2012 Tuesday January 17: The Historic Champ/Indy Car Association (HCICA) Is Finalizing The 2012 Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase Features With Possibilities At Several Vintage And Contemporary Race Weekends For registered Cars And Owners. If You Are A New Historic Champ/Indy Car Owner Or Have Not Entered Or Participated In An HCICA Event And Wish To Receive The Newsletter And Entry Invitations, Please Register With HCICA. The HCICA has held on-track, at reasonable speed, showcases first with CART then IRL and at vintage road racing weekends since 1997. Tracks and circuits have included, Auto Club (California) Speedway, Michigan Speedway, Texas World Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, Phoenix International Speedway, Darlington Raceway South Carolina, Darlington Speedway UK and others.
The cars are on-track twice each day over a two or three day event. They are displayed in a paddock marquee between sessions where entrants enjoy weekend hospitality. All features are organized, promoted and produced for the HCICA by Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing. Info call VLMM, Pam Shatraw 650-321-1411 (CA).

2011 Tuesday May 3: The Big Vintage Racing Weekend Just Completed At Auto Club Speedway Was A Great Gathering Of 34 Vintage And Historic Champ/Indy Cars Running On The Two Mile Oval And 130 VARA Vintage Road Racers On The Three Mile Road Course. “A Celebration of Southern California’s Contribution To The Indy 500” by the Historic Champ/Indy Car Association presented by Victory Lane Magazine and Vintage Oval Magazine was organized by Victory Lane Motorsport Marketing. Legendary oval racing cars from nearly 100 years were on the oval at reasonable speed twice each day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is a great curtain raiser to all the 100th Anniversary Indy 500 celebrations in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The VARA vintage and historic sports, formula and sports racing cars in the VARA Route 66 Classic were also on the road circuit in groups with each group enjoying on-track twice each day.

The 2011 vintage racing season is off to a great start. More than 16 vintage road racing weekends are scheduled in May across North America. More than 24 vintage oval racing one or two day events also fill the month of May.

2011 Thursday April 28: Southern California’s Contribution To The Indy 500 Saluted By Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase Presented by Vintage Oval Racing Magazine During VARA, Route 66 Classic Auto Club Speedway, April 29-May 1, 2011 Racing cars of America’s National Championship Trail were quick, awesome, unique, innovative, and exciting and were raced by larger than life characters who had the talent, bravery and luck to take the cars to the edge and back! Since 1903 they raced on dirt horse racing tracks, on the board tracks on short paved ovals. By 1911 they raced each year to get to the 500. Many of the Indy 500 cars, drivers and teams came from Southern California. Fans of “America’s Racing Heritage”™ enjoyed eight decades of Historic Championship Cars as they roared toward the green flag on Sunday for the Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase. The sound of thundering Offys, Millers, Turbines and Ford Cosworths resonated throughout the stands. Historic race cars once driven by the likes of Jack McGrath, Gordon Johncock, Rodger Ward, Troy Ruttman, Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti and many other motor racing legends ran on-track, at-speed in practice sessions on Friday, Saturday morning and then Sunday mornings in the Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase. From cars designed in the twenties to accommodate a riding mechanic, to the turbo charged rear engine missiles of the eighties, the Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase provided a salute to “America’s Racing Heritage”™.

Between track sessions the historic Championship Cars were on display in Garage Three. Owners and drivers will be pleased to discuss the race car histories and answered questions from the fans.
Thanks to VARA and California Speedway for the track time allowed to showcase “America’s Racing Heritage”™ on the busy weekend schedule. This event is organized for the Historic Champ/Indy Car Association by Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing and is presented by Vintage Oval Racing Magazine and Victory Lane Magazine. For more information contact Pam Shatraw, Events Manager, 650-321-1411.

2011 Monday April 25: The Second Annual U.S.A. Heartland Vintage Classic Presented By Malden Speedway And Hosted By Gateway Vintage Racing Association April 29, 30 And May 1, Near Malden, Missouri Welcomes All Types Of Vintage Oval Racing Cars. It is on a 3/8 mile wide dirt oval. Groups by driver ability will be six-ten cars rotated with eight lap heat races through each day for liberal track time. Spectators are invited for the vintage races plus a swap meet and a car show. Contact Steve Santie 573-281-0031 or 573-276-2355 or Brian Wolfmeier 314-277-3176 (MO).

