SVRA News

SVRA Group 7 Race at the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix to Honor Joel Finn

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...
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COTA Entrant Information and Guidelines

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...
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Changes to the Oak Tree turn at VIR

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...
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Mid-Ohio & NJ Motorsports Park Events

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...
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IMPORTANT REMINDER: The Deadline for U.S. Vintage National Championship Entries is July 10th

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...
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Special Notice to All NJ Motorsports Park Entrants

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.  ...
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Circuit of The Americas™ hosts inaugural U.S. Vintage National Championship Oct. 25-27

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...
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Important Notice To All Mid-Ohio Competitors

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....
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About VP Racing Fuels

VP Racing Fuels has been designated the Official Fuel of the SVRA. If you’re not already familiar with VP and its products, here are a few points of interest: 1. Among the many fuels in VP’s diverse product line, two have been specifically formulated for vintage vehicles which otherwise would suffer the damaging effects of street gas containing ethanol: a. Continue Reading...
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VP Racing Fuels Named as the Official Racing Fuel of SVRA

The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has reached an agreement naming VP Racing Fuels as the Official Racing Fuel of SVRA. The terms of the agreement will include availability of VP Racing Fuels at selected events, including the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship as well as providing up-to-date racing fuel information and advice to all SVRA competitors. SVRA President and CEO, Continue Reading...
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Hotel Reservation Website for Austin Now Available

SVRA President & CEO Tony Parella has announced an agreement with the Austin based hotel booking company Hotels for Hope to assist competitors attending the U.S. Vintage Racing National Championship in booking their accommodations. Currently the website can be reached at http://svra.hotelsforhope.org/group-event?id=7749. Currently over 300 hotels and motels in the greater Austin area, at a wide range of price points, Continue Reading...
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Bob Woodman Tire Named the Official Race Tire Supplier of SVRA

Southlake, TX (June13, 2013). Sportscar Vintage Racing Association President and CEO Tony Parella announced today an agreement naming Bob Woodman Tire as the Official Race Tire Supplier of SVRA. Parella made the following comments regarding the agreement, “Bob Woodman Tire’s extensive experience as a track suppler allows them to provide a level of service that our competitors expect. Bob has Continue Reading...
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A Message to Classic Enduro Competitors at Watkins Glen

SVRA is offering a credit towards a future East Coast event or a refund of the the Enduro portion of the entry fee to those competitors who participated in Saturday’s aborted Keenan Motors Classic Enduro. In addition, all competitors who took the green flag will receive 10 points towards the end of the year championship. To receive your credit or Continue Reading...
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Entry Deadline for Dog Days of Summer Great 2-for-1 Race deal Extended to July 1st

The Dog Days of Summer Great 2-for-1 Race Deal allows drivers to compete at both the rescheduled Rockingham and NJ Motorsports Park events for an unheard 2-for-1 price. THE BASICS: Enter both the Vintage Lightning Strikes Thunderbolt at NJ Motorsports Park, July 11-14 and the Race the Rock Summer Heat at Rockingham Speedway August 8-11 for the price of one Continue Reading...
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U.S. Vintage National Championship Waiting List

The pre-registration phase for the U.S. Vintage National Championship is now complete and the response has been overwhelming. If you have not completed a pre-registration please complete this form to be placed on the waiting list. In the event that a race group is undersubscribed we will contact those people on the the waiting list,in that group, and provide application Continue Reading...
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The Fun & Excitement Are About To Begin

SVRA’s brief hiatus is over and in the next six months we will conduct eight races at some of the premier tracks in the United States. Our 2013 schedule is greatly expanded and we’ve tweaked it a bit since it was originally released. To this end we wanted to provide an update for competitors of the four summer events that Continue Reading...
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HANS Links Up With SVRA

The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association announced that HANS has been named The Official Head and Neck Restraint of SVRA. HANS joins an ever increasing list of brands and companies supporting SVRA in its expanded 2013 race season. “We are very pleased to have the HANS brand as a partner. The safety of our competitors is of the utmost importance to Continue Reading...
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