Vintage News
4/14/2010 - 1979 Le Mans-Winning Porsche Lawsuit Settled
Chicago - Don Whittington, a former IMSA race car driver, lost his lawsuit to force the return of a Porsche on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum in Speedway, Indiana.
The car is a Porsche 935 K3 in which Whittington, his brother Bill and Klaus Ludwig won the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
Whittington claimed he only loaned th... Read more...
4/12/2010 - SVRA Races at Roebling Road
Savannah, GA - The second weekend of April found the SVRA rolling into Roebling Road Raceway near Savannah, Georgia, for its second race of the year. The weather conditions for the racing weekend were of Chamber of Commerce quality with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the very comfortable 70-degree range.
Friday was the day for qualifying and to prepar... Read more...
3/26/2010 - The SVRA Has Moved!
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has moved! Please take note of the new contact information.
SVRAOne Maple St.Hanover, NH 03755 Phone 603-640-6165 Fax 603-643-4571
Join us for Safe, Fair, Fun vintage racing at its best.
From 200MPH F1 cars to the classic beauty of Bugattis and Ferraris, its all on the track with Sportscar Vintage Racing Association. We... Read more...
3/19/2010 - An Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport Wins the Milan-Sanremo Cup
The crew Moceri-Labate in a 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport has won the eighth Milan-Sanremo Cup (12-14 March 2010), commemoration run of the historic competition which began in 1906: the classic regularity race, part of the F.I.A./C.S.A.I. calendar, is an event supported and promoted by the Automobile Club of Milan and organised by the MAC Group. Read more...
3/9/2010 - Group to Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Elva at VSCDA's Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival
We are celebrating the 55th Anniversary of ELVA at the historic Elkhart Lake circuit September 10-12, 2010 where many Elva sports racing cars have competed from the earliest days of ELVA Engineering driven by competitors such as Chuck Dietrich, Burdette Martin, Carl Haas and Rip Ripley among many others. Now, of course many of the cars are featured in Histor... Read more...
3/8/2010 - Stirling Moss Seriously Injured in Freak Accident At His Home
London - Following an accident at his home in Mayfair on Saturday evening, as a result of an elevator malfunction, Sir Stirling Moss suffered two broken ankles, four broken bones to his foot, skin aberrations and four chipped vertebrae. He is now comfortable and recovering in a London hospital after surgery to both ankles.
His immediate family were present wi... Read more...
3/4/2010 - 2010 Atlantic Championship Season Placed on Hold
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Due to the downturn in the global economy and the subsequent shortage of funded drivers, the Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda will go on hiatus until global conditions improve. The Atlantic Championship has and always will be committed to providing the best driver development series available to the worlds ne... Read more...
3/2/2010 - Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Announces 2010 Inductees
DETROIT, MI Racing luminaries Dale Armstrong, Joie Chitwood, Alan Kulwicki, Jeremy McGrath, Ken Squier, Jerry Titus and Rich Vogler will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction ceremony on Aug. 25, 2010 at The Fillmore Detroit.
The Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2010 features champion dri... Read more...
2/24/2010 - Inde Motorsports Ranch Opens in Arizona
Willcox, AZ - The newest private motorsports club in the U.S. opened its doors Dec. 12, 2009, offering members unlimited year-round access to its technical, 2.75 mile, 21-turn road course and other amenities. Unlike many nascent motorsports club facilities in the planning stages across the U.S., which are on hold in a down economy pending enough membership... Read more...
2/23/2010 - Kenny Roberts Wins The 2010 Justice Brothers Shav Glick Award
Duarte, CA - The coveted Justice Brothers-Shav Glick award for 2010 has been won by motorcycle racing legend Kenny Roberts. Roberts was born in 1951, and took to motorcycle racing at an early age. By the early 1970s, because of his fearless racing style he was a consistent winner, and was the first American to win the 500cc Road Racing World Championship. He... Read more...








