Historic Group C News
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10th July 2025
Rothmans Porsches gather at Goodwood FOS for Jochen Mass tribute
This year's Festival of Speed was the first since the sad loss of Jochen Mass. As well as being a legend of Group C and motor racing in general, Jochen had a close connection to Goodwood and was a regular attendee of the Members Meeting, Revival and Festival of Speed.
To celebrate his incredible life we brought together our four Rothmans Porsches, each raced in period by Jochen, for a tribute.
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3rd August 2025
Porsche Group C legends celebrated at Megaphonics event
The Megaphonics event is a highlight of the global Porsche events calendar, a static exhibition event that attracts the greatest Porsche race and road cars from around the world.
Group C legends took centre stage in the main exhibition building with an incredible 9 car display. We displayed our four Rothmans cars as a further tribute to the greatly missed Jochen Mass following on from the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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Historic Collection takes home silverware at Pebble Beach!
Pebble Beach Concours of Elegance put on a incredible showing of BPR and FIA GT cars this year. Our 1993 Jaguar XJ220C Lightweight won the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy for the most significant British car. As technically the last Jaguar to win at Le Mans it is great that the significance of this XJ220 is being recognised.
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Cars from the Historic Collection to be shown at Pebble Beach
We are very excited to announce that we are out in Monterey with two of our collection cars to attend Pebble Beach Concours and the many brilliant surrounding events. The Pebble Beach Concours is perhaps the most prestigious concours event in the world, now in its 73rd year it manages to attract more incredible cars every time!
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Supercar Driver Secret Meet at Silverstone
On Tuesday 19th June 2024 we were lucky enough to attend the SupercarDriver Secret Meet, held for the first time at Silverstone. We took two Group C cars along for these motorsport demos, our 1988 Ex-works Le Mans Toyota 88C fresh from a complete rebuild and our 1987 Rothmans 962 also freshly recommissioned...
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24 Hours & 24 Months...
We’ve been extremely busy with the collection cars over the last two years with 100 years of Le Mans, 75 years of Porsche and 40 years of Group C all falling within the last 24 months. We’ve celebrated these significant anniversaries in style attending some of the greatest historic race and concours events that have to paid tribute to these extraordinary racing cars.
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46th Running of Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Mitty at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta to Showcase Cars of Japan
Prototype and production-based race cars from Japan from the last 50 years will take to the spotlight during HSR's first blockbuster event of the 2024 season on the 2.54-mile Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta road course. Perfect for entry would be our own Toyota 88C...
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Ultimate Works 962 selected as one of Magneto magazine's favourite books for the festive season
"Most books oversell the word ‘definitive’, but as this three-volume, 1400-page labour of love proves, sometimes the word can be somewhat understated. The Porsche 962’s effect on endurance racing is something that should not be understated, either."
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Race stars and race cars celebrate PCGB Christmas party
On Sunday the 3rd of December we celebrated ‘A Porsche Christmas’ with Porsche Club GB at the Warwickshire Events Centre. There was a brilliant turn out of Porsche road and race cars as well as some of the original drivers who drove them. The display of cars included our Works Rothmans 962, the Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963, 3.0 RSR in iconic Jägermeister livery and more.
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Porsche Group C legends take part in panel chat at inaugural Motoring Literary and Art festival
On Saturday the 2nd of December we attended the inaugural Porter Press International Motoring Literary and Art Festival at the impressive Silverstone Wing. The event celebrated motoring books, magazines, art and automobilia and brought together many of the worlds top motoring writers, artists and publishers.
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Historic Group C in 000 Magazine
21.09.23
Issue 26 features no less than thirty four pages about Group C. In depth interviews with both the Group C restorer Trevor Crisp of Katana and Henry Pearman from Historic Group C round out this fascinating set of articles about the evolution of the greatest endurance racing car of all time.
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Collection cars join Porsche 75th anniversary celebrations at Goodwood FOS
13.07.23
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a highlight of any motorsport calendar and is an event that we have been fortunate to be a part of for many years now. This year was a special one for us, with both the 75th anniversary of Porsche and the 100th anniversary of Le Mans at the centre of celebrations.
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Le Mans centenary celebrated at Heveningham Concours
08-09.07.23
We were delighted to be invited to show our Shell Dunlop 962-010 at the prestigious Heveningham Concours. The event attracts some of the world’s greatest classic, modern and competition cars to display on the terraced gardens of Heveningham Hall.
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962-010 features in Car Magazine '100 years of Le Mans' special
22.06.23
Our Shell Dunlop 962-010 recently featured in a studio shoot for the CAR Magazine '100 years of Le Mans' special. The issue moves through the decades of Le Mans from 1923 to 2023 focusing on how the cars have innovated and adapted throughout the 100 years.
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Le Mans legends at Guildhall
06.06.23
We are proud to have supplied one of our Porsche 962s for the annual Coachmakers' Banquet held at the Guildhall in London. The Coachmakers provide support for young people seeking careers in automotive, aerospace industries and armed forces.
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Ben Collins drives the Rothmans 962 - behind the scenes
25.05.23
Last month we took to Donington Park to let Ben Collins (aka The Stig) loose in his poster car for the first time, the Works Rothmans Porsche 962! Some people say never meet your heroes but this definitely did not apply here...
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Hertz Team Jota aiming high at Le Mans
22.05.23
On the evening of the 22nd of May we were delighted to be able to support our close friends and neighbours Hertz Team Jota at their launch celebration held at Joe Macari Performance Cars, providing two very significant Group C Porsches for the event.
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Mugello Classic 2023
10.05.23
Mugello Classic saw the first round of the 2023 Peter Auto Group C championship. Amongst the entrants was our much loved ex-collection 962-201 or ‘Pinky’ as it’s known. It has gone to a great home and we'll be following its progress throughout the season.
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Derek Bell spearheads Group C Celebration at Silverstone
Britain’s most successful sportscar racer, Derek Bell MBE topped a star-studded bill as Silverstone celebrated the 40th anniversary of the legendary Group C era at The Classic over the Bank Holiday weekend (26-28 August 2022).
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Historic Group C Books
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40 years of Group C – a reunion in Leipzig
Derek Bell is now 81 years old, but when the lean Brit climbs into ‘his’ Porsche 956, he cuts as elegant a figure as ever. Yet while 40 years ago it seemed like he was simply doing his job, today he concedes: “We worked like crazy.”
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Sequel to 'greatest ever' Porsche book to be released at special even
Ultimate Works Porsche 962, a new book of unprecedented depth and detail on the legendary Le Mans car, is set to be released at Hexagon Classics.
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Group therapy: the 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting
Celebrating 40 years of the Porsche 956 with a record-breaking rollout of works and privateer prototypes.
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Historic Group C in Classic Driver Magazine April 2022
The highlight of this weekend’s 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting will be a family reunion of Porsche 956 and 962 endurance racers. Nine of these Group C monsters come from the remarkable collection of Henry Pearman.
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Jaguar XJR-8 track test: The art of noise
Having previously put a Porsche 962C through its paces, Andrew Frankel finally gets to drive the sports racer that gave the Germans a mauling in 1987 – the Jaguar XJR-8. And this chassis was the wildest of all.