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USRRC Seniors Tour Feature at July2-4 SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics
2010 News
2010 Thursday May 20: The United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) Seniors Tour Sunday Feature At Pacific Raceway Near Seattle With The Big SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics July 2-4 Salutes Sports Racing And GT/Production Sports Cars Of 1963-1965. The original SCCA USRRC of 1963-1965 was the first SCCA professional road racing series. Great Sports Racing Cars included those from Lola, Porsche, Lotus, McLaren, Chaparral, Elva and others. GT Production Sports Cars included: Corvette, Jaguar, Porsche, Austin Healey, MG, Triumph, Alfa, Ferrari, Shelby Cobra, Ford Lotus Cortina, Shelby Mustang, Mercedes, Datsun and others. Both types in over and under 2 liter classes are all on the track at the same time just as they often were in the original SCCA USRRC series in 1963 through 1965. For entry or car registration call Pam Shatraw at Victory Lane Magazine. 650-321-1411 (CA).
2010 Monday, April 12: The Monthly Racers Lunch Program April 21 at Autovino in Menlo Park California is Vintage Production Sports Cars – Low Cost, Fun Vintage Racing a presentation and discussion by Don Racinge of Mini Mania. “It is more fun to drive a low powered car fast than to drive a high powered car slow” said an anonymous racer long ago. Small production Sports Cars offer a friendly lower cost way of getting into vintage racing. They are also able to competitively race in the “The True Spirit of Vintage Racing.”
Many such cars can be vintage raced with only minimum reliability and safety additions. The ideal car to illustrate this is the Austin Healey Sprite. The MG Midget, the Mini Cooper or similar cars. Don Racine will talk about his many experiences of vintage racing and race prepping of such cars.
The presentation will be by Don Racine founder and president of Mini Mania, and a long time vintage racer of small production Sports Cars and Sports Racing cars. A question and answer period will follow. The doors open at 11:30 for a no-host bar with Woodside Wine. A buffet lunch starts at 12:00 noon. The program begins at 12:30 and lasts 30 minutes followed by the question and answer period.
Admission by advance reservation is $20. RSVP ASAP please phone 650-847-1488(CA). For club info please go to www.autovino.org
Autovino is located at 205 Constitution Drive just off Marsh Road and Interstate 101 in Menlo Park California, 30 miles south of San Francisco. AutoVino is a car and wine enthusiast lifestyle club with a 100 car display area, club area equipped with a racing simulator, and on-site Woodside Winery, Wine lockers, cigar room, and racing display.
2010 Friday April 2:
The USRRC Seniors Tour Feature with the SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics July 2,3,4 is a Sunday Feature. The Feature salutes the SCCA's first pro racing series which began in 1963 and was for several classes of Sports Racing and GT/Production Sports Cars through 1965. After that for 1966-1968 it was for sports racign cars only. The USRRC Seniors Tour salutes the 1963-1965 time and cars.
Past news:
The annual weekend of vintage racing on the July 4th holiday weekend always brings out the best of the Northwest vintage racers. The event always makes a very large donation to the local children's hospital. This year the Pacific Raceways paddock was filled with nearly 300 vintage racers. Porsche was the honored marque. Al Unser Sr. was the guest celebrity and the Sunday first feature was the USRRC Seniors Tour saluting SCCA's first pro road racing series which began in 1963. It was both a drivers championship in two classes, over and under two liter sports racing cars. There was also a manufacturers championship for GT and production sports cars Accordingly the USRRC Seniors Tour has four classes: SRO, SRU, GTO, GTU.
The USRRC Seniors Tour salutes SCCA's first pro series for Sports Racing Cars as it was originated from 1963-1965. This series included both GT/Production Sports Cars and Sports Racing Cars. After 1965 thru 1968, the series was a Sports Racing Car only series.
The USRRC Seniors Tour is a vintage racing series. The USRRC Seniors Tour 30 minute Sunday features are held at vintage racing weekends across North America every year. Eligible cars include pre-1966 Sports Racing and GT/Production Sports Cars. Both groups are divided into under and over two liter classes. A registry of original USRRC cars and vintage racing eligible cars is maintained. The features are part of the "America's Racing Heritage™" program organized by Victory Lane Motorsport Marketing.
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