There’s something magic about the Northeast in late summer: mornings crisp enough for sweater weather, afternoons warm enough to make fiberglass shimmer. The Northeast Vintage Palooza stitches together a two-week crescendo of noise and nostalgia—opening at Lime Rock Park Historic Festival 43, Aug 29–Sept 1, then hustling straight to the Watkins Glen SpeedTour, Sept 4–7, turning back-to-back weekends into one long lap of history.
Enter both events and drop promo code LR2025 at SVRA”s checkout before Aug 1, and Thursday’s Glen test day is on the house—a full session to get tires hot and memories hotter. Share the SpeedTour weekend with Grand Marshal Brian Redman, who’ll collect the Argetsinger Award at the IMRRC dinner on Thursday night.
Friday’s a time-warp—Watkins Glen’s Grand Prix Festival reenactment of the 1948 Grand Prix turns the village into a Street Circuit for SVRA racers. Saturday’s Dinner at the Glen Club, showcases the Esses, where brake rotors glow in the dusk like campfire embers.
Pack the trailer, polish the knock-offs, and come write your own chapter of Northeast racing lore. Vintage cars were built to be driven; we’re just giving them two postcard-worthy backdrops.