2021 SVRA Mid-Oh

2021 SVRA Mid-Oh

Prior to the 2021 Mid-Ohio SpeedTour event, I glanced at the entry list and saw a lot to look forward to.  Some old favorites and some new competitors, but most of all, I welcomed the chance to see an SVRA event under “normal” conditions for the first time in quite a while.  I wasn’t disappointed. […]

2020 SVRA Mid-Ohio

2020 SVRA Mid-Ohio

Old friends and racing.  We may have taken these things for granted prior to 2020, but nearly half-way through the year, we’re reminded of the value of both.  After seeing its spring season obliterated by Covid-19, SVRA resumed its 2020 schedule at Road America, and a week later, SVRA rolled into Mid-Ohio, where limited spectators […]

2019 SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational

2019 SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational

In the six years of its running, the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational has undergone a few changes, and this year, the event moved from its original Fathers’ Day-weekend date, pushing back to early August.  Carrying over from prior years, however, was a fan-focused atmosphere, and a schedule that interleaved Trans-Am events with SVRA classes. In […]

2019 Mid-Ohio Honda Indy

2019 Mid-Ohio Honda Indy

IndyCar boasts perhaps the most robust ladder system in America for drivers working their way up from modestly-powered (and budgeted) race machines to world-class competition.  IndyCar old-timers, of course, recall the USAC roots we once took for granted — these will be on full display when SVRA visits the Brickyard again in August. But today, […]

2019 Mid-Ohio SVRA

2019 Mid-Ohio SVRA

June brought vintage racers to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 37th straight year — the longest continuously-running event at this storied track.  The last several years, this event followed immediately on the heels of SVRA’s Brickyard event, but with that event moving to August this year, Mid-Ohio hosted SVRA’s only June event once again, […]

2019 VSCDA Gingerman

2019 VSCDA Gingerman

As I drove North to Gingerman Raceway to cover VSCDA’s Spring Brake event, I caught up on some podcasts I’d let pile up, including Ross Bentley’s excellent “Speed Secrets”, and right there in the middle of episode 90, Paul Tracy was telling Ross about his tire test at Gingerman in a ‘96 Cart car.  Having […]

2018 SVRA Indy

2018 SVRA Indy

Now in its fifth year, SVRA’s Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational is staking its place as a Father’s Day weekend classic for midwest racers and fans. In addition to the normal group-by-group vintage sprint races, Brickyard fans are treated to an Indy Pro-Am that pairs an amater owner-driver with an Indy Legend pro in a 50-minute […]

2018 Indy Month of May

2018 Indy Month of May

May in Indy. This motorsports phenomenon occupies nearly the entire month, the on-track action building suspense and drama like a theatrical performance. For the fifth year, the Indy Grand Prix provided the introduction to the month with a points-paying race, and Team Penske was ready. Scott Dixon and IndyCar rookie Robert Wickens both ran well […]