2011 Monday April 11: There Are Currently 30 Historic Champ/Indy Cars Entered, And More Expected For The April 29-May 1 HCICA Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase On The Two Mile Oval Of AutoClub Speedway In Fontana, California During The VARA Route 66 Classic Vintage Racing Weekend. This could be the largest entry since the HCICA event was on CART weekends. The cars are on-track, with no pace car, at reasonable speeds twice each day to salute Southern California’s contribution to 100 years of the Indy 500. In many years of the Indy 500 the majority of the teams, crews, cars and drivers were from Southern California. The HCICA has been holding such events since 1997 at oval speedways across North America including The Milwaukee Mile, Michigan International Speedway, California (now AutoClub) Speedway. VARA is a leading North American vintage auto road racing club which holds up to a dozen vintage road racing weekends each year in California, Nevada and Arizona. For HCICA entrant, membership or car registration call Pam Shatraw, Events Manager 650-321-1411 (CA). For VARA road racing event or entry info call 800-280-8272 (CA).

2011 Tuesday February 15: The Darlington Historic Festival Expects To Be Back In 2011 On The Weekend Of September 24, 25. This will be the third annual event saluting the history of oval racing. The event has attracted almost every type of vintage and historic oval racing cars including: Stock Cars, Modifieds, Sprints, Midgets, Super Modifieds, Dirt Champ and Indy Cars. The track is expecting to announce several sponsors soon which will make this event possible.

2011 Friday January 14: It Is A Big April 31-May 1 Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase. HCICA On The Auto Club Speedway Two Mile Oval, Will Salute A Hundred Years Of The Indy 500. The Southern California Oval Racing Scene Has Always Been A Significant Factor And Source For Cars, Drivers And Teams Competing In The National Championship And The Indy 500. The big annual HCICA Victory Lane Champ/Indy Car Showcase will have Historic Champ/Indy Cars from all eras and all parts of North America on the two mile Auto Club Speedway oval twice each day during the companion VARA Route 66 Classic Road Races on The Grand Am Road Circuit.

The HCICA plans include special salutes to the many Southern California individuals, teams and companies who for nearly 200 years have made the trek from Southern California to the Midwest to compete and often win the fabled Indy 500 and The Championship Trail.

All types of vintage and historic open wheel oval cars will be invited for a big Historic Show and Fan Festival. In addition VARA invites all VMC licensed road racers to participate in the Route 66 Classic vintage Road Races.

Full details are being sent to all owners/drivers registered with the Historic Champ/Indy Car Association. Info is also available in Victory Lane Magazine and Vintage Oval Racing Magazine. Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing Inc organizes the oval event for the HCICA. For information call Pam Shataw 650-321-1411.

2011 Monday January 10: The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance March 11-13 Selects Bobby Rahal, Indy 500 Winner And Road Racing Champion As Honorary Chairman. Plus Kurtis Is One Of The Feature Marques Which Also Include Dusenberg And Allard. This is one of, if not the, best concours for featuring racing cars and racing personalities. Their unique Saturday racing themed bench racing seminar always draws a capacity sold out crowd of over 600 enthusiasts. There are usually over 150 racing and performance cars accepted for the Sunday judging. There are also two very special Best of Show Awards: The usual Best of Show, Concours d’Elegance plus the unique Best of Show, Concours d’Sport for racing cars. Rahal’s former racing cars will be displayed in a special area.

Rahal will be the guest speaker at the Saturday evening Mercedes-Benz Gala Banquet. He will also be part of many other special functions, poster autograph sessions and such.

Other long weekend activities include the Thursday Rolls Royce Wine Makers Dinner, on Friday is: Porsche Driving Experience, Heacock Classic Car Insurance Silent Auction, Huckins Yacht Excursion, The Women in Racing Seminar, Hot Rod Lifestyle Seminar, RM Auction Preview Party. Saturday is the Cannonball Run Revisited Seminar, RM Auction, Breitling Cocktail Reception and the Mercedes-Benz Gala. Sunday is the concours. Info www.ameliaconcours.org.

2010 Thursday October 28: The Preliminary HCICA 2011 Schedule Has The Historic Champ/Indy Cars On The Big Auto Club Speedway Two Mile Oval During The VARA Route 66 Vintage Road Racing Weekend April 29-May 1. HCICA has been holding Historic Champ/Indy Car On-Track Exhibitions since 1997 at the then named California Speedway during the first CART race there. The format remains the same with two on-track sessions approximately 30 minutes each day Friday and Saturday. The Sunday big Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase presented by Vintage Oval Racing Magazine starts with two photo op laps of the cars aligned 2x2 then continues with laps at reasonable speed with no pace car. These Showcase events are very popular with fans. For info call HCICA Dan Davis, Chairman or Pam Shatraw, Events Manager 650-321-1411 (CA).

