Classic 24 Hour adds Vic Elford.

Company press release.

• Sportscar and rally legend 'Quick' Vic Elford is to join the very stout line up of drivers attending the Classic 24 Hour.

Star drivers will be participating in Driver Panels Friday

In 1967 Elford was European rally champion in a works Porsche 911. Among other victories he won the 1968 Rally Monte Carlo in a Porsche 911 and only a week later the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 907, Porsche's first ever overall win in a 24 hour race.

Later that year, he also won the Targa Florio teamed with veteran Umberto Maglioli in a famous come-from-behind race after he lost 18 minutes in the first lap due to a tyre failure. Elford then entered the French Grand Prix and finished fourth in his first F1 race – a wet one, too.

About HSR. (Historic Sportscar Racing):

Historic Sportscar Racing was formed in the mid-'70s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the race cars from our past. As a 'time machine' of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. For more information please go to www.HSRrace.com

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