Last lap CHAOS at the 1990 BTCC race at the Birmingham Superprix with Frank Sytner hunting down John Cleland with the battle eventually ending in the barrier 💥
🎙️Featuring commentary from the late, great Murray Walker - a great Birmingham treasure who is dearly missed 💙
The Birmingham Superprix
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a film & archive project documenting the history of The Birmingham Superprix, the only legal street race on mainland UK
from 1986 to 1990, Birmingham City staged a street race every August Bank Holiday weekend. it took over 20 years to develop, support and plan the event prior to the inaugural year in 1986, with involvement and backing from Bernie Ecclestone, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, and Nigel Mansell, and with rising stars such as Damon Hill, Jean Alesi, Mika Hakkinen and Martin Brundle all charging
02/01/2026
🎞️ Never before seen amateur spectator shots courtesy of Brian Trupp
30/08/2024
What if….
26/08/2024
Once upon a time, during the August bank holiday in Birmingham….
1987 - F3000 Start (Dave Lucas)
1988 - 6R4’s (Al Cully)
1989 - BTCC & Birmingham City (Colin Reever)
1988 - Roberto Moreno, F3000 on Halfords Corner (Dave Lucas)
23/08/2024
Another piece of Birmingham Superprix history collected & added to our archive.
If you have anything you’d like to donate to ensure the history of this race is preserved in our collection please get in touch.
30/05/2024
*Pristinely* digitised film shots taken between the 86-88 Superprix races from David Edwards.
Our team are constantly on the look out for new content to add & preserve into our archives.
Please get in touch if you have anything you’d like to contribute.
30/05/2024
*Pristinely* digitised film shots taken between the 86-88 Superprix races from
19/04/2024
Former-BTCC driver, founder & 2 times Birmingham Superprix competitor Alan Minshaw sadly passed away on Tuesday.
Alan competed in the 1988 & 1989 races (pictured), racing alongside Roland Ratzenberger in the Demon Tweeks E30 M3 (1988).
❤️ Our condolences go out to his family & friends
(📸 John Clewer & Andrew Sheard)
27/03/2024
A SUPER rare few seconds of handheld footage of the Bristol Street Motors F3000 pits during the morning of the 1990 Superprix 👨🔧
🎥 via ABA Cranes
26/03/2024
A massive happy birthday to the legendary former F1 driver Martin Donnelly who turns 60 today, captured here in what is quite possibly one of the most incredible shots taken during the Superprix by none other than John Clewer.
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