Celebrity Challenge-Silverstone Classic July 23rd 2010
WBBC are proud to be producing the BSM CENTENARY, ABARTH 500: CELEBRITY CHALLENGE in aid of The Bobby Moore Fund at this year’s Silverstone Classic Weekend.
Silverstone, the home of British Motorsport, has for more than 60 years carved its mark as one of the leading motorsport venues in the world, and hosts not only the British Grand Prix, but celebrates every year its rich heritage with the Silverstone Classic, the World’s Biggest Classic Racing Festival. The event was established nearly 20 years ago and has grown annually to attract an audience of 65,000 in 2009 and for 2010, is expected over 80,000 attendees.
New for 2010 will be a celebrity race on the Friday evening, in which celebrities new to the world of motor racing will be able to pit their newly discovered skills behind the wheel of a race car against each other on the full historic GP circuit. Driving the all new and very cool Fiat 500 Abarths, the specially prepared road cars, the celebrities will attend training to gain their race licenses, and then go into battle in identical performance cars providing a great TV and crowd pleasing spectacle.
Celebrities taking part 2010:
- Jonny Saunders
- Rick Parfitt Jnr.
- Richard Allinson
- Brendan Cole
- Heston Blumenthal
- Lord Charles Brocket
- Johnnie Walker
- Paul O'Duffy
- Mark Gardener
- Gary Fletcher
- Luther Blissett
- James Martin
Photographs of the day in the gallery
