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A spectacular Sunday oval event on the high banks of Winchester is a unique opportunity for MOVR vintage oval cars to enjoy two on-track vintage exhibition laps during this important spectator attracting event.  MOVR sessions are at 12 pm and 1:30 pm, load in is at 9 am Sunday.  There is a private MOVR warmup session May 8 at noon for MOVR pre-registered cars.  Sign up begins at 10:30 am Saturday.

The following MOVR event is May 26-27 for the USAC Tony Hulman classic at the Terre Haute Action Track.

Club is on Facebook.  MOVR Info Phone 1-817-871-4951, IN

The late April vintage racing action starts April 21-25 with HSR’s The Mitty at Road Atlanta.  SOVREN opens their 2021 season April 23-25 with Spring Sprints at Pacific Raceway.   The Speed Tour Trans Am weekend April 22-25 has SVRA vintage support races.  The following weekend VSCDA is at GingerMan.  CVAR is at Eagles Canyon and SVRA Vintage with Speed Tour is at Laguna Seca.

Check the year’s schedules every month in the pages of Victory Lane Magazine on this website. 

Info: www.hmsausa.com, www.weathertechracewaylagunaseca.com,  www.hsrace.com

MG Midgets, Austin Healey Sprites, Mini Coopers, Triumph TR 2/3s, Triumph Spitfire, Porsche 914, Lotus 7s are typical vintage racing cars in CVAR’s Group 2.  They are traditionally the feature at the spring CVAR Marvelous May vintage races at Eagles Canyon Raceway.  This newly improved road racing circuit has 200 feet of elevation changes in its expanded 2.7 miles with 15 turns, racing from almost a hairpin to high speed.

Guest racers from RMVR in Colorado and VSCDA in the midwest are expected to join CVAR vintage racers in one of CVAR’s special races held each year.  All CVAR groups with their classes will be racing

Info:  www.corinthianvintageracing.com  www.eaglescanyon.com

The Lotus Elan 26R was the factory built competition version of the Elan, 97 built 1964-1966. 4 wheel independent adjustable suspension.  Weight 1385 pounds with very lightweight  fiberglass body,  4 wheel, 10-inch disc brakes with light alloy calipers, sliding spline rear axles replacing the rubber donut type, 4 speed close ratio Ford gearbox.  Engine initially Cosworth tuned 140 HP, later BRM tuned 160 HP, twin overhead cam 1558cc, 4 cylinder Lotus Ford.  Magnesium knock off wheels F/R 13 d X 5.5 w, original tires Dunlop 5.00 X 13.

Complete information available in Coterie Press The Lotus Book, the Complete History of Lotus Cars S3rd Edition.

Contact Phone 303-933-2626 (CO).  Email [email protected].  www.coteriepress.com

The March issue of Victory Lane, accessible on this site, has special features on Getting Started In Vintage Racing.  The features include an article on vintage racing schools across North America that are organized by membership owned vintage racing clubs. These schools are friendly, well run and provide the shortest pathway into vintage racing.  Many schools have racing cars, and even apparel, available to rent.  The VSCDA Spring Brake & Racing School, April 30-May 2 at GingerMan Raceway, MI is your next opportunity to get licensed to begin racing in 2021.

Check the feature out on pages 37-38 in the accompanying March issue.

Contact VSCDA at www.vscda.org or call 616-916-2650

The 2021 vintage racing season is revving up with a busy April vintage racing schedule.

The annual Wild Hare Run weekend is at one of North Americas great legacy road racing circuits.  It is a fast, flowing 1950s style circuit that opened in 1957.  The big feature was won by Carroll Shelby in a Maserati 450S.  This years vintage weekend starts on Friday with practice and qualifying sessions and the all comers Wild Hare Run Feature race, an Australian pursuit, Saturday is filled with morning races and Saturday afternoon has feature races for all VDCA and VRG groups.  Sunday morning is the Feature Enduro.  Sunday afternoon is group races.  The event is open only to VDCA and VRG members.

April’s full schedule and the remainder of the year schedule is in every monthly issue of Victory Lane Magazine.

Race on a great circuit, race with some of the best and most interesting vintage race cars, enjoy wine country ambience, come out of hibernation and race with friends.  All CSRG classes are featured.  Special feature is USRRC Tribute Saturday race.  This is also first 2021 season races for FF Crossflow Cup.  This is a COVID protocol event.

Info: www.csrgracing.org

The USRRC Tribute Group invites 1963-1968 Sports Racers with treaded tires to celebrate SCCA's first pro racing series.  The Group’s grids include examples of Lotus 23B, Elva Mk7, Genie Mk8, Lotus 19, Cooper Monaco, Lola T70, Beach, Leonheart, Bobsey SR2, Merlyn Mk6, McLaren M1A, King Cobra and others.

After the Sonoma event the USRRC Tribute Feature schedule with CSRG includes May 15-16 at ThunderHill, June 5-6 at Laguna Seca, October 1-3 at Sonoma Raceway and November 6-7 at ThunderHill. 

