Prospecting for gold in Cheshire

Last summer’s announcement that the Silverstone Classic behemoth would take the August Bank Holiday weekend – long occupied by the Oulton Park Gold Cup event, also administrated by the Historic Sports Car Club – in 2022 stirred a hornets’ nest. In reality, the fixture swap that ensued, with circuit group owner MotorSport Vision“curating” the Gold Cup race programme, appeared to be on the right track.

Disappointingly, however, spectator attendance at the new-look Gold Cup event at the end of last