demonstration runs on the Nordschleife. The event was livestreamed on YouTube in cooperation with Nürburgring TV.
ADAC Hockenheim Historic – The Jim Clark Revival 7-9 May 2026
Thursday, 28 May 2026 16:11
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ADAC Hockenheim Historic – The Jim Clark Revival 7-9 May 2026

Over 45,000 spectators experienced historic motorsport once again during the second weekend of May. More than 500 different legendary racing cars were on display at the legendary Hockenheimring. From vintage Formula cars to relatively modern Formula 1 vehicles, Touring cars and current sports cars were all present. Well-known marques from the past, such as Lotus, Ford, Ferrari, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Porsche, roared their engines. The popular event is affectionately known as the "Jim Clark Revival." This year would have been the 90th birthday of the Scotsman, considered as the greatest Formula One talent of the 1960s. Opel had an impressive exhibition on the roof of the pit complex, and the former Mercedes building once again hosted an exhibition dedicated to Jim Clark.
Spa Summer Classic 24-26 April 2026
Wednesday, 06 May 2026 09:36
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Spa Summer Classic 24-26 April 2026

  The Spa Summer Classic has become a benchmark on the European classic car racing calendar and every year it attracts large and impressive starting grids. It was the seventeenth edition of the event and the tenth edition of the headliner, the Spa 3 Hours race. The program featured 10 race series which included historic Touring cars, vintage GTs and the more modern classic racers. The regular visitors of the Spa-Francorchamps area are familiar with the very changeable weather conditions whatever time of the year. Not so during this three-day meeting, full sunshine from the early morning until late in the evening. An extraordinary experience at Spa-Francorchamps in April.
National Auto Museum - the Loh Collection
Friday, 10 April 2026 19:00
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National Auto Museum - the Loh Collection

Germany is known for it’s automobile industry with manufacturers such as Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche and Mercedes. Each of these manufacturers has it’s own car museum. Understandably the public get to see the company's own models. It’s worthwhile to visit any of the other car museums in Germany as there are truly incredible collections to be seen. One of them is the "National Car Museum - The Loh Collection" located in central Germany, in the town of Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach, about 150 km from Frankfurt and Cologne.
32th Spa Six Hours - Francorchamps 25-27 September 2025
Thursday, 06 November 2025 19:59
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32th Spa Six Hours - Francorchamps 25-27 September 2025

For three days, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps saw the racing cars of the past in action. The theme of the 32th edition of the Spa Six Hours was the Sound of History. Indeed, for the connoisseur, it quickly becomes clear which racing class is on the track when enjoying the high-revving sound of racing cars looming in the distance. The spectators' main interest was obviously the Six Hours endurance race on Saturday. Other interesting races scheduled during this event were from the Historic Grand Prix Car Association, Classic Sports Car Club & British HTGT Competition, Historic Championship ’65 & ’81, Alfa Revival Cup, the Formula 3 1000 cc European Trophy, RAC Woodcote Trophy & Stirling Moss Trophy, Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge, the Pre War Sports Cars, GT3 Legends and Classic GP – Historic F1 Pre-1986    
The 52. Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 1-3 August 2025
Thursday, 28 August 2025 07:12
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The 52. Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix 1-3 August 2025

The 52nd edition of the Belmot Oldtimer Grand Prix was held during the first weekend of August at the Nürburgring. Over 400 historic racing cars competed against each other in numerous series – including classics such as the Masters Racing Legends of Formula 1 (1966-1985), Group C, Historic Grand Prix Cars, the legendary touring cars from the “Golden Era” and the STW Cup, Formula 2 and 3 racing cars. Pre-war vehicles from the Vintage Sports Car Trophy could also be experienced up close in the historic paddock. On the Saturday-evening the one-hour race of two-seater racing sports cars and GTs up to 1965 took place. Weather conditions were better than expected, just Saterday the weather conditions changed constantly, sunny, cloudy and some heavy showers in the afternoon and during the evening.
Spa Summer Classic 25-27 April 2025
Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:15
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Spa Summer Classic 25-27 April 2025

The Spa Summer Classic had it’s sixteenth edition during a very sunny weekend. Also this year, the event brought together teams, drivers, and mechanics for a diverse programme featuring both sprint and endurance races. The grids showed many Touring cars, GT’s and also single-seaters. The highlight of this weekend was the three-hour endurance race, exclusively for pre-1976 Touring and GT cars, with refuelling stops at the circuit's fuel pumps. During the whole event there was free entrance for spectators which also had the opportunity to explore the paddocks.
The Marxzell Museum in Germany
Tuesday, 04 March 2025 20:48
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The Marxzell Museum in Germany

Marxzell is a town located on the picturesque Alb Valley in the North Black Forest of Germany. The museum in Marxzell is one of the largest privately owned German mobility museums with over 3600 square meters of exhibition space, The collection includes around 200 automobiles, from the early beginnings of automobile fabrication to the present day, over 350 motorbikes and mopeds, more than 170 bicycles, at least 20 fire trucks, a fire fighter helicopter, carriages, over 80 tractors, some trams and locomotives but also agricultural machinery. The place is not a museum, it's more like a warehouse full of stuff.
31th Spa Six Hours – Francorchamps 25-29 September 2024
Saturday, 02 November 2024 16:34
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31th Spa Six Hours – Francorchamps 25-29 September 2024

From September 27th to 29th 2024, the legendary race-event "Spa Six Hours" was held again on the Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix circuit. The weather forecast was quite sobering for all participants and spectators this weekend, rain and low temperatures. All three days it was overall cloudy and rainy. During all mornings the thermometer showed around ten degrees Celsius. These weather conditions couldn't stop the historic motorsport fans from visiting this most interesting historic racing event.
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