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CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Report and Photos

John Goodman's Ford Cobra. DennisGray
John Goodman\'s Ford Cobra.

The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) kicked off its 47th season at Sonoma Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California on April 4-6, 2014. The event featured testing on Friday, with vintage racing on the 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course on Saturday and Sunday. Each race group competed in three races each over the two days for a total of 24 races over the course of the weekend.

The 2014 CSRG season opener was held in honor of David Love, a longtime Bay Area resident and CSRG’s co-founder, who passed away in 2013. Love was instrumental in the growth of the organization, which has contributed more than $600,000 to the Sonoma chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway, through its race weekends. He raced his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa in over 250 events before retiring in 2009.

Notable and interesting entrants at the 2014 CSRG Sonoma Raceway historic races included the 1954 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider Scaglietti of Scott Drnek; John Goodman’s Ferrari Sparling 312P and Shelby Cobra FIA; Shadow Mk.III Can-Am of Fred Cziska; Tom Claridge’s 1965 Crossle C9S and Kurtis 500S; Jeffrey Abramson’s Cooper T53; Thor Johnson’s Lotus 17; William Jordanov’s Lola T160; Rick Carlile’s TVR Vixen SR; Don Hogue’s Lotus Europa Type 47 and the ex-Arciero Brothers 1962 Lotus 23 of Jim Roth.

Similar to the 2010, 2011 and 2012 races, Senior Photographer Dennis Gray also documented the 2014 CSRG Season Opener at the Sonoma Raceway Sears Point road course. We split up Dennis’ pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs.

CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery

 

John Goodman's Ferrari Sparling 312P in turn two.
John Goodman’s Ferrari Sparling 312P in turn two.
Don Hogue's Lotus Europa Type 47.
Don Hogue’s Lotus Europa Type 47.
Tom Cotter over steers through turn two in the Mercury Cougar.
Tom Cotter oversteers through turn two in the Mercury Cougar.
Michael Malone's Lotus 26R in turn two.
Michael Malone’s Lotus 26R in turn two.

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Rick Carlile's TVR Vixen SR in turn two.
Rick Carlile’s TVR Vixen SR in turn two.
Fred Cziska's Shadow Mk.111 in turn two. Dig the eyes.
Fred Cziska’s Shadow Mk.111 in turn two. Dig the eyes.
John Goodman's Ford Cobra.
John Goodman’s Shelby Cobra FIA.
Lola T160 driven by William Jordanov.
Lola T160 driven by William Jordanov.

 

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CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

 

Scott Drnek's Ferrari 750 Monza.
Scott Drnek’s Ferrari 750 Monza.
Dennis Adair's Lotus Elite leads James Alder's Jaguar XK 120.
Dennis Adair’s Lotus Elite leads James Alder’s Jaguar XK 120.
John Hurabiell's Lotus Eleven in turn two.
John Hurabiell’s Lotus Eleven in turn two.
Michael Vogel waves from his Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
Michael Vogel waves from his Alfa Romeo Giulietta.

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Thor Johnson's Lotus 17 exits turn two.
Thor Johnson’s Lotus 17 exits turn two.
William Jordanov's Lola T160 in turn eleven.
William Jordanov’s Lola T160 in turn eleven.
Shadow Stacks version 2.
Shadow Stacks version 2.
John Goodman's Ferrari 312P Sparling in turn eleven.
John Goodman’s Ferrari 312P Sparling in turn eleven.

 

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CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

 

Keith Frieser's Lola T290 in turn eleven.
Keith Frieser’s Lola T290 in turn eleven.
Dan Higgins in his Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint.
Dan Higgins in his Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint.
Steve Torps Porsche 912 leads Jeff Hill's Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint into turn two.
Steve Torps Porsche 912 leads Jeff Hill’s Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint into turn two.
Scot Drnek's Ferrari 750 Monza warms up in the garage.
Scot Drnek’s Ferrari 750 Monza warms up in the garage.

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Chris Torp's Porsche 356 in turn two.
Chris Torp’s Porsche 356 in turn two.
Ed Lamantia's MGA.
Ed Lamantia’s MGA.
Martin Lauber's Alfa Romeo Sprint GT.
Martin Lauber’s Alfa Romeo Sprint GT.
Jeffrey Abramson's Cooper T53 in turn ten.
Jeffrey Abramson’s Cooper T53 in turn ten.

 

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CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

 

John Delane's Brabham BT-18.
John Delane’s Brabham BT-18.
Jim Roth's Lotus 23 in turn ten.
Jim Roth’s Lotus 23 in turn ten.
Cooper FJr. driven by Tomas LaCosta.
Cooper FJr. driven by Tomas LaCosta.
Thomas Claridge in his Crossle C9S 27.
Thomas Claridge in his Crossle C9S 27.

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Chris Locke's Lotus 27 FJr.
Chris Locke’s Lotus 27 FJr.
Jon Norman's Alfa Romeo GTV in turn eleven.
Jon Norman’s Alfa Romeo GTV in turn eleven.
Steve Walker's BMW 2002 in turn eleven.
Steve Walker’s BMW 2002 in turn eleven.
Jonathan Long's Ford Falcon in turn eleven.
Jonathan Long’s Ford Falcon in turn eleven.

 

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CSRG Sonoma Season Opener 2014 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)

 

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