Historic motorsport or vintage motorsport, is motorsport with vehicles limited to a particular era. Only safety precautions are modernized in these hobbyist races. A historical event can be of various types of motorsport disciplines, from road racing to rallying.
Events Some of the most famous events are the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival in Britain, Le Mans Classic in France, and Monterey Historic in the United States. Championships range from "grass root" Austin Seven racing to the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship for classic Formula One chassis. In Canada, the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada annually hosts the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly known as Mosport.)
While there are several professional teams and drivers in historical racing, this branch of motorsport tends to be contested by wealthy car owners and is thus more amateur and laid back in its approach. One advantage of historical motorsport is that once a series for a particular category is introduced, it helps to increase the value of its competing cars, sometimes approaching the million dollar mark, therefore as a result, many of these are carefully driven by its owners and are occasionally used to bring in spectators.
Notable historic motorsport events The list are for events that has run at least three years and are internationally recognised events.
Event Current/last venue Country Year Brian Redman International Challenge Road America 2001–date Cholmondeley Pageant of Power Cholmondeley Castle 2008–date Circuit des Remparts Angoulême 1979–date Coronado Speed Festival Naval Air Station North Island 1997–2016 Coys Historic Festival Silverstone CircuitRockingham Motor Speedway 1990s–2001, continued as Silverstone Classic Eifelrennen um den "Jan Wellem Pokal" Nürburgring 2011–date Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood House 1993–date Goodwood Revival Goodwood Circuit 1998–date Grand Prix de l'âge d'or Dijon-Prenois 1964–date Hamburger Stadtpark Revival Hamburger Stadtpark 1999–date Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2014–date La Carrera Panamericana From Oaxaca to Nuevo Laredo 1988–date Le Mans Classic Fra: Circuit de la SartheJpn: Fuji Speedway Fra: 2002–dateJpn: 2005–2007 Lime Rock Vintage Festival Lime Rock Park 1983–date Masters Historic Festival Brands Hatch –date Donington Historic Festival Donington Park 2001–date Mille Miglia Storica Brescia to Rome and Brescia 1977–date Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix Bellahøj Park 1996–date Historic Grand Prix of Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1997–date Historic Pau Grand Prix Pau Historic Grand Prix of Porto Circuito da Boavista 2005–date Grand Prix Historique of Tunis Avenue Habib Bourguiba 2000–date Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort Circuit Zandvoort 2012–date Race Retro Stoneleigh Park, Coventry 2002–date Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 1974–date Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park 2005–date Nismo Festival Fuji Speedway 1997–date Oldtimer Festival um den "Jan-Wellem-Pokal" Nürburgring 1983–2010, continued as Eifelrennen Oldtimer Grand Prix Nürburgring 1974–date Oldtimer Grand Prix Salzburgring 1974–date Oulton Park Gold Cup Oulton Park 2002–date Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Schenley Park 1982–date Porsche Rennsport Reunion Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 2001–date Silverstone Classic Silverstone Circuit 2001, 2005–date Spa Six Hours Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival Sonoma Raceway 1995–date Southern Festival of Speed Dunedin Street Circuit Timaru International Motor Raceway Ruapuna Park Teretonga Park –2008 Tour de France Automobile Paris - Evian 1992–date Toyota Motorsports Festival Fuji Speedway –date VHRR Historic Sandown Sandown Raceway 1992–dateRajd RembertowskiRembertów Warsaw2016-date
Notable series Classic Endurance Racing Historic Formula One Championship Orwell SuperSports Cup Historic Ferrari Challenge (formerly Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge) GLPpro.de Historic Regularity Racing on Race Tracks
Notable organizations
Classic Endurance Racing (CER) Group C Racing Series (formerly Group C GTP Racing) Historic Grand Prix Cars Association (HGPCA) Masters Historic Racing Motor Racing Legends (MRL)
Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC)
American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA)
Historic Sports and Racing Car Association (HSRCA)
1000 Millas Sport Patagonia argentina argentina 1989-
See also Classic rally Nostalgia drag racing
References
External links Historic racing events calendar GLPpro.de, regularity racing series in Germany - Gleichmässigkeitsprüfungen auf Rennstrecken International Historic Motoring Awards