Photos: Day 2—SVRA’s Heacock Classic Gold Cup at VIR

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Alton, VA—How wonderful it was to see more than 200 entries for SVRA’s Heacock Classic Gold Cup with 12 vintage race groups and a separate race group for Mazda Miatas. Add in the IGT entries and the fiercely fought battles in the modern Trans Am Series, which made for a very exciting weekend of racing at Virginia International Raceway in its full course configuration—3.37 miles of undulating circuit with elevation changes. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, no spectators were allowed.

Hobart Buppert has the loud pedal planted in his superb ’69 Lola T70MkIII. Photo: Robin Thompson
One of the quicker cars of the weekend, Ben Sinnott’s ’97 Lola T97/20. Photo: Robin Thompson
In Group 12B, Norm Murdock races his rare ’72 Ford Capri. Photo: Robin Thompson
Graham Adelman made Formula 2 fans happy by racing his ’68 Brabham BT 23C. Photo: Robin Thompson
This beauty made all the right sounds—Ken Arters’ ’65 Ford GT40. Photo: Robin Thompson
Group 1 had an interesting mix of race cars, led here by Scott Fraser’s ’58 Austin-Healey Sprite, about to be swallowed up by Travis Engen’s Lotus 23B. Photo: Robin Thompson
James Dolan rocked it with his ’67 Ford GT40 MkIV. Photo: Robin Thompson