Sentences with phrase «vintage racing»

They're typically historic or vintage race cars, though occasionally last year's F1 car will turn up for a while.

Fans of vintage racing turn out and many dress in the vintage outfits of the day.

That body and engine was mounted on the original chassis frame so that the car could take part in vintage races without the fear of damaging the original body and engine.

At that time, there was no such thing as vintage racing, and the investment / collection frenzy hadn't begun.

Looking at historical race photos, it's apparent that vintage race transport trucks were almost cooler than the race cars they carried.

Any fan of vintage racing, aviation, or European history would have plenty to enjoy.

Final preparations will be completed for the GT350R's first Vintage Race at Hallett Raceway for the Mid-America Ford & Shelby Nationals on June 16 - 17, 2016 and then onto the SAAC Convention at Mid-Ohio Raceway on June 23 - 24, 2016.

For a dedicated Riley man like my friend Tim Ely, the forthcoming 2014 Le Mans Classic for vintage race cars would be pretty special, and surely, I figured, we should do it up proper.

RM Sotheby's estimates that the Ford GT40, which has been used extensively in vintage racing events since Mr. Click acquired it in 1992, will fetch somewhere around $ 4 million.

Model - specific exterior trim included dark mesh front and side grilles and red accents to the Trident badges, as on vintage racing Maseratis.

The sharply styled steel skin is fastened to a steel ladder frame, which is much stronger and lighter than frames of yore, but ultimately shares its design with vintage race cars.

Don Orosco's Scarab transporter isn't the only vintage racing hauler that's back in service.

On the cooldown lap, the track workers and fans of vintage racing wave to celebrate a display of racing history at a track where so much racing history has taken place over the last five decades.

From the Beginnings OVC Mustangs Tour wins First Place in Vintage Race Group at Mid America Ford Shelby Nationals.

Nitro Revival will enhance the paddock experience of the three - day vintage race held May 18 - 20.

So the task grew to include sourcing vintage race bibs from collectors to confirm logo details, and deciding which of the many available shades of red would become the official hue used for modern reproductions of Japan's rising sun emblem from the Tokyo 1968 Games.

Last year a woman living down the street from me backed out of her driveway as if she were Danica Patrick, without so much as glancing behind her to see if there were any Spandex - encased middle - aged men on vintage racing bikes tooling down the road just then.

Today, the car is largely original and is actively vintage raced.

«Once familiar with the handling, I started really working the independent rear suspension, making full use of the sticky vintage race rubber, body roll, pitch, and very willing motor.

Through it all, cars remained a critical part of their lives; after earning competition licenses at the Skip Barber Racing School, they began vintage racing at road courses with a Lotus Eleven and a Ferrari 512 BB LM.

Lord March founded the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 1993, and with the first Goodwood Revival in 1998, vintage racing returned to the reopened circuit.

Vintage racing worlds collide at the Spring Classic with the addition of Nitro Revival.

Vintage racing got underway after lunch and the only French or Italian winner of the weekend was Brian Mullen s Talbot Lago 26 SS.

Interlacing vintage racing footage and latter day interviews with most of the key players, the film chronicles a seminal moment in American automotive history: the development of Carroll Shelby's Daytona Coupe.

Busy all year round, in 2018 Lime Rock will host Pirelli World Challenge, the IMSA WeatherTech Northeast Grand Prix, the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, and the well - known Labor Day weekend vintage racing extravaganza, Historic Festival 36.

He restores classic Volkswagens («I wanted to have the nicest ’51 split - window VW in the world, and I've probably got one of the best,» he said) and drives vintage race cars.

Vintage racing touches on many levels of history and emotion, and no one knows this better than competitor Dave Brengle (San Diego), who will race his mother Nadeene's 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider at the event.

Luc used to own this car, and I had the distinct displeasure of having my doors blown off at Laguna Seca in one of the SCCA vintage races; — RRB - and I am not slow around that track!

At Lime Rock Park's Labor Day weekend Historic Festival, more than 250 authentic vintage race cars are «driven in anger» throughout 10 racing classes over a total of three days.

The second annual Spring Classic at the Californian circuit will feature historic Top Fuel dragsters alongside 11 vintage race series

Racemaker was founded in 2006 by a group of individuals passionate about automotive history and vintage racing who wanted to produce books that should be out, but aren't books a major publisher would pick up.

Consisting of 116 vehicles, the competition car line - up covers an expectedly broad array of vehicles - ranging from lightweight junior single - seaters and new competition car models from active 2017 motorsports seasons, to vintage racing icons and - most interestingly - an assortment of rally vehicles.

This painting is based upon a 1920s vintage racing class sailboat that sailed past us in the British Virgin Islands.

Prepared for vintage racing in the early 1990's, George's 1978 Alfa Romeo Spider barchetta was the only vintage Italian sheetmetal at the track day.

For more than 40 years, The Mitty at Road Atlanta remains one of the nation's best vintage racing events, attracting some seriously rare cars from around the nation.

With vintage race cars, much of the value lies in its history, and you could argue that no D - type Jag has a better known or more complete history than this example.

Start of Vintage Race Group Hallett Raceway.

Stauffer commissioned a restoration in the style of the day, which is to say primarily pragmatic and cosmetic, and it was widely exhibited and ran in vintage races.

Track workers and fans of vintage racing wave to celebrate a display of racing history at a track where so much racing history has taken place over the last five decade

To create the gorgeous streamlined exterior, the designers turned to both the cutting edge Porsche 919 LMP car and vintage race cars for inspiration.

This vintage race car opens up into an extra-large cocktail shaker.

Norman Racing Group - vintage race cars - Alfa Romeo GTV Trans Am, March 76B ex Gilles Villeneuve Expertise for any application.

No, we didn't mess up and post a vintage race car from the 1970s by accident.

I drove that car to Road America for a vintage race later that year.