2010 Thursday September 30: Flash Update! Arie Luyendyk, Two Time Indy 500 Winner- Daytona 24 Hour Winner- Sebring 12 Hour Winner, Will Be Saluted On Sunday During The October 23,24 HSR-West Vintage Racing Weekend Which Includes The Sunday Victory Lane HCICA Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase. The HCICA Historic Champ/Indy Cars are on the one-mile oval twice each day Saturday and Sunday. The vintage and historic road racing cars will be on the 1.8-mile road racing circuit in multiple sessions, Saturday and Sunday. The vintage and Historic Feature vintage races Sunday include those for Production Sports Cars, Sports Racing Cars and Formula Cars in several classes. This is a weekend saluting many types of Formula Cars. HSR-West organizes vintage and historic car races on great road racing circuits in the western U.S. Contact HSR-West Ed Swart president phone 310-750-6933 (CA) or visit http://www.hsrwestrace.com. HCICA Historic Champ/Indy Car Features are organized annually since 1997 by Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing at legendary oval tracks across North America. Contact HCICA Pam Shatraw VLMM Events Manager 650-321-1411 (CA) or visit http://www.champindycar.com.

2010 Wednesday September 29: HCICA, Victory Lane Historic Champ/Indy Car Showcase On Phoenix Int’l Raceway, One Mile Oval During the HSR-West Road Racing Weekend October 23-24, 2010. This event has scheduled two oval on-track at reasonable speed 25 minute sessions each day Saturday and Sunday. Saturday on-track in noon and afternoon. Sunday on-track is morning and early afternoon. Friday arrival is after 2:00pm. The traditional Historic Champ/Indy Car Association ( HCICA) all day “beverages and snacks” hospitality for drivers and crew is offered both days. There will be a Saturday night party that is always full of surprises. This event is with the cooperation and support of HSR-West, who is holding a vintage road racing event on the same weekend for about 150 interesting, legendary cars. HCICA held its first Historic Champ/Indy Car Feature at the CART inaugural race of California Speedway in 1997. It has held annual historic Cham/Indy Car on-track showcase events each year since at great ovals. These have included California (Auto Club) Speedway, Milwaukee Mile, Michigan International Speedway and others. The HCICA contains hundreds of Historic Champ/Indy Cars and owners, their past drivers, past crews and past officials. The 2011 event schedule will be announced in November. Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing organizes all HCICA on-track events. For information call Pam Shatraw or Dan Davis, 650-321-1411.

2010 Wednesday September 8: Fall 2010 Victory Lane HCICA Historic Champ/Indy On-Track Showcase Presented By Vintage Oval Racing Magazine Is October 23-24 On The 1.5 Mile Paved Phoenix International Speedway October 23-24, 2010. There are two on-track sessions each day at reasonable speed with no pace car. All eras of National Championship and Indy Cars are eligible to apply. This event is organized by Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing for the Historic Champ/Indy Car Association. It is held on the same weekend as HSR-West vintage and historic road races on the PIR road circuit. This is the 14th season of HCICA events. Call Pam now to apply at 650-321-1411 (CA).

2010 Tuesday September 7: The Indy 500 Winning Chaparral From The Chaparral Gallery Of The Petroleum Museum In Midland, Texas Will Appear At Two Big Events In September And October. In September the legendary oval racing car will appear at the “Manifolds On Main Street Car Show” in Irving Texas, there will be several oval road racing cars in the Pavilion of Speed Marquee. A Friday September 24th banquet will feature Johnny Rutherford driver of the 2K in 1980. The Chaparral 2K Indy 500 winner will also appear at the October 9-10 Midland “Airsho” organized by the Commemorative Air Force group. For info on the Chaparral Gallery http://www.petroleummuseum.org or call Luanne Thornton, Development Director 432-683-4403

2010 Thursday July 8: The Darlington Historic Racing Festival September 24-26 Will Again Present All Types Of Historic Oval Racing Festival Oval Racing Cars In Two Days Of On-Track Exhibition Sessions. Stock Cars, Indy Cars, Champ Cars, Big Cars, Sprints, Midgets, Modifieds, Super Mods are also invited to one of the oldest and most challenging paved ovals in North America. This is the third year that the festival has been held. Entrants call 843-395-8900.
            This is a spectator event both Saturday and Sunday. There are many on-track sessions each day for all types of cars to enjoy. There are autograph sessions by past oval racers, a vender area for food and souvenirs, a Car Corral for enthusiasts, a swap meet for parts. Adults tickets are $15 per day, $25 for the weekend, children 12 and under are free. Spectators call 843-395-8802 (SC) or visit www.darlingtonraceway.com.

