All Entries in the "Vintage Car Racing" Category
Mario Andretti Honored at Legends of Motorsports Barber Weekend
Mario Andretti will be the honored guest at the inaugural Legends of Motorsports Bobby Rahal Signature Event weekend, scheduled for May 21-23, 2010 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
Legends of Motorsports co-founder Bobby Rahal was a frequent rival of Andretti in the course of their respective, storied careers. The three-time CART champion and 1986 [...]
Historic Ferrari F1 Cars in Bahrain
The Formula One Championship kicked off in Bahrain on Sunday, March 14th, with Ferrari finishing 1-2 to start the season off on the right foot. Apart from the 24 cars taking part in the 2010 F1 Championship, 18 historic single-seaters were present to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Formula 1 Championship.
Several vintage Ferraris [...]
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion – Early Entries & More Action
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will see more on-track action in 2010, as 19 race groups will hit the track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for four days of racing starting Thursday, August 12 and ending Sunday evening August 15. Additionally, the paddock space has been re-designed for greater efficiency to accommodate the increased number [...]
VSCC Pomeroy Trophy Report and Photo Gallery
Story and photos by Simon Wright
Silverstone in February can only be the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) Pomeroy Trophy season opener, held by the club for over 50 years. The idea to find the best all round GT car for the road was originally suggested in 1947 by John Rowley, but because of the petrol [...]
Weekend of Automobile Excellence Returns to Reims
The Weekend of Automobile Excellence returns to the historic Reims-Gueux Circuit in France on September 10-12, 2010. With more than 30,000 visitors last September for the 3rd annual event, the “Weekend of Excellence” has now become a reference for classic car gatherings.
The 4th annual “WAE” intends to focus on the quality of the demonstration events [...]
Dan Gurney Featured at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion enters a new dawn of historic racing by honoring one of the true legends of motorsports – Dan Gurney – the Cars He Built, the Cars He Drove – August 12-15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will feature a display of Gurney Eagle Racing Cars: Formula [...]
SVRA and HSR Announce Restructuring
SVRA and HSR announced a restructuring in which ownership and management of SVRA and HSR have been revised so that each of these sanctioning bodies will be managed independently to better build on their separate formats and unique histories.
Both organizations began operation in the late 1970’s and evolved developing uniquely different focuses in the vintage/historic [...]
Goodwood Revival to Limit Visitors in 2010
Last year the annual Goodwood Revival achieved an all-time record attendance with more than 132,000 historic motor racing enthusiasts descending on the celebrated West Sussex motor circuit to enjoy three days of the world’s finest wheel-to-wheel racing, period fashions and entertainment. For 2009 Revival tickets sold out earlier than they had ever done before.
Despite this [...]
Three Days, Three Lakes: Lonville Classic Returns
Building on the success of the inaugural event, the Lonville Classic returns 3-5 September, 2010 to bring old and new friends together for a weekend of classic cars on the shores of some of Europe’s most beautiful lakes.
Participants will again travel through old villages, along winding lakeside roads and across breathtaking mountain tracks. Timed road [...]
2010 HSCC Vintage Car Racing Schedule
Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) released their 2010 vintage race schedule, which features thirteen events, starting and ending at Silverstone. Due to the current situation with Donington Park, HSCC will not be returning there in 2010, but they hope to return there in the future.
HSCC is a premier organisation for Historic racing in the UK, [...]
Legends of Motorsports Adds Sebring to 2010 Schedule
Legends of Motorsports announced Sebring International Raceway will host the last round of their inaugural season, scheduled December 3 to December 5, 2010. Famed Sebring becomes the fourth Bobby Rahal Signature Event, joining Barber Motorsports Park, Watkins Glen and Circuit Mont-Tremblant.
“I have so many pleasant memories of races at Sebring International Raceway,” said Bobby Rahal, [...]
Porsche Featured at Legends of Motorsports Watkins Glen
Porsche has been named official marque for the inaugural Legends of Motorsports race weekend at Watkins Glen International. The event at the historic Watkins Glen, New York road course is slated for June 11-13, 2010.
For more than 50 years Porsche cars have re-written racing’s record books in the form of manufacturer, team and driver [...]
Monterey Pre-Historics Now Open to Public
The Monterey Pre-Historics has long been the insider’s choice as a great way to enjoy the vintage racing action at Laguna Seca without having to fight the crowds.
Held the weekend prior to the much larger Monterey Historics, the Pre-Historics has traditionally been closed to the public, allowing “in the know” spectators to enjoy a [...]
1000 Millas Sport Argentina – Go, Go…Slow, Slow…No, No
The 21st edition of the 1000 MIllas Sport was held November 18-22, 2009 in the foothills of Argentina’s Andes mountains. Argentina’s comparable to the Mille Miglia Storica consists of 155 participants driving pre-1980 automobiles over 1000 miles of some of the most scenic roads in the world.
Shelby Myers of RM Auctions and co-pilot Chris Drake [...]
20th Annual California Mille Takes Shape
The Lost Coast–rediscovered. The l5th visit to Honeydew (population 73). The majesty of the Avenue of the Giants. These are among the highlights of the 20th running of the California Mille, America’s salute to Italy’s famed Mille Miglia (thousand mile) race, scheduled for April 26-29, 2010.
Some 70 historic race cars that could have qualified for [...]
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