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. […]
Category: Race Reports
2021 VSCDA Spring Brake
A drive through Western Michigan in the spring is good for the soul. Highway 43 runs past orchards and vineyards greening up nicely. Past white farmhouses with green pines and redbuds adding a splash of magenta. Past the junkyard with the brand new C8 vette out front as a brightly-colored non-sequitur. Past the little diner […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
2018 IMSA Mid-Ohio
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course and IMSA couldn’t have scripted a better homecoming if they’d tried. In June, 2013, the Grand-Am Rolex series raced at Mid-Ohio for the last time; the following year, the Rolex series merged with ALMS and Mid-Ohio was lost in the shuffled schedule. Last weekend, some of the best sports car […]