The Classic Touring Car Club returns to race tracks around the UK with its pack of machines ready and waiting to be unleashed into the British Automobile Racing Club events in 2025.

The PRG Trailers Classic Thunder series is houses ‘the monsters’, with the tin-top series delivering flame-snorting and no-hold-barred action a-plenty, with eight events on the agenda for the thunderous series.

The Classic class is home to four seater saloon cars based on the standard production shells of road cars marketed to the public before the 1st January 2011 with the Historic class open to machines before 1st January 1983.

This provides plenty of choice for competitors and plenty of variety for spectators to admire with crowds set to reminisce over their childhood pin-up poster cars. Nine classes cater for all engine sizes with historic cars up to 1700cc all the way through to the 4000cc behemoth classic class where cars such as the fire-breathing Aussie V8 inspired Holden’s and Ford Falcon’s go toe-to-toe with the likes of the ‘Godzilla’ themed Nissan Skyline.

With a nod to touring car racing of yesteryear, these classes and others on the BARC billing at some venues will run together providing a grid full of touring car heroes and icons of all different shapes and sizes. If the weather gets a little wet – expect to see some giant-killing, as the rain will provide a great leveller for the underpowered machines, with the drivers looking to make the most of their usable power.

The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Classic and Historic Thunder Saloons joining the opening event.

Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub 


2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Edmundson Electrical Classic Thunder Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)

For more information on the Classic and Hisoric Thunder Saloons – head to www.classictouringcars.com/thunder-saloon-championship