Vintage News
1/21/2013 - Formula 5000 Drivers Association Announces Preliminary Race Schedule for 2013
Rochester Hills, MI - The Formula 5000 Drivers Association today announced its preliminary racing schedule for 2013. Continuing on the success of prior years, the Association has announced an initial three races for 2013.
The 2013 U.S. Formula 5000 Revival Races will take place at the followingvenues:
April 25-28: The Mitty at Road Atlanta with HSRJuly 18-21:... Read more...
1/10/2013 - Heacock Classic Insurance Named the Official Insurance Company of SVRA
Southlake, TX - The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has named Heacock Classic Insurance as the Official Insurance Company of SVRA and as the title sponsor of the final East Coast event of its 2013 season. In recognition of this partnership the race will be named The Heacock Classic Gold Cup presented by SVRA and will be held September 26-29 at Vi... Read more...
12/17/2012 - Goodwood Ups the Aviation Participation at Festival of Speed July 12-14
The fourth dedicated Goodwood Aviation Exhibition is set to expand for 2013 as a fully integral part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrating its 20th anniversary next year.
Following the successful relocation of the Goodwood Aviation Exhibition in 2012, this popular added Festival attraction will be moved even closer to the stunning Goodwood Parkland si... Read more...
12/7/2012 - Florida Man Wins Mustang Boss 302 at IMRRC
WATKINS GLEN, NY - A retired Marine living in Kissimmee, FL, is the winner of the 2013 Mustang Boss 302 raffled by the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen.
The winning ticket held by Patrick Woods was drawn on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Center by Town of Dix Supervisor Harold Russell. Dix is the town in which the Watkins Glen Internatio... Read more...
12/7/2012 - Historic Grand Prix Racers Add Panache To Austin F1
Austin, TX - Historic Grand Prix, a fixture on the vintage racing circuit in the U.S., linked the past with the present during the U.S. Grand Prix at the debut F1 race at Circuit of the Americas here Nov. 16-18. More than 80,000 fans caught the Friday practice and Saturday morning qualifying and Saturday afternoon race at the brand-spanking new 3.4-mile road... Read more...
11/16/2012 - Le Mans Legends 2013 Eligible Cars Announced
The annual support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours is a jewel in the crown of historic motorsport. On Saturday June 22, 2013, the Le Mans Legend will once again return to La Sarthe in France with a sensational grid of 61 Le Mans cars from the 1949-65 era.
Each year, Motor Racing Legends – the organization behind the Le Mans Legend – selects an era of... Read more...
10/29/2012 - Vintage Motorsport Contributor Wins Auto Writing Award
Hershey, PA - Carl Goodwin, a member of the Neohio Region, Sports Car Club of America starting 1958, has won the 2012 Carl Benz Award of the Society of Automotive Historians. It was for a three-part article titled "Flying Low," published in Vintage Motorsport magazine, about the era of airport races for sports cars, from 1948 to the present, including the fa... Read more...
10/28/2012 - Roger Linton Named SVRA Tech Director
Southlake, TX -- Longtime member of its Safety & Technical team, Roger Linton, has been named as the new Technical Director of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Assn. (SVRA). In addition to being an SVRA member for many years, Linton is an experienced mechanic, having prepared numerous SCCA race cars and has been involved in the restoration of several historic ra... Read more...
10/15/2012 - Lime Rock Park Announces 2013 Schedule
LAKEVILLE, CT - Lime Rock Park president Skip Barber has announced the track's 2013 event schedule. He noted that it much resembles 2012's but with a unique twist: its American Le Mans Series race is a three-day event rather than the traditional two-day format that's been in place since ALMS first visit in 2004.
"We're excited about this," Barber said. "Becau... Read more...
10/3/2012 - HSR Changes Ownership Via Longtime Racer Hinton
Clearwater, FL – The second ownership change of a major North American vintage racing group in the past month has just occurred, with the announcement by Historic Sportscar Racing Ltd. that longtime vintage racer and HSR member David Hinton has bought majority ownership in the company. Hinton's Vintage Racing Events LLC purchased control of HSR from i... Read more...