2010 Tuesday June 1: Fan Laps, Glen Club Parties For July 2-4 IZOD IRL At The Glen To Support The International Motor Racing Research Center. From Mark Steigerwald to IRL and Glen Fans  
   Dear Friends & Supporters of the International Motor Racing Research Center,
   The International Motor Racing Research Center is pleased to announce an exciting, once- in-a-lifetime fund raising event called The Hot Lapz Experience as part of the Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen, IZOD IndyCar Series race, July 2-4, 2010. Three separate Hot Lapz Experience packages will be offered on Ebay, starting on Sunday May 16th, over a period of three weeks. The three auction format will allow bidders multiple chances to win one of these exciting packages. Race fans interested in bidding should go to the Ebay website and enter the keyword Hot Lapz for a direct link to each auction as well as additional details.
   Each winner will get three, at-speed, laps around the challenging 3.4 mile Watkins Glen International circuit in race prepared Porsche Cayman, driven by IZOD Indycar Series star  Ryan Hunter-Reay, winner of the 2008 Indycar race at the Glen, and driver of the #37 Team IZOD, Andretti Autosport Dallara

1. Exclusive Crown Royal Club at the Glen VIP event admission tickets with infield parking, access to the pit and garage areas, buffet luncheon and complimentary cocktails  for each winner and  guest. 
2. Three nights of accommodations for each winner and guest at the Glen Motor Inn overlooking beautiful Seneca Lake.
3. A set of four Firestone passenger car or light truck tires for each winner.
4. A evening cocktail cruise on Seneca Lake aboard a private yacht. Participants will be able to view the fireworks display over the scenic Watkins Glen harbor
5. Selected # 37 IZOD racing attire for each of the winners and their guests.
6. In addition, the highest overall bidder in the three auctions will receive two admission tickets to Andretti Autosport Hospitality area for the weekend as a special prize.
7. Invitation to the opening reception for artist Douglas Wilkens' art exhibit, featuring works honoring racing legend AJ Foyt

Please note that transportation to and from Watkins Glen is not included. While many of you are, or were, involved in racing and possibly not interested in bidding on this great package, I am sure that each of you have countless friends, family members and acquaintances who might be. I ask that each of you forward the attached Hot Lapz Experience flier, with a brief note, to those who you think might enjoy this program and encourage them participate in these upcoming auctions on Ebay.

2010 Tuesday May 25: The Southern California Indy/ Hot Rod/ Lakester/ Bonneville Scene Before And After World War Two Is Being Saluted At Indy This Week With The Indy Roadsters Of The 50s On-Track And On Display. Later This Year It Will Be Saluted In July At The Millers At Milwaukee Event And At Pebble Beach Concours With Indy, Hot Rod And Land Speed Car Entrants And At Phoenix International Raceway In October With Historic Champ/ Indy Cars On-Track. Who knows how Southern California became the center of auto racing construction and design at that time. Perhaps it was Harry Miller’s early carburator company and later his famous Miller Indy and Championship Trail Cars all made in Southern California in the early 20th century that started it.     

2010 Tuesday May 18: Mario Andretti, Vintage And Historic Racers Converge On Barber Motorsports Park May 21-23 For The Big Inaugural HMP Bobby Rahal’s Legends Of Motorsports Vintage Racing And Lifestyle Weekend Saluting Lotus. Mario Andretti, FIA Formula One World Driving Champion driving a Lotus, will be at the Saturday evening gala. Bob Varsha of Speed TV will be the evening emcee. All this will take place in the on-site Barber Motorsports Museum
            The on-track activity will feature invited great vintage and historic racing cars of all types in numerous practice and racing sessions. There will be Sunday Features on this challenging track. Info on HMP and Racers visit www.legendsofmotorsport.com for event and gala tickets go to www.barbermotorsports.com    

2010 Friday May 14: Gill Campbell CEO and general manager Of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Will Be The Featured Speaker For The June 16th Racers Lunch At AutoVino In Menlo Park, California
            Gill Campbell and her staff are adding new racing events and expanding traditional racing events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  Gill’s vision for the track and Motorsports events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca grows from a real passion and excitement for auto racing.  This program will be an exciting glimpse into the future.  The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in August will be one of the topics.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is host each year to great racing events and has been since 1957. The road circuit was first built in 1957 by military personnel on Fort Ord in cooperation with SCRAMP, Sports Car Racing Association of Monterey Peninsula, as a replacement site for the road races held at Pebble Beach, which began in 1950. The circuit has been the site of great professional and amateur road races since 1957. Over succeeding decades it has been the site of races from many great series: United States Road Racing, Can-Am, Trans-Am, IMSA GTP and GT, Federation International Motorcycle, American LeMans, Grand-Am and CART. The San Francisco Sports Car Club of America has held regional and national races there since it’s opening. Vintage racing arrived in the late 1960s, first with CSRG then with General Racing and HMSA. An international level of vintage racing was achieved by the 1980s as the Monterey Historics grew to attract worldwide recognition and participation. It has grown into a week long Monterey Auto Festival with five auctions, four concours, numerous marque gatherings and over 150,000 visiting over two weekends and a week every August. Today the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Pre-Reunion will continue and build on that tradition next August from the 7th through the 15th.
            For information on the Racers Lunch or RSVP a reservation contact Tim at 650-722-2171.          

