Oulton Park

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This superb park was once the grounds of Oulton Hall, which burned down in 1926.The land was used throughout the war years as an army staging camp – General Patton was based here in the run-up to the Normandy landings, and his PT instructor, the reigning Heavyweight Champion of the World, Joe Louis, gave exhibition bouts in the valley at Deer Leap.

The Mid-Cheshire Car Club developed the track, building it into the natural contours of the picturesque land and, when a crowd of 40,000 attended a meeting there in 1953, its future as a race circuit was assured.

International racing followed and a tradition was started with the Gold Cup event, which in its heyday regularly attracted F1 teams and drivers. The Gold Cup quickly became known as a real test of man and machine. Stirling Moss won the Cup five times, the first in a Maserati 250F delivered that morning from the factory in ’54, the last in ’61 in the four-wheel drive Ferguson. It was the car’s only victory.

When F1 cars were banned from racing outside Grand Prix in the ’70s, the Gold Cup was awarded to the winner of the race deemed Oulton’s highlight of the weekend. The proper event has now been reinstated by the HSCC, and has immediately become a high point of the historic racing season. Many past masters are regular visitors to the event, and the enormous variety of historic racing cars on show is unparalleled.

Forthcoming events at Oulton Park

April 2024

• Sat, 27 April 2024: Circuit Racing - Classic Sports Car Club - Club meeting

May 2024

• Fri, 10 May 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Club meeting - Ferrari Challenge
• Sat, 11 May 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Club meeting - Ferrari Challenge
• Sat, 18 May 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Club meeting - Equipe
• Sat, 25 May 2024: Circuit Racing - BRSCC NW - Club meeting

June 2024

• Sat, 1 June 2024: Circuit Racing - 750 MC - Club meeting
• Sat, 8 June 2024: Circuit Racing - BRSCC - Club meeting - TCRs
• Sat, 22 June 2024: Circuit Racing - BARC HQ - BTCC
• Sun, 23 June 2024: Circuit Racing - BARC HQ - BTCC
• Sat, 29 June 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Supercar Pageant

July 2024

• Sat, 6 July 2024: Circuit Racing - BARC NW - Britcar
• Sat, 13 July 2024: Circuit Racing - BRSCC NW - Club meeting
• Sat, 20 July 2024: Circuit Racing - Time Attack - Tunerfest
• Fri, 26 July 2024: Circuit Racing - HSCC - Gold Cup
• Sat, 27 July 2024: Circuit Racing - HSCC - Gold Cup
• Sun, 28 July 2024: Circuit Racing - HSCC - Gold Cup

August 2024

• Sat, 17 August 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - US Autoshow

September 2024

• Sat, 7 September 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Club meeting
• Sat, 21 September 2024: Circuit Racing - 750 MC - Club meeting
• Sat, 28 September 2024: Circuit Racing - MSVR - Club meeting

October 2024

• Sat, 12 October 2024: Circuit Racing - BARC NW - Club meeting
• Sat, 19 October 2024: Circuit Racing - Classic Sports Car Club - Club meeting
• Sat, 26 October 2024: Circuit Racing - BRSCC NW - Club meeting