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Historic motorsport

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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 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{{Cite web|url=http://varac.ca/vvgp/2018-vgp/|title=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.

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! Event

! Current/last venue

! Country

! Year

Brian Redman International Challenge

| Road America

| {{USA}}

| 2001–date

Cholmondeley Pageant of Power

| Cholmondeley Castle

| {{GBR}}

| 2008–date

Circuit des Remparts

| Angoulême

| {{FRA}}

| 1979–date

Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix

| Bellahøj Park

| {{DEN}}

| 1996–date

Coronado Festival of Speed

| Naval Air Station North Island

| {{US}}

| 1997–2016

Coys Historic Festival

| Silverstone Circuit
Rockingham Motor Speedway

| {{GBR}}

| 1990s–2001, continued as Silverstone Classic

Eifelrennen um den "Jan Wellem Pokal"

| Nürburgring

| {{GER}}

| 2011–date

Goodwood Festival of Speed

| Goodwood House

| {{GBR}}

| 1993–date

Goodwood Revival

| Goodwood Circuit

| {{GBR}}

| 1998–date

Grand Prix de l'âge d'or

| Dijon-Prenois

| {{FRA}}

| 1964–date

Historic Pau Grand Prix

| Pau

| {{FRA}}

|

Grand Prix Historique of Tunis

| Avenue Habib Bourguiba

| {{TUN}}

| 2000–date

Hamburger Stadtpark Revival

| Hamburger Stadtpark

| {{GER}}

| 1999–date

Historic Grand Prix of Porto

| Circuito da Boavista

| {{POR}}

| 2005–date

Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race

| Indianapolis Motor Speedway

| {{USA}}

| 2014–date

La Carrera Panamericana

| From Oaxaca to Nuevo Laredo

| {{MEX}}

| 1988–date

Le Mans Classic

| Fra: Circuit de la Sarthe
Jpn: Fuji Speedway

| {{FRA}}
{{JPN}}

| Fra: 2002–date
Jpn: 2005–2007

Lime Rock Vintage Festival

| Lime Rock Park

| {{US}}

| 1983–date

Masters Historic Festival

| Brands Hatch

| {{GBR}}

| –date

Donington Historic Festival

| Donington Park

| {{GBR}}

| 2001–date

Mille Miglia Storica

| Brescia to Rome and Brescia

| {{ITA}}

| 1977–date

Historic Grand Prix of Monaco

| Circuit de Monaco

| {{MON}}

| 1997–date

Race Retro

| Stoneleigh Park, Coventry

| {{GBR}}

| 2002–date

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

| Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

| {{USA}}

| 1974–date

Muscle Car Masters

| Sydney Motorsport Park

| {{AUS}}

| 2005–date

Nismo Festival

| Fuji Speedway

| {{JPN}}

| 1997–date

Oldtimer Festival um den "Jan-Wellem-Pokal"

| Nürburgring

| {{GER}}

| 1983–2010, continued as Eifelrennen

Oldtimer Grand Prix

| Nürburgring

| {{GER}}

| 1974–date

Oldtimer Grand Prix

| Salzburgring

| {{AUT}}

| 1974–date

Oulton Park Gold Cup

| Oulton Park

| {{GBR}}

| 2002–date

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

| Schenley Park

| {{USA}}

| 1982–date

Porsche Rennsport Reunion

| Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

| {{USA}}

| 2001–date

Silverstone Classic

| Silverstone Circuit

| {{GBR}}

| 2001, 2005–date

Spa Six Hours

| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

| {{BEL}}

|

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

| Sonoma Raceway

| {{US}}

| 1995–date

Southern Festival of Speed

| Dunedin Street Circuit
Timaru International Motor Raceway
Ruapuna Park
Teretonga Park

| {{NZL}}

| –2008

Tour de France Automobile

| Paris - Evian

| {{FRA}}

| 1992–date

Toyota Motorsports Festival

| Fuji Speedway

| {{JPN}}

| –date

VHRR Historic Sandown

| Sandown Raceway

| {{AUS}}

| 1992–date

Rajd Rembertowski

|Rembertów Warsaw

|{{POL}}

|2016-date

Notable series

Notable organizations

; {{EUR}}

; {{GBR}}

; {{USA}}

; {{AUS}}

See also

References

External links

  • [http://www.classicrallies.com/events/?id_name=&date=&id_country=&type=5 Historic racing events calendar]
  • [http://www.glppro.de/ GLPpro.de, regularity racing series in Germany - Gleichmässigkeitsprüfungen auf Rennstrecken]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150626114236/http://www.historicmotoringawards.com/ International Historic Motoring Awards]

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