Historic Festival 43 on the Labor Day weekend at Lime Rock Park (opened in 1957) in NW CT hosted a record field with nearly 400 cars entered in 9 race groups.

Eight Corvettes stood out among 42 cars in the Big Bore/Air-Cooled Porsche race.

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Created in 1982, this “one-off” event just keeps growing, starting with a 17-mile tour on local roads to Falls Village, reminiscent of the fabled road tour at Pebble Beach.

Crowds clamor on “quiet Sunday” for the colossal car show with a multitude of marques arrayed around the 1.5-mile track.

The US Vintage Grand Prix took place the next weekend at Watkins Glen in the Finger Lakes region of upstate NY where postwar sports car racing officially began in 1948 on a daunting 6.6-mile circuit over public roads.

The downtown Festival on Franklin Street and the Historic Race Re-enactment were popular as ever; but action at the Watkins Glen International circuit plummeted by 50%. A huge vintage race event since 1983 has become a shadow of itself, a jolting sign of things to come.

The new owners of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) see the future with modern race cars at some dozen events at tracks across the country.

While Vintage Corvettes at the USVