Race Retro

At Race Retro you can see competition cars across four halls, watch a live outdoor rally stage at the weekend, try a historic kart track, visit a car auction and browse an indoor autojumble, all at one three-day pre-season motorsport event at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry. Race Retro, billed by its organiser as The Motorsport Show, brings together racing drivers, teams, preparers, clubs, traders and fans. The organiser says it has run for more than 20 years.

Race Retro 2027 dates and opening times

You can visit from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February 2027, with doors open at 9.30am each day, closing at 5.30pm on Friday and Saturday and at 4.30pm on Sunday. The live rally stage and rally passenger rides operate on Saturday and Sunday only, while Iconic Auctioneers hold a dedicated competition car sale on the Friday.

Tickets and admission

One ticket gives you the halls, the rally stage, historic karting, a printed pocket guide and free parking.

• Advance adult day tickets (16 and over) cost £34.40 or £34.90 depending on the day, including a £2.40 transaction fee.
• Child tickets (5 to 15) cost £17.00 or £17.50 and must be bought with an adult ticket. Under-5s go free but still need a ticket, and under-16s must be with an adult.
• Two-day passes cost £52.40 and three-day passes £72.40; groups of 10 or more pay from £27.50 per ticket.
• A carer of a disabled visitor is admitted free with proof of disability.

Advance sales close at midnight on Thursday 18 February 2027, and tickets are also sold on the door. Viewing the auction saleroom needs a £20 catalogue that admits two people, and passenger rides cost £30 for roughly two laps, booked on the day at the Rallying with Group B stand.

What is on at the show

You can watch rally cars on a live stage, hear drivers interviewed, renew your race licence and buy a car. Rallying with Group B runs the outdoor stages, where the organiser says more than 120 Group A, Group B and WRC cars take part. Indoors, the Talk Motorsport stage hosts interviews with drivers; recent guests listed on the show site include Jason Plato, Ari Vatanen, John Watson, Louise Aitken-Walker and Didier Auriol. Visitors vote among 20 Pride of the Paddock finalists, and the British Historic Kart Club demonstrates karts on a 300m track. Motorsport UK attends so competitors can renew race licences, and Motor Racing Medics offer licence medicals and ECG testing to MSA, ACU and FIA standards. The show site says more than 300 vehicles are for sale through the auction and dealers. Other automotive shows include the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at NEC Birmingham from 13 November 2026 and the Classic Dirt Bike Show in Telford from 6 February 2027.

Who exhibits and who you reach

As an exhibitor you reach racing drivers and competitors, preparers, race series owners and promoters, and enthusiasts, and the organiser reports that one in five visitor households owns six or more cars and 60% of visitors attend race meetings. As a visitor you can browse 200 exhibitors and traders, by the organiser’s count, from race series and clubs to parts suppliers, engineers, museums and colleges. Names from the 2026 exhibitor list include Motorsport UK, the Classic Sports Car Club, Ferrari Owners’ Club GB, ITG Air Filters, Lille Racewear and Carless Classic Fuels.

Exhibiting

You can choose a trade stand, an autojumble pitch or a small trader space. Trade stands are priced per square metre: shell scheme at £150 plus VAT, which includes carpet, walls and a name fascia, or space only at £119 plus VAT, with a 6 sq m minimum. Autojumble pitches start at £170 plus VAT for a 4m by 2m space, and the Classic Trader Village for small traders selling new classic motoring products starts at £290 for 3m by 3m. Our guides to shell scheme or space only and building an exhibition budget help with those choices.

Getting there

You can reach Stoneleigh Park from the A45, A46 and M40, with event traffic signed in via the B4115. There are 3,000 free parking spaces, plus VIP parking sold in advance at £34 beside the halls or £19 a five-minute walk away. The nearest stations are Coventry, Warwick Parkway and Leamington Spa, and Birmingham International station and airport are about 30 minutes’ drive away. The same venue hosts the Go Diving Show from 27 February 2027 and The Cleaning Expo UK from 5 March 2027; see more shows around Kenilworth.

Source: raceretro.com, raceretro.com/ticket-information, raceretro.com/plan-your-visit, raceretro.com/exhibiting