High Performance Heroes is a group of racers, race fans, and friends dedicated to helping our heroes, combat wounded veterans, work toward their motorsports goals. High Performance Heroes pledges their time, talents, and resources to provide entry level exposure to wheel-to-wheel vintage road racing. In order to accomplish this goal, High Performance Heroes, along with the generous support of the Continue Reading...

Please be advised that admission to the Participant Dinner – Texas Style party on October 26th will be open to all crew and over crew registered with each entrant. If you have not registered your crew and or need to purchase over crew passes this may be done at SVRA Registration in Austin. RSVP BY: Friday October 18th by clicking Continue Reading...

Five of the best professional racing instructors in the country to present COTA course familiarization program, as part of SVRA’s commitment to driver safety and enjoyment. With over five-hundred historic racing entries confirmed at Circuit of The Americas, SVRA will host a “supercharged” version of their well-received Track Orientation Program Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013. The program consists of briefings and Continue Reading...

IMPORTANT – COTA PARTICIPANTS – NOTES FROM THE COMPETITION DIRECTOR...

Don’t miss the chance to be part of this landmark event in vintage racing! The inaugural United States Vintage Racing National Championship will be held at the home of the FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX in Austin, Texas, Oct. 25-27, 2013. The first U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship will feature over 500 vintage race cars that will compete in Continue Reading...

October 1, 2013 To All My SVRA Friends, When people ask me what vintage racing is all about, I usually tell them about the cars, the history, the drivers and the competition. But then, I tell them about the extraordinary community of vintage racers and the special relationship we all enjoy both on and off the track. This couldn’t have Continue Reading...

Dear Gold Cup Attendees: While you’re at the Heacock Classic Gold Cup, I’d like to encourage you to attend two special social events that we have planned as part of our weekend at VIR. On Friday evening, starting at 6 PM, the Heacock Classic Welcome Party will feature the Southern Rock sounds of the North Carolina band, Low Down South. Continue Reading...

Tony Parella, President and CEO of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, has announced an agreement with Race Parts Xpress, LLC (RPX) to become Official Parts Supplier for SVRA. RPX will provide at track service with a wide variety of racing parts for the remaining 2013 SVRA events at Watkins Glen (9/4-9/8/2013) Virginia International Raceway (9/26-9/29/2013) and the inaugural U.S. Vintage Continue Reading...

Notice of Counterfeit SFI Labels on Suits and Gloves sold by Shayan International/Fast-N-Cross (FNX) Printable Version (PDF) Please note that SFI has found several products (suits, gloves) sold by Shayan International under the name Fast-N-Cross or FNX which bear counterfeit SFI labels stating that the manufacturer certifies that their products meet the applicable SFI Specs. SFI obtained examples of some Continue Reading...

Sportscar Vintage Racing Association President and CEO , Tony Parella, has announced that beginning with this year’s Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix, (September 6-8, 2013) the Group 7 race will be named in honor of long time SVRA competitor and perennial group 7 participant, Joel Finn. “ Joel’s involvement in Vintage Racing at Watkins Glen, which dates to Continue Reading...

Printable Version: COTA Entrant Info Guidelines (PDF) The US Vintage Racing National Championship is being held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. A state of the art motor racing facility, it has been designed with the needs of Formula One Racing. Because of this, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association and its participants will encounter guidelines and regulations that Continue Reading...

Due to the unfortunate event of VIR’s Mighty Oak falling down, VIR has made some changes to the entire Oak Tree Turn. It was the intention of VIR to wait until winter to make these changes and to release this announcement for 2014, but a few recent incidents have shown the need to take action now. The station that was Continue Reading...

As the U.S. Vintage National Championship approaches we want to inform all entrants that a limited number of garage and RV hook up spaces are available. These spaces will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. If you are interested in either please contact Jon McKnight, jon@svra.com, as soon as possible. Once all the garages and RV sites Continue Reading...

I apologize for the delay in sending this heartfelt thank-you to all of you who helped to make our Mid-Ohio and New Jersey Motorsports Park events incredibly successful. With only two weeks between these events and the huge influx of entries (and the inevitable questions) for the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship I wasn’t able to get this out as Continue Reading...

Are you heading to The Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX for the SVRA UNITED STATES VINTAGE RACING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP on October 24-27, 2013? SVRA President and CEO Tony announced the development of a RideShare web forum to assist competitors who are looking for/or have, transportation space available to and from Austin, TX. The forum can be accessed at Continue Reading...

All competitors that plan on entering the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship are reminded that the deadline for entries is July 10th, 2013. If you received an invitation and do not plan on attending this event please contact Jon McKnight, jon@svra.com or Kathy Swinford, kathy@svra.com, so your spot can be assigned to one of the people on our waiting list. Continue Reading...

SVRA has announced that competitors may now order their race tires and fuel prior to each event. In cooperation with its sponsors, Bob Woodman Tires and VP Racing Fuels, entrants can now have their race tires and fuel delivered to each SVRA event.  ...

Entries filling quickly for series featuring historic Formula 1®, Formula 5000 and IMSA race cars AUSTIN, Texas – Circuit of The Americas and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) today confirmed that the inaugural United States Vintage Racing National Championship will be held at the home of the FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX in Austin, Texas, Oct. 25-27, 2013. Continue Reading...

Please note the following schedule updates due to extreme weather: MID OHIO Revised Schedule 2013 (PDF)...

We have just been notified by the Mid-Ohio staff that the track rental scheduled for this Wednesday will not end until 5PM. This will mean that the “load in” originally scheduled for 4PM will be delayed until APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience & understanding....