Historics: SVRA Announces 2015 Racing Schedule

SVRA has announced its racing schedule for 2015.

 

[Photo credit:  SVRA.com].

5 new events next year mean that now there will be 18 total -- East Coast, West Coast, and places in between.

According to SVRA, here is the schedule for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) for 2015:

• Feb. 13-15, Duel in the Desert with VARA at Spring Mountain Raceway, NV
• Feb. 20-22, The Southern Classic at Road Atlanta, GA
• Feb. 26-March 1, The Spring Vintage Classic at Sebring Int’l Raceway, FL
• Mar. 28-29, Willow Springs Historics with VARA at Willow Springs Raceway, CA
• Apr. 9-12, Miami Historics at Homestead-Miami Speedway, FL
• Apr. 25-26, British Extravaganza with VARA at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, CA
• May 14-17, SVRA Spring Vintage Festival at Road America, WI
• May 28-31, Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Sonoma Raceway, CA.
• June 10-14, Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at Indianapolis Motors Speedway, IN
• June 19-21, S. California Historic Sports Car Festival at Auto Club Speedway, CA
• June 25-28, Mid-Ohio Vintage Grand Prix, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, OH
• July 9-12, Portland Vintage Racing Festival at Portland Int’l Raceway, OR
• Aug. 13-16, Pocono Mountain Historic Getaway at Pocono Raceway, PA
• Sep. 10-13,* U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen Int’l, NY  *(if repaving is approved, date will be July 23-26)
• Sep. 18-20, The Coronado Speed Festival at Coronado Island, CA
• Sep. 24-27, Heacock Classic Gold Cup at Virginia Int’l Raceway, VA
• Oct. 8-11, Mardi Gras in October at NOLA Motorsports Park, LA
• Nov. 4-8, U.S. Vintage National Championship at Circuit of The Americas, TX

Marc Giroux presented 2014 SVRA "Driver of the Year" Award

[Image Sources:  Marc Giroux; Connie Ann Kirk; & ad from Vintage Motor Sport Magazine].

Huge ***CONGRATULATIONS!!!*** to Marc Giroux for receiving the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Driver of the Year (DOTY) Award for 2014!!!! Marc races frequently during the year throughout North America in his 1969 Brabham BT-29 Formula B car as well as in his 1997 Lola Indy Lights T97/20 car. He is an exciting historic/vintage racer to watch on track, typically in the front few cars of the field, battling for a podium position.

 He is either winning, or in a persistent fourth place gaining on the third-place car, or making it more difficult for the leader to hold position. A MIT-alum Chemical Engineer turned Sr. Corporate Vice-President at Corning, Inc. in a career spanning over 35 years, Marc calls Watkins Glen International his home track. He retired earlier this year and now lives in a newly-built home on the coast of Maine. 

According to SVRA, the DOTY Award is "the most prestigious of the SVRA annual awards" and is presented at the Annual Awards Banquet at VIR. SVRA says "The DOTY is selected by the former recipients as the person who best represents the group’s goals of exhibiting Safety, Consciousness, Sportsmanship and Consistent Performance throughout the previous season." SVRA also indicates, "Persons nominated must also have participated in 50% of SVRA events and be free of 'chargeable incidents' during the year of their nomination." ‪#‎SVRA
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Marc's skills at driving plus knowing his cars and his rivals make a good example of how a racer can compete both fairly and competitively.

Marc is a great guy, an excellent racer, and I'm proud to call him a good friend whose exciting contests were among the very first I followed in this sport and continue to track today. I watch and write about a lot of races, but I follow only a few racers as a friend and a fan, and Marc is one of them. Congratulations again, Marc! I will keep watching and rooting for you, as always! [And please don't hate me for posting this!].

NOTE:

HERE is the Examiner article about the award.

Historics: SVRA to offer COTA orientation for 1st U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship

[Photo:  SVRA will hold its first U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas October 25-27, 2013.  Credit:  COTA].

Ahead of its first national championship, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) will offer coaching specialized to the country's purpose-built Formula 1 track at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. According to a press release issued Monday from SVRA, this instruction will be a featured part of the historic racing group's first SVRA U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship and will take place at the track on Wednesday, October 23, ahead of the race weekend of October 25-27.

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Historics: 'Vintage Motorsport' to offer awards at 1st SVRA U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship at COTA

 

 [Photos:  Top -- Award.  Credit: 'Vintage Motorsport' magazine.  Bottom:  SVRA logo.  SVRA.com].

 

Vintage Motorsport magazine will sponsor five awards at the first SVRA U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship in Austin, Texas later this month, according to a release from the publication on Friday. "Vintage Motorsport" is the official magazine of SVRA.

 



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Historics: SVRA posts preliminary entry list for the U.S. Vintage National Championship at Circuit of the Americas, 2013

[Photo:  SVRA Gold Helmet to be awarded to the winning racers at the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship at Circuit of the Americas in 2013].

If you race historic or vintage race cars in the United States, or are an avid fan of historic cars or race events, you're probably aware that the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is planning its first ever U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas later this month. Recently, SVRA posted a preliminary entry list for that event to its website. The championship takes place October 25-27.

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