Does Vintage Racing Have a Future?

[@vekomaboomerang4094]

Up until this year, I never knew that Vintage Car Racing existed. I have been in love with Sports and Tuner Cars since 2016, and I also admire the Sports Cars from the 50's 60's, 70, 80's, and 90's. I think that it's cool to see cars form the past and present come together for the Vintage Car event. During the past two years, Drag Strips and Speedways across the country have been getting closed down. People seem to not care about the Stock Car Racing community anymore. We need to remind them of how great the racing car culture can be, if they are willing to give a chance. The states could build some new racetracks with four lanes and an oval track for racing. We should have more Vintage Car Racing events take place four times a year.

[@SpeedHackVideos]

We're always happy to see these legendary classic cars! We definitely hope to see more of them on future race events. 😁

[@jeffhammers5677]

I promoted vintage races 40 years ago as a lunchtime show at NASCAR (Winston West) and stand alone event. One thing that I did (out of nessesity) on the first day was to have "open practice sessions" for all classes. I had two world champions on the track together, a 33 Alfa G.P. car driven by Peter Giddings and a 1980 Williams F1 with Gary Gove at the wheel. Both drivers, along with Shelby Mustangs, Lotus (sport and open wheel cars), even a Mercury outboard special drivers enjoyed the experience though some were a bit ill at ease to start

[@boyracer3477]

I was employed by a vintage racer decades ago and then flew rich people around for more decades. There is more money out there among the rich that ever before. They don't even know how to spend it all. Exotic car sales are soaring. They have more money to spend on vintage racing cars than ever. There are now private race tracks like the one in Thermal, CA where the rich have suites to store their exotic cars and race them on the private track when they want to. Vintage Racing isn't going anywhere.

[@Andrew-vx2ls]

This is an important question and Chris Ward has given some fair answers. As a race fan / former historic racer I think that historic racing everywhere must create its own future. It would not be difficult to embrace ecological fuels, to reach out to the community, and generally be as good citizens as possible. This may mean being wiser to noise pollution as well as listening to much younger generations and the fairer sex. Managing cost levels is important as well: in Europe we can see that some events are being spoilt by irrelevant sponsors or a garden party atmosphere (Goodwood) or replica Ford GTs (Spa 6 hours) or demonstration formats designed for willy waving and fleecing the entrants (Le Mans Classic / Tour Auto) making some competitors throw at least 100 000€ at a single event.