Austrian ace Jochen Rindt, the 1970 F1 world champion, was a star of early Thruxton Formula 2 races. The BARC (British Automobile Racing Club) instigated the Jochen Rindt Trophy (JRT) to be a memorial race in his honour.

The first JRT was won in 1971 by Graham Hill, Rindt’s teammate at Lotus in 1970. Since then, the JRT has been run periodically for special races with the blessing of the BARC.

The JRT is a multi-class event comprising of single-seat race cars up to 2000cc to celebrate the spirit of Thruxton in the late 1960’s 70’s & 80’s.

There are several classes for road-legal and modified Ferraris up to the era of the 355 challenge including 308, 328, 348, 355, 456, 550, Mondial and more!

The Mighty Minis racing championship is a highly competitive and entertaining motorsport series. It features compact, modified versions of the classic Mini Cooper, which are designed for speed, agility and close racing and are known for their exciting wheel-to-wheel action and nail-biting finishes.

The Mighty Minis championship has a dedicated fan base and is considered one of the most thrilling and accessible forms of motorsport in the UK.

This championship is for Historic Formula Ford 2000 single-seater cars built and raced before 1980. In the late 1970s, FF2000 was a hugely successful category and the cars now offer an affordable way to race in a slicks and wings class in cars that can be prepared and maintained by owners.

FISCAR, or the Fifties Sports Car Racing Club, promotes and organises racing events for sports cars from the 1950s era. The club is dedicated to preserving the heritage and spirit of classic sports car racing, and strives to provide a friendly and competitive environment for drivers and enthusiasts alike. FISCAR events are open to a wide range of cars, from small roadsters to powerful sports racers, with a focus on close, exciting racing and a strong sense of camaraderie among its members, FISCAR has become a beloved institution in the classic sports car racing community.

The Adams & Page Swinging Sixties is very well supported by a wonderful mix of Sports, Saloons and GT cars. It is a popular well-proven series with large grids, ensuring plenty of close, clean competition.

There are just four simple eligibility rules - Tyres, Induction type, Silhouette and Original engine type.

Races are typically run over 40 minutes with the added excitement of a mandatory, quick-as-you-can pit stop. This allows entries to be split between two drivers or even a two-car team racing in relay.

The Guards Trophy Championship is contested by sports racing cars (SRs) and grand touring cars (GTs) from the 1960s. Grouped into similar performance classes, running on (Dunlop) control tyres and racing on track together, there are separate awards for each class at each race. At the end of the season separate overall Sports Racing and GT Champions will be crowned, ensuring that the GT drivers share the spotlight with the sports racing drivers.

These evocative ‘screamers’ competed across the race tracks of Europe between 1964 and 1970. In 2011 the HSCC experimented with its first standalone race for these cars, the following year this was extended into a fuller series of standalone races and then into a full championship. With its continued success, for 2015 an Invitation Class has been added for Historic F3 cars built between 1964 and 1970 complying only with Historic F3 1000cc European Trophy Regulations.

The Heroes of FF1600 Sprint Cup will run three classes: Class A for pre-’93 cars, Class B for pre-’85 cars and Class C for pre-’82 (Classic) cars. Pre-’98 entries may be allowed on an invitational basis.

The first round at Thruxton will run as the Ian Taylor Trophy in memory of Ian Taylor, the first ever winner of the Formula Ford Festival in 1972.