Sept 4-6 SOVREN Portland Columbia River Classic vintage races at Portland Raceway features British Cars. There is a Friday Test & Tune and 5 weekend races for each group. Sunday SVRA contemporary Trans Am is cancelled.
Sept 4-7 Lime Rock Historics has vintage racing Friday, Saturday and Monday, Sunday is a concours day.
Professional stock car racing at Road America was first held in 1956. Tim Flock won the NASCAR Grand National Race in a Mercury that year. In modern times, NASCAR’s Infinity Series is now held there annually since 2010.
Over 400 vintage and historic cars are expected to fill this weekend with exciting vintage racing. The annual summer WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman weekend of historic racing and concours is traditionally one of the largest vintage happenings in North America.
The center located in Watkins Glen, New York, has available an immense collection and archives of motor racing history. All is available for research and preparation for articles, video and e-media.
The annual fund racing sweepstakes includes the 2020 Corvette and its accompanying track time instruction, special Watkins Glen Club membership, driving school plus much more. Also, many more prizes are to be awarded.
This is the third year for Vintage Indy Cars at the Bommarito 500 IndyCar racing weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. It is expected to be the largest entry yet for the Vintage Indy Group.
All the cars entered qualified for the Indy 500 in their day. There are cars from the pre-World War 2 era through the post war roadster era and the early mid-engine times. They include the pre-war Millers, post war Kurtis uprights, Watson roadsters, mid-engine Gurney Eagles, Lolas, Gerhart, McLaren and more.
The circuit is challenging for experts, yet beginning and novice friendly. It was designed by Anatoly “Toly” Arutunoff who had raced at every level of racing all over the world. It opened in 1976 and quickly received great reviews by SCCA and other contemporary racing organizations. The circuit is located in the rolling Osage Hills in northeastern Oklahoma about 35 miles west of Tulsa. The circuit is 1.6 miles long with 10 varied turns. It’s safety and club racer friendly runoff areas allow the circuit to run clockwise or counterclockwise. Some clubs have used that feature on the same weekend.
Corininthian Vintage Auto Racing, located in Texas, began vintage racing in the early 1990s at Texas World Speedway near College Station. As the club grew and wanted to offer a variety of vintage racing experiences for its members and guest racers, it held races at Motorsports Ranch Cresson and Motorsports Ranch Houston. The club soon realized that Hallett was a superior circuit and additionally was convenient for Colorado RMVR vintage racers and for midwestern VSCDA vintage racers. It is now a regular site of CVAR vintage race weekends twice per year. It has attracted a large following of CVAR and visiting vintage club racers. In recent years, the large CVAR group of Formula Vee Racers has been featured at one of the Hallett races. They have been joined annually by visiting F Vee Colorado and midwestern racers for a regular well attended feature.
The upcoming August 22-23 CVAR vintage racing weekend is attracting cars from all CVAR classes and is featuring F Vee. This event is run under COVID-19 protocols.
The traditional Lime Rock Historics are sanctioned by VRG and VSCCA. Racing action is Friday, Saturday and Monday with both a race car and street car concours on Sunday.
SOVREN Columbia River Classic, Portland International Raceway, salutes British Cars Saturday and Sunday. A contemporary Trans Am race is scheduled late Sunday afternoon. Info:
www.sovrenracing.orgVDCA Hurricane in Savannah returns to Roebling Road near Savannah to enjoy traditional VDCA liberal track time and special races. Info:
www.vintagedrive.comRMVR Driver’s School and Races fill the weekend at Pikes Peak International Raceway. The combined oval and road course is just south of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Info:
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This post is a reminder to put this event on your 2021 calendar. This is a non-spectator event and competitor registration has been completed for 2020.
Michigan’s Grattan Raceway Parks’s 2 miles of challenging circuit is set in the gently rolling hills northwest of Grand Rapids. VSCDA experienced and novice racers find that it’s 13 turns continue to be a learning experience. This is a sold out event due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
There will be group races for all VSCDA classes. The featured group is Sports 2000. Special classes include Trans Am B Sedan series, Formula Vee series, Spridget series and the Jeff Porasik Raymond James Enduro for the Disabled American Veterans Charity.
The Hallett Motor Racing circuit in central Oklahoma is one of the best club racing circuits in North America. This annual vintage racing weekend is special for CVAR racers and attracts racers from RMVR and VSCDA to enjoy racing on this special circuit. All CVAR classes will be racing, plus a vintage F Vee Feature. All VMC member club racers are invited. Friday is Test and Tune, Saturday and Sunday practice and races. The FV Challenge race is Saturday after group races.
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