This weekend was VARA’s 2011 season finale, the Big Bore Bash held at Willow Springs Int’l Raceway. Most vintage race weekends have a theme event, and this wknd the thundering V8s got the spotlight. Turnout was excellent, the weather remained raceable (cold, damp, and windy), and Saturday night’s spagheti dinner was a hit. The Shelby Club joined [...]
Every vintage racing organization has the same primary rule – no racing contact! However the enforcement and levying of penalties varies widely Sometimes the rule is specific, sometimes it’s vague. Sometimes enforcement is “personalized”, sometimes it’s consistent. The vintage club I race with regularly is VARA, based out of Southern California. Their rule on racing contact is [...]
This is an open letter to all the members, management, and boards of SOVREN, CSRG, VARA, HSR-West, and VSCCA: I am aware that with the economic malaise and the small grid counts, many vintage and historic racing clubs are considering increasing their eligiblilty cutoff dates. This makes good sense as there must be hundreds of [...]
These awesome pictures were taken by fellow Datsun racer Will Campbell at the October LeMons race held at Infineon Raceway.
This weekend I joined HSR-West at Willow Springs Int’l Raceway for their Fall event. Ed Swart always puts on a nice weekend, and this was no exception. Unfortuantley the tough economy is taking its toll, and participation was smaller than usual. When I started racing cars ten years ago, I used to hope for a [...]
This weekend I made the trip down to Buttonwillow Raceway to compete in VARA’s annual Octoberfest event (Septemberfest?). The turnout was quite healthy with over 140 competitors, and the wknd featured two special races: the All German Car race and the Formula Vee Challenge. VARA rekindled the Saturday night potluck dinner and it was a smashing success. While the weather [...]
Yesterday I went to Infineon Raceway to watch my buddy John Teaby celebrate his 59th birthday by making a return to SCCA racing. Some years ago he was a SCCA National front runner in small-bore, but he’s making his return in SCCA’s newest big-bore class, SS. He’s racing his Factory Five Cobra and it’s wearing the [...]
This weekend VARA held their annual British Extravaganza race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway near Bakersfield, CA. The event included the regular race series, as well as the British car only Challenge Race, the Classic Motorsports Magazine Small Bore Challenge Enduro, the Central Valley British Car Club carshow, lunchtime track drive-arounds, and the Saturday night BBQ and [...]