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SVRA Announces Giant 17-Race 2021 Schedule

Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced a 17-race schedule for 2021. The 2021 schedule boasts 17 SpeedTour race weekends, a record number in SVRA’s 42-year history.  New to the schedule are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brainerd International Raceway, and Utah Motorsports Campus. The schedule also includes an unprecedented number of West Coast events starting with Auto Club Speedway in February. Also, West Coast weekends will include a return after a three-year hiatus to Sonoma Raceway, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and Portland International Raceway. Most of the races will be live-streamed on the SVRA app. Another feature of the…

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October in Racing History

1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 3 Jim Epler becomes the first man in NHRA history to break 300 mph in a Funny Car when he runs 300.40 mph in Topeka, Kansas, USA (1993). 5 Pierre Goutte drives a Salmson to victory in the 124-mile...

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Six Continuation 1958 Vanwalls to be Built

Vanwall Group, the successor to the legendary British Vanwall motor racing team of the 1950s, has announced the renaissance of the historic name with plans to build six new continuation cars to celebrate Vanwall’s six Formula One wins in 1958. Vanwall had already become the first British-built car to win the British Grand Prix with a British driver, with Sir Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks sharing the honours in 1957. The six victories in 1958 gave Vanwall its eternal position as the first winner of the Formula One World Constructors Trophy, and to this day, Vanwall remains the first of…

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1961 Sebring 12-Hours

The D.B.-Panhard LM of Howard Hanna and Frank Manley is prepared in the pits before the start. The unlucky duo was however the second car to retire with valve failure. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com • Blog: klemcoll.wordpress.com

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Targa Florio Classico 2020

The Targa Florio Classica 2020 begins this week and runs from Thursday October 15 to Sunday October 18. The brainchild of industrialist Vincenzo Florio, who wanted to create a race on the Madonie circuit, in Sicily, in 1906. This legacy is now carried on by the Automobile Club Palermo and ACI, with the support of ACI Sport and ACI Storico, which, alongside the rally, have been bringing the competition back to life in the form of a classic regularity race valid for the Campionato Italiano Grandi Eventi ACI Sport. On Thursday October 15,  the numerous crews of participants will begin to converge…

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Road America Honors Founder with Life-size Tribute

Road America has unveiled a new bronze statue of its founder, Clif Tufte, next to the center that bears his name located in the paddock area of the sprawling 640-acre facility that he conceptualized 65 years ago. Tufte, a highway engineer, put together the land and laid out the track in 1955 after racing on the public roads around Elkhart Lake became impractical for many reasons. When Tufte realized that the economic benefit to the area was such that a permanent road course could be viable. He acted, and Road America was born, with the first races held on September 10-11, 1955. That…

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Jack, Bonzo, Ball Bearing and the 1974 Ecosse-Ford

In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of a 10-year old, formula two single-seater, in a small workshop underneath the designer/constructor’s house, earned a world championship constructor’s point against a very competitive field. The giant killing Ecosse team comprised the owner/builder, a veteran...

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