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Officials of  the Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races today confirmed that the 2021 event will take place from Tuesday September 21 to Friday September 24, 2021 with racing at the Put-in-Bay Airport on Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd.  (These same dates were announced as “tentative” when this year’s event was cancelled in early July.) In making the announcement, Event co-founder and race director Jack Woehrle said that 2021 event registration will open no later than early January 2021 and possibly sometime in December.  He added that all 2020 entrants who “rolled over” their entry for this year will be…

Market Guide Wine Country Classic / Infineon Raceway / 2008 Jim Williams Photo
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Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race organizers and team owners did...

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News–Racecar 2016 Indianapolis Vintage Laps J. Hatfield
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When the 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion kicks off for four days on August 12 at Monterey County’s WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, several driver and fan favorites will be on the grid. Adding to the anticipation will be the first time a dedicated historic Indy Car group, which originally competed between 1963 and 1978, will be racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. “The British invasion of America included not only the Beatles, but the introduction of rear engine Indy Cars starting in 1963 at Indianapolis,” commented three-time Indy Car Champion Bobby Rahal, who also won three consecutive Indy Car…

Vintage Racecar Profiles Photo: Peter Falkner
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This is the tale of a wonderful old racing machine, now fast approaching its 100th birthday but still enjoying an active competition life in the hands of vintage racing enthusiast and collector Andrew Larson. It’s a 1927 Bugatti Type 37A Grand Prix racer, chassis number 37265, and it has been driven by many individuals, including...

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News–Racecar #12- Richard Morrison - 1930 Lagonda V12 - Salina, KS
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Vintage racers from across the U.S. will take to the track September 18-20 as Road America hosts the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association (VSCDA) Ariens Art on Wheels Weekend. The annual celebration of vintage and historic sports cars attracts over 280 cars to the famed 4-mile, 14-turn road course and the fan-friendly paddock is open to spectators for close-up views of amazing racing machines prepared to era-specifications all weekend. As with previous events in 2020, everyone is encouraged to follow safe practices, such as social distancing (maintaining six feet from others), frequent hand washing, or using one of the many new sanitizer stations located…

News–Racecar Chris Anderson
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The inaugural running of the Groesbeck Grand Prix and Mexia Concourse successfully attracted automotive enthusiasts from across the country to the small Texas town. Hosted on the grounds of the Old Fort Parker restoration, the event featured not only a time trial on a closed public road, but also the first-ever Mexia Concours which attracted vehicles ranging from a pre-war Cadillac to an Aston Martin DB7. The event has attracted racers from across the country including, NASCAR legend Mike Powell and his race-winning 1963 Ford Fairlane, Firouz Haghighi with his RS07 Prototype, and Paul Hagger who set the historic course…

Time Capsule Roger Dixon
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1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Belgian racer Willy Mairesse, no longer able to bear the physical and psychological damage suffered in a crash at Le Mans the previous year, commits suicide in his hotel room in Ostend, Belgium (1969). 3 Rolf Stommelen drives...

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The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 20, 1968 Jochen Rindt drove a Brabham BT26-Repco, with the Repco 860 twin-cam heads, which proved to be an important power improvement, but not quite enough to top the Cosworth DFV. Rindt qualified 5th, but ultimately retired due to a fuel leak and resultant fire. 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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