Race programs and event guides are one of the best resources for any researcher working on motor racing history, and of course really cool to just sit and read!
The archive currently has over 1,750 event programs and guides from the 1930s until the present day. Here is a very small (A-Z) selection of this invaluable group of items held in the archive. The majority are from race meetings and shows in the UK, Europe and the USA, but it would be great to get some from the Far East and Australasia. Do you have any you could donate?
At the moment, only the covers of event programs can be seen in the online catalogue, but we hope over time to add the internal pages to the website. Internal page content is available on request through our ‘Researcher & Historian’ services.
Crystal Palace, National Meeting
August 5th, 1967
Daytona International Speedway
November 30th, 1969
Denver Coliseum Auto Exhibition
April 17th, 1966
Goodwood Festival of Speed
July 2000
Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit
April 3rd, 1961
1st Hanford Formula Races
July 2nd, 1961
Imperial Fairgounds Big Car Races
1963
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 49th Indy 500
May 31st, 1965
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, US GP
June 17th, 2007
Kyalami, South African Grand Prix
March 3rd, 1973
Laguna Seca, 5th Monterey Historic Races
August 26th, 1968
Le Mans, 24 Heures du Mans
June 19th, 1966
Lotus 2017, Victoria, Australia
April 23rd, 2017
Louisana Hilltop Raceway Kart Races
August 22nd, 1965
Mallory Park, Grovewood Trophy
May 29th, 1966
Marlboro Motor Raceway
August 1958
Marlboro Haybale, Presidents Cup
April 20th, 1958
Memorial Coliseum Portland Roadster Show
March 10th, 1963
Monte Carlo, Monaco Grand Prix
May 18th, 1980
New York Coliseum Auto Show
April 29th, 1962
Nurburgring, German Grand Prix
August 1st, 1965
Nurburgring Sportscar Races
July 1st, 1966
Nurburgring, 40 Year Anniversary
June 1967
Oakland Jet Airport, Oakland Grand Prix
July 15th, 1962
Olympia Racing Car Show
January 30th, 1965
Oulton Park, Richard Seamean Trophy
June 28th, 1958
Oulton Park, National Spring Meeting
April 15th, 1961
Osterreichring, Austrian Grand Prix
August 19th, 1984
Palm Springs, Chrysler Grand Prix
November 20th, 1994
Peak to Peak Rallye Colorado
September 23rd 2016
66th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
August 21st, 2016
Phoenix International Raceway, Bobby Ball 200
November 21st, 1965
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
September 1st, 1961
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
July 4th, 1960
Portland International Raceway, Rose Cup
June 13th, 1976
Riverside 5th Annual Motor Trend 500
January 22nd, 1967
Riverside International Raceway, USRRC
April 30th, 1967
Riverside International Raceway, US Grand Prix
November 20th, 1963
Road America, June Sprints
June 18th, 1961
Road America, 500 Yearbook
September 9th, 1962
Road America, 500 Yearbook
September 11th, 1963
St Luis Obispo Sports Car Races
August 9th, 1959
28th Santa Barbara Road Races
September 3rd, 1967
Sebring, 12-hours of Sebring
March 24th, 1964
Sebring, 12-hours of Sebring
March 23rd, 1963
Shelsley Walsh National Speed Hill Climb
August 27th, 1961
Silverstone, 12th International Trophy
May 14th, 1960
Silverstone, 15th International Trophy
May 11th, 1963
Snetterton, Scott-Brown Trophy Races
April 8th, 1966
Spa Francorchamps, Belgian GP
June 12th, 1966
Teaneck Armory, 2nd New Jersey Autorama
September 29th, 1963
Trenton Speedway, Trentonian 200
April 25th, 1976
11th Tuscon-National-Pacific Coast Races
April 2nd, 1967
VACA Valley Raceways, SCCA Road Races
July 6th, 1958
Virginia International Raceway, Spring Sprint
May 4th, 1958
Virginia International Raceway, Trans-Am
July 31st, 1966
VSCC Anglo American Car Rally
April 30th, 1957
Watkins Glen, 7th Sports Car Grand Prix
September 18th, 1954
Watkins Glen, United States Grand Prix
October 7th, 1973
Willow Springs, SCCA Road Races
March 8th, 1964
Zandvoort, Dutch Grand Prix
June 4th, 1967