Вся галерея мероприятияSeven years ago, when I first visited the classic car race at the Nurburgring, my main impression was the number of cars on the grid (under 300 copies) and their ideal state. All this shows how people are, on the one hand, with respect and trepidation about their history, and on the other — how firmly seated in their veins motorsport.
In that year, he returned to Moscow, I bitterly looked at the efforts of several clubs to spend a classic rally, which came on the strength of two dozen cars, and I think that in Russia for such an event must pass at least fifty years.
And it's good that I was wrong.
Because in the summer of 2016 the first stage of Moscow Classic Grand Prix, organized by «old time» and personally Alexander Smirnov, gathered a hundred and fifty classic cars, including most of the part in competition «Sport» (this race with a mass start), well, and those who started in the time attack, said that in their plans is also included to prepare the car for teh.trebovaniyam «sport».
It was intended that MCGP managed to hold on to Moscow Raceway in one weekend with the Russian stage of the World Touring, and the audience, inspired by the double victory of Lada, back on the road the next day to look at the classics. And it has paid off.
This meeting straightening machines, perhaps, still in Russia yet was not. This time the organizers have tried to help foreign participants with the passage of the Russian border, since last year this has serious problems, and some have simply turn around and go back. Therefore, in this time, in addition to the already traditional Baltic states and Belarus and attended the Grand Prix of visitors from Ukraine and Germany, bringing with them not only beautiful cars, but also a desire to participate and win.
However, Russian and exhibited at the start of a number of beautiful and prepared vehicles that none of those who came that day to the circuit, was not disappointed.
It started the day with the main exhibition «Freeway» festival motofestival «Motoclassic 2016» and the parade of participants on the track Circuit. Well, after — four races for two runs in each demonstrated not only the desire of participants to show off on the track, but also a real desire to win. In fact, it is surprising to see a bitter struggle among the cars, many of which are in the museum, and the more respect cause people these machines control. 23 Volga at the start of arrival, not much less Zhiguli, excellent grid assembled from refined Muscovites, Lada and foreign cars — it's worth it.
But, of course, is the apotheosis was detected at the start of the 19 historical formulas in classes 1300 and 1600 and years of release from 1974 to 1991! However, many of them to start rolling out the people, bringing them to the start and a lot of years ago, well, the protagonist of the day, of course, became the Edgard Lindgren, people exchanging ninth decade, and still managed to «push» young and climb the second step of the podium!
phase results are certainly important. But much more important is the fact that the classical motion in the sport in our country is developing at such a rate. Moreover, every year those who have not managed to build a car for this season, began to work on him in order to prepare for the next. And it is very important that motorsport united with each other and the former Soviet republics, and in late July of this year, several dozens of Russian athletes will travel to Latvia to step Friendship Cup, which will take place at the famous track in Biķernieki. But before that, on July 4 at the Moscow Raceway will take place on the 2nd stage of Moscow Classic Grand Prix.