2010 Monday April 26: The Daytona International Speedway Oval Will Be Completely Repaved After The Coke Zero NASCAR Race July 3rd. This will possibly affect many oval and road racing events during the repaving period expected to last many months. It is not clear if an operable road circuit is available that does not use the oval. More soon.

2010 Friday, April 9: The Millers at Milwaukee event is an impressive U.S. gathering of Pre-W.W. II and Post W.W. II Indy/Champ Cars, Indy Roadsters and Laydowns. Vintage racecars designed by Miller, Dusenberg, Mercer, Alfa Romeo, Kurtis, Bugatti and Studebaker participate in this exhibition. All front engine pre and post W.W. II Indy Cars and Champ Cars are invited to attend, along with the Indy Roadster and Laydown Cars. No rear engines.
            The 2010 Miller event will again offer a Friday afternoon and Saturday venue. The gates at the Milwaukee Mile will open at 11:00 A.M. on Friday July 9, 2010, with cars running the oval track from 12:00 p.m. to 4 p. m. On Saturday gates open at 8 a.m., with the cars running the oval track from 12:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.
            The Harry Miller Club was founded by the late David Uihlein, Sr., with the help of Buck Bouderman, Mitch Rasansky and the late Charles Davis and Bob Sutherland. Dana Mecum, of Mecum Auctions in Masrengo, IL is the club president. The club’s goal is to honor Harry A. Miller (1875-1943), considered to be the greatest and most influential of American racing car designers. Miller based cars and or engines dominated championship competition in this country during the 1920’s, winning 39 Indianapolis 500 races!
            Entry fees for this historic event are $300 per entrant (not per car) and may be obtained by writing the Harry A. Miller club at P.O. Box 1008, Germantown, WI 53022 or call Lenore Heinzelmann at 262-253-2661.

2010 Friday April 9: The Chaparral Gallery Of The Petroleum Museum In Midland Texas Will Host A Big “Racing In The Roaring Sixties” Festival Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1, 2010. Highlights include Friday, the grand opening of a Ford GT40 Mark IV exhibit; celebrating Ford’s 3rd LeMans win. Also celebrated will be Chaparrals FIA campaign in Europe in the 1960s. Chaparral live drives, Autograph sessions with Chaparral creator and racer Jim Hall and an evening cocktail reception and gala dinner including a dinner program of “A conversation with Jim Hall, road and oval racing legend and Dan Davis, publisher of Victory Lane and Vintage Oval Racing Magazines” On Saturday there will be Super Car drives, live drives with Jim Hall, Autograph sessions with Jim Hall, a West Texas Cruisers show and shine session. Net proceeds of the big fund racing weekend will benefit the Chaparral Gallery, a 501(c) 3 non profit educational institution which seeks to motivate youth into engineering. All the Chaparral types are housed in the Chaparral Gallery including winners from the Can-Am USRRC, FIA World Manufactures Championship Race, The Indy 500 and the US Championship Trail. The Chaparral Gallery is located just outside Midland, Texas next to Interstate 20 west near where all the Chaparrals were designed, tested and built.
            For tickets, donation sponsor and general information call 432-683-4403 and also visit www.petroleummuseum.org.

2010 Tuesday March 8: The HCICA Historic Champ/Indy Cars Were On The Big Two-Mile Oval Each Day Friday, Saturday, Sunday March 5,6,7. Two thirty-minute on-track sessions, at reasonable speed, no pace cars were scheduled each day. They all took place except for a rained out Saturday afternoon session. The Open Wheel Cars included Indy Roadsters of the 1950s and early 1960s, mid-engined Indy Cars of the 1970s and 1980s, and some Pre-World War Two Indy Cars. By invitation there were Sprint Cars requiring push starts in a trial for consideration in two separate grids for future HCICA features. The event was organized by Victory Lane Motorsports Marketing for the Historic Champ/Indy Car Association, Dan Davis Chairman, Pam Shatraw Events Manager, phone 650-321-1411 (CA).