Series Info:  Mike Summers. -  [email protected] or phone 916-600-3742 (CA).

After the Road America event, Vintage Indy on July 24-25 will have exhibition laps during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in Schenley Park.  The group then has exhibition laps August 19-21 on the WWT Raceway oval during the IndyCar Bommarito 500 weekend.

The Vintage Indy was founded in 2017 dedicated to the history and preservation of Indianapolis 500 Championship Cars.  Vintage Indy is a member of The Vintage Motorsports Council.

Info: Mike Lashmett, email [email protected] or visit www.vintageindyresistry.com

Formula Jr, FV, and early F3 groups from both VSCCA and VRG are inviting vintage racers of those cars from members and all VMC clubs to join in to help celebrating formula cars during the Friday and Saturday vintage racing event.

VRG has grids for all their classes.  VSCCA plans VSCCA all comers grids and the Formula Festival grids.

Formula Entrant Info: Vintage FV, Sam Ryan 570-233-6485 (PA): Vintage F Jr & early F3, Steve Morici 760-662-1112 (CA)

All entries Info: www.vrgonlinw.org      www.vscca.com

Masters Endurance cars are a midweek opener before the IMSA March 13-14 IMSA Races at Sebring Raceway.  

HMSA Vintage Races March 13-14 are at Laguna Seca
VARA High Desert Challenge March 13-14 is at Willow Springs Raceway
SVRA Vintage with the Speed Tour Pro Weekend March 18-21 is at Charlotte Motor Speedway
CVAR Mike Stephens Classic March 19-21 is at Hallett Motorsports Circuit
SVRA Vintage with Speed Tour Pro Weekend March 25-28 is at Road Atlanta
HSR Spring Fling is March 31-April 2 at Sebring International Raceway

The full 2021 year schedule is in each Victory Lane issue.  Always check with organizers and circuit for schedule changes or cancellations before planning or attending events.

Optimism is high for the many vintage racing clubs that produce these weekends.  The first all vintage racing weekend is February 26-28 for the CVAR Brian Goldman Races and School at MSR-Houston.  SVRA Vintage Races which are part of the Speed Tour pro racing weekend at Auto Club Speedway were rescheduled from February 5-7 to November 19-21.  Speed Tour pro racing weekend with supporting SVRA vintage grids is February 18-21 at Sebring.   The February 26-28 SVRA Vintage with Speed Tour at Miami has been cancelled.  The usual early March Amelia Island Concours, featuring vintage and historic race cars, is now May 20-21, not March 4-7.  Many great vintage racing events are on schedule from early March through mid-December.  

The 2021 vintage racing season all ends December 10-12 with the VDCA Season Finale at Roebling Road.  The December RMVR is listed by mistake on the schedule page, there is none.

An updated full year schedule page will appear in each 2021 monthly issue on this site.  Schedules of both pro and amateur racing events are subject to change due to local, state and national COVID-19 variant requirements.  It is necessary to check with the scheduling club or organization about both schedule and special at-event requirements before making final plans or attending.

The weekend of vintage auto races honors CSRG’s founder and long time Ferrari TR racer David Love.  This event attracts the best of the best west coast vintage racers to one of the most highly regarded vintage races of the season.  Sonoma Raceway in the wine country north of San Francisco, is the site of this traditional season opener for CSRG, the second oldest vintage racing club in the U.S. There is no sound limit for this year’s non-spectator vintage racing weekend.  The event grids include Production Sports Cars, Sport Sedans, Formula Cars and Sports Racing Cars that meet the clubs rare, unique and interesting acceptance guidelines.

Visiting VMC club license or medical card holders, with acceptable cars, are welcome to join CSRG members in spirited, sportsmanlike competition.  Sonoma Raceway entries are now open and will close April 2.

Info:  www.csrgracing.org

This spectacular annual vintage and historic racing weekend is on North Americas great 4.2 mile road racing circuit located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.  This year the special feature salutes a NASCAR and Grand National Reunion.

This world famous vintage and historic racing weekend attracts cars from every era of racing from the beginning of the 20th Century right through recent racing series.  Spectators have full access to the open paddock and at great viewing sites around the entire 4.2 mile circuit.

Info:  www.roadamerica.com

As earlier reported, VARA's January school is being rescheduled.  Other 2021 schedule changes include SVRA Vintage February 5-7, Auto Club, now will be November 19-21.  SVRA Vintage February 26-28 Miami is cancelled. Amelia Island Concours is now May 20-23.

CVAR's February 26-28 Brian Goldman Race & Drivers School honors the late Brian Goldman who was part of the CVAR's start up and organizing team in the early 1990s.  The novice school is Friday and the CVAR vintage races are Saturday and Sunday.  Novices, beginning racers and those with contemporary club licenses seeking to enter the event, should contact the club early.

Info: www.corinthianvintagautoracing.com

The COVID-19 severity in Southern California with lack of medical access and other area medical restrictions has made this necessary.  Plans are being made for a later in the year date with some format changes from the usual University Of VARA school.