2014 SONOMA HISTORIC AUTOMOBILE RACES

SONOMA RACEWAY

May 16- 18

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, May 16, 2021

                     7:00AM         Raceway Gates Open

  7:00AM -    4:00PM          Registration/Will Call :  Sonoma Raceway (Track Entrance)

  7:45AM                     DRIVERS MEETING  (Drivers Club - Paddock)

Morning Practice         15 Minute Sessions      

  8:30AM -    8:45AM         Practice     Group 1 & 2        Pre-1941 Sports & Touring Cars/1925 - 1941 Racing Cars (A1/A2/A3)

  8:50AM -    9:05AM         Practice   Group 3                 1946 - 1955 Sports Racing & Production Cars (B1/B2/B3)            

  9:10AM -    9:25AM         Practice     Group 4               1956 - 1963 Formula-Jr., F-2, F-1 Cars (E1/E2/E3/E4)

  9:30AM -    9:45AM         Practice    Group 5                1955 - 1960 Sports Racing Cars (C1/C2)    

  9:50AM -  10:05AM         Practice     Group 6               1959 - 1966 Sports Racing  & 1964 -1970 FIA Cars (D/H1)

10:10AM -  10:25AM        Practice     Group 7                1955 - 1962 Production/GT Cars (G1/G2)

10:30AM -  10:45AM        Practice     Group 8 & 11     1963 - 1973 Grand National Stock & Hist. Trans-Am (O/L)          

10:50AM -  11:05AM        Practice    Group 9                 1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars over 2000cc (G4)

11:10AM -  11:25AM        Practice     Group 10             1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars under 2000cc (G3)                  

11:30AM -  11:45AM        Practice     Group 12              1966 - 1974 Historic Can-Am Cars (J1/J2)  

11:50AM -  12:05PM         Practice     Group 13              1970 - 1979 IMSA GT & 1971-1979 FIA Cars (I1/H2)

12:10PM -   12:25PM         Practice     Group 14             1982 - 1991 Historic IMSA GTO/SCCA Trans-Am (N)

 12:25PM -   1:20PM          Lunch Break

Afternoon Practice       15 Minute Sessions

  1:30PM -   1:45PM           Practice     Group 1 & 2          Pre-1941 Sports & Touring Cars/1925 - 1941 Racing Cars (A1/A2/A3)               

  1:50PM -   2:05PM           Practice     Group 3                 1946 - 1955 Sports Racing & Production Cars (B1/B2/B3)   

  2:10PM -   2:25PM           Practice     Group 4                1956 - 1963 Formula-Jr., F-2, F-1 Cars (E1/E2/E3/E4)

  2:30PM -   2:45PM           Practice     Group 5                 1955 - 1960 Sports Racing Cars (C1/C2)

  2:50PM -   3:05PM           Practice     Group 6               1959 - 1966 Sports Racing  & 1964 -1970 FIA Cars (D/H1)

 3:10PM -    3:25PM           Practice     Group 7               1955 - 1962 Production/GT Cars (G1/G2)

 3:30PM -    3:45PM           Practice     Group 8 & 11     1963 - 1973 Grand National Stock & Historic Trans-Am Cars (O/L)

 3:50PM -    4:05PM           Practice     Group 9               1962 - 1966 Production/GT Cars over 2000cc  (G4)  

 4:10PM -    4:25PM           Practice     Group 10            1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars under 2000cc (G3)    

 4:30PM -    4:45PM           Practice     Group 12            1966-  1974 Historic Can-Am Cars (J1/J2)

 4:50PM -    5:05PM           Practice     Group 13            1970-  1979 IMSA GT & 1971-1979 FIA Cars (I1/H2)

 5:10PM -    5:25PM           Practice     Group 14            1982 - 1991 Historic IMSA GTO/SCCA Trans-Am (N)                            

SATURDAY, May 17, 2021

                         7:00AM        Sonoma Raceway Gates Open

  7:00AM -    4:00PM          Registration : Sonoma Raceway Entrance

  8:30AM -    8:55AM         Qualifying Session  1          Group 7        1955 - 1962 Production/GT Cars (G1/G2)

  9:00AM -    9:25AM         Qualifying Session  2        Group 6        1959 - 1966 Sports Racing  & 1964 -1970 FIA Cars (D/H1)

  9:30AM -    9:55AM         Qualifying Session  3          Group 5        1955 - 1960 Sports Racing Cars (C1/C2)  

    Break (10 min.)

10:00AM -  10:25AM        Qualifying Session  4         Group 4        1956 - 1963 Formula-Jr., F-2, F-1 Cars (E1/E2/E3/E4) 

10:30AM -  11:30AM            Seminar with early day racers.      (Paddock Drivers Lounge)

10:35AM -  11:00AM        Qualifying Session 5           Group 3        1946 - 1955 Sports Racing & Production Cars (B1/B2/B3)

11:05AM -  11:30AM        Qualifying Session 6           Group 2        1925 - 1941 Racing Cars (A3/A2)                

11:35AM -  12:00PM         Qualifying Session 7           Group 1        Pre-1927 Sports, Touring Cars (A1/A2)

LUNCH BREAK                 12:05PM - 1:20PM

 12:25PM -   1:00PM        Club On Track Parades                       

  1:15PM -     1:40PM         Qualifying Session 8           Group 14      1982 - 1991 Historic IMSA GTO/SCCA Trans-Am (N)

  1:45PM -     2:10PM         Qualifying Session 9           Group 13      1970-  1979 IMSA GT & 1971-1979 FIA Cars (I1/H2)     

  2:15PM -     2:40PM         Qualifying Session 10         Group 12      1966 - 1974 Historic Can-Am Cars ( J1/J2)   

  Break ( 10 Min.)

  2:50PM -     3:15PM         Qualifying Session 11         Group 11      1966 - 1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars (L)

  3:20PM -     3:45PM         Qualifying Session 12         Group 10      1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars under 2000cc (G3)

  3:50PM -     4:15PM         Qualifying Session 13         Group 9        1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars over 2000cc  (G4)

  4:20PM -     4:45PM         Qualifying Session 14       Group 8        1963 - 1973 Grand National Stock Cars (O)  

                   4:30PM Stage Parade Cars at Front Gate

                   5:00PM  Parade to Sonoma  departs track.

                   5:30PM - 8:00PM  Sonoma Valley Race Car Festival in Sonoma Plaza

SUNDAY, May 18, 2021

                         7:00AM        Raceway Gates Open

  7:00AM -   12:00PM        Registration/Will Call :  Sonoma Raceway

  8:30AM               Race 1      8  Laps                               Group 1         Pre-1927 Sports, Touring Cars (A1/A2)

  9:00AM               Race 2     11 Laps                              Group 2        1925 - 1941 Racing Cars (A3/A2)               

  9:30AM               Race 3     11 Laps                               Group 8         1963 - 1973 Grand National Stock Cars (O)

10:00AM               Race 4     11 Laps                               Group 4         1956 - 1963 Formula-Jr., F-2, F-1 Cars (E1/E2/E3/E4)       

Break (10 Min.)

10:40AM              Race 5     11 Laps                               Group 3         1946 - 1955 Sports Racing & Production Cars (B1/B2/B3)

11:10AM              Race 6     11 Laps                               Group 7         1955 - 1962 Production/GT Cars (G1/G2)

11:40AM              Race 7     11 Laps                               Group 6         1959 - 1966 Sports Racing  & 1964 -1970 FIA Cars (D/H1)

LUNCH BREAK   12:05PM - 12:55PM

12:15PM - 12:30PM    Club  On Track Parades

  1:00PM               Race 8     11 Laps                               Group 5        1955 - 1960 Sports Racing Cars (C1/C2)  

  1:30PM               Race 9     11 Laps                               Group 9        1962 - 1966 Production/GT Cars over 2000cc  (G4) 

  2:00PM               Race 10   11 Laps                               Group 10      1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars under (G3)

Break (10 min.)

  2:30PM               Race 11   11 Laps                               Group 11      1966 - 1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars (L)

  3:05PM               Race 12   11 Laps                               Group 12      1966 - 1974 Historic Can-Am Cars (J1/J2)

  3:35PM               Race 13   11 Laps                               Group 13      1970-  1979 IMSA GT & 1971-1979 FIA Cars (I1/H2)     

  4:00PM               Race 14  11 Laps                               Group 14      1982 - 1991 Historic IMSA GTO/SCCA Trans-Am (N)

      4:45PM      Prize Giving

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Fabulous weather, Fine Cars, Wine and Food Highlight 2012 Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

SONOMA, Calif. (June 3, 2021) - Under sunny and warm conditions at the third annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at the Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., more than 340 historic cars took the checkered flag in 15 groups of racing. Cars ranging from a 1911 National to a cadre of Can-Am cars from the 1960s and ‘70s, as well as the always-nostalgic Trans-Am cars of the same era, treated a strong, enthusiastic crowd to nose-to-tail, door-to-door competition at the 26th annual historic-car event organized by General Racing Ltd. in Sonoma.

This year’s theme was “Moments in Time: a Celebration of the History of Motorsports” and honored event Grand Marshal Bill Pollack, winner of the main event of the 1952 Golden Gate Park Road Races driving a Cadillac-Allard J2. Pollack’s G.M. duties included signing copies of his book, “Red Wheels and White Sidewalls: Confessions of an Allard Racer,” riding in a historic-car parade to the Sonoma Plaza from the track, waving the checkered flag for Group 9 (1946-1955 Sports Racing & Prod) in which the 1949 Jaguar Parkinson Special and 1949 Baldwin Special competed – cars that also raced in the Golden Gate Park Road Races. He also took part in a racing seminar discussing the early days of racing in California, and rode in Bruce McCaw’s 1952 Mercedes-Benz W194, the only Mercedes-Benz to date to win overall in the 24 Hours of LeMans.

Celebration of Historic Racing, Wine Country Lifestyle at Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

WHAT:                        

Sonoma Raceway will come alive with memorable racecars from Corvette, Ferrari, Lotus, Austin Healey and Bugatti, among others, at the 27^th annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival. In all, more than 400 historic racecars will grace the twisting road course during a weekend celebration of racing and wine country lifestyle.

WHERE:             

Sonoma Raceway, Highways 37 & 121, Sonoma (800-870-RACE).

WHEN:                      

May 18-19

CIRCUIT:

12-turn, 2.52-mile road course.

ENTRIES:

Four-hundred racecars, some dating back as far back as Pre-World War I, will compete over the race weekend in 15 different groups. There will be qualifying on Saturday, with all main events set for Sunday.

CELEBRATION OF CORVETTE:

Sonoma will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the popular Corvette, created by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors in 1953. The weekend will feature 32 significant racing Corvettes covering four decades of the iconic brand's racing successes. Among the Corvettes representing the brand will be Paul Reinhart's 1957 Corvette; Vic Edelbrock's 1963 Corvette Sting Ray (the Sting Ray debuted in 1963); Edward Hugo's 1966 Corvette 427, Randy Peterson's 1969 Corvette L88, Larry Bowman's 1963 Grand Sport Corvette, as well as an array of other collector Corvettes from the 1950s through the '80s. 

RACING SEMINAR:

The second annual racing seminar will be held on Saturday, May 18. A panel of Corvette racers, historians and team managers will discuss Corvette's history from the early '50s up to the car's modern-day triumphs at the 24 Hours of LeMans and the American LeMans Series. Expected to participate in the seminar are current-day Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug Fehan, former Corvette Racing public relations representative, Rick Voegelin, Corvette racers Paul Reinhart, Bill Pollack, Tony DeLorenzo and Dick Guldstrand, among others.

ADAM CAROLLA RETURNS:

Comedian/actor Adam Carolla, who recently won the 2013 Pro/Celebrity Race as a professional and the 2012 Pro/Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as an amateur, will compete over race weekend in his 1971 Datsun 510. There is a special ticket package featuring Carolla: Saturday race ticket plus Q&A and autographs with Carolla for just $45.

SCHEDULE:       

Saturday, May 18: Qualifying (all groups), 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, May 19: Main Events (all groups), 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

RACE GROUPS:

Saturday Qualifying and Sunday Main Events

·        Group 1 (1962 - 1967 Production/GT Cars under 2000cc)

·        Group 2 (1955 - 1962 Cars Production/GT under 2000cc)

·        Group 3 (1956 - 1963 Formula Cars (F-Jr., F-2, F-1))

·        Group 4 (1955 - 1960 Sports Racing Cars)

·        Group 5 (1946 - 1955 Sports Racing & Production Cars)

·        Group 6 (1963 - 1973 Grand National Stock )

·        Group 7 (1982 - 1991 Historic IMSA GTO/SCCA T-A)

·        Group 8 (Pre-1941 Sports, Touring & Racing Cars)

·        Group 9 (1955 - 1962 Cars Production/GT over 2000cc)

·        Group 10 (1962 - 1966 Production/GT Cars over 2000cc)

·        Group 11 (1959 - 1966 Sports Racing Cars)

·        Group 12 (1966 - 1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars)

·        Group 13 (1966 - 1974 Historic Can-Am Cars)

·        Group 14 (1973 - 1979 IMSA GT & 1964-1970 FIA Cars)

·        Group 15 (1971 - 1982 FIA Sports Racing Cars)

LOCAL CORVETTE DRIVERS:

Jeff Abramson (1964 Corvette, Alamo); Lawrence Bowman (1963 Grand Sport Corvette and 1969 Corvette L88, Redwood City); Damian Friary (1966 Corvette, Novato); Edward Hugo (1966 Corvette 427, Mill Valley); Bob Matkovich (1968 Corvette, Cupertino); Bruce Miller (1963 Corvette, Alamo); Richard Orme (1963 Corvette, Granite Bay); Bob Paterson (1957 Corvette, Redwood City); Dan Payne (1963 Corvette, Petaluma); Randy Peterson (1969 Corvette L88, Sonoma); Paul Reinhart (1957 Corvette, Twain Harte); Chris Springer (1969 Corvette, Los Gatos); Russ Uzes (1957 Corvette, Stinson Beach); Bob Webster (1965 Corvette, Placerville).

2012 LOCAL DRIVER RECAP: 

Bay Area drivers posted six victories at the 2012 Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival. San Francisco’s Danny Baker (1963 Lotus, Group 2, 1956-1963 Formula Cars) and Alamo’s Jeff Abramson (1966 Lotus, Group 3, 1956-1963 Sports Racing Cars and 1959 Morgan, Group 5, 1955-1962 Production/GT Cars) continued their winning ways after taking home wins in 2011. Other Bay Area winners included Santa Clara’s Jim Hague (1972 Ford Gran Torino, Group 4, 1963-1973 Grand National Stock Cars); Sausalito’s Paddins Dowling (1939 Maserati, Group 8, 1925-1941 Racing Cars); and San Jose’s Chad Raynal (1969 Camaro, Group 4, 1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars).

MORE THAN RACING:

·          The weekend will also be highlighted by the Wine Country Pavilion, which will feature gourmet wine and food from area purveyors.  Entry to the pavilion is included with your race-day ticket and you will be given a limited number of wine and food tastings. Hours are 11 a.m.-1 p.m. each day.

·          Race fans can also enjoy the Marin Sonoma Concours d’ Elegance at the Marin Civic Center on Sunday, May 19, with the Wine Country Classics Flex Pass. The raceway has partnered with the Concours to offer admission to both events for just $45. 

HISTORICS POSTER:

Local artist David Grandin (Pleasant Hill) created the artwork for this year’s Sonoma Historics poster. This marks the 12^th poster in the series dating back to 2002. Grandin will be on hand in the Wine Country Pavilion from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday to sign copies of the poster. Cost for the poster is $10 with all proceeds going to Speedway Children’s Charities, the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway. 

HISTORIC RACE CAR FESTIVAL:     

Following Saturday’s on-track action, more than 30 historic racecars will drive from the raceway, around the Sonoma Plaza, and to Sebastiani Winery under a CHP escort at approximately 5 p.m. The festival will boast a sampling of food and wine. Tickets are $30 in advance/$35 at-event (800-870-RACE).  All proceeds benefit Speedway Children’s Charities. 

ADMISSION:

Advance: $40, Saturday; $40, Sunday; $60, weekend pass.  Youth (Ages 13-20): $20 day/$30 weekend.  Children 12-and-under are FREE. Parking is FREE. Call 800-870-RACE (7223) or visit http://infineonraceway.com/historics href="http://infineonraceway.com/historics">racesonoma.com/historics orhttp://www.ticketmaster.com/ href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/">ticketmaster.com for more information.