April 2017
• The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has announced that it will offer season-long National Championships for both the short sprint races and longer endurance contests on its 2017 schedule of events. Previously, SVRA’s season-long points championships were centered in the eastern USA. Points awarded for finishing positions will be the same for both sprint and endurance contests, ranging from 16 for winning to one point for 10th place, with 13 sprint races and 10 endurance contests included in the National Championship program. Eligibility for these season championships is open only to SVRA members who contest at least three of the designated races, with points awarded for both Saturday and Sunday feature races with the exception of the Sunday races at Circuit of the Americas as the champions will be crowned at that event’s Saturday evening banquet. For full details on the structure of these national season points championships please visit www.svra.com
• Masters Historic Racing has released its schedule of North American events for 2017, highlighting half a dozen high-profile events at major North American circuits. The season kicks off with a May 19-21 appearance by the Masters F1 cars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s new Spring Classic, then ventures into Canada for a pair of events, first in support of Formula One’s Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on June 9-11, and then the following weekend, June 16-18, at Mosport to highlight the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix. Next stop is Wisconsin’s Road America for the July 21-23 WeatherTech Challenge with Brian Redman presented by HAWK. After a three-month hiatus, the schedule resumes at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on October 20-22, where the Masters machines will once again support F1 at the USGP, then the following week, October 27-29, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City for the Mexican GP. For complete details please visit www.mastershistoricracing.com
• Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group has released its 2017 event schedule, listing four major events at Sonoma Raceway and Thunderhill Park. The CSRG season kicks off with the annual David Love Memorial Races at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend of March 31-April 2, where the club will hold the inaugural round of its Crossflow Cup, a new five-race series for vintage Formula Fords. Next comes an April 28-30 Formula Vee Gathering at Thunderhill, and after a summer break, the season resumes with the 14th running of the CSRG Charity Challenge at Sonoma, where the spotlight will be on the Can-Am Mini Challenge, and the season finale of the Crossflow Cup for Formula Fords. The CSRG season will close on November 4-5 with the Season Finale for all the usual run groups at Thunderhill. Further information about all CSRG events can be found by visiting www.csrgracing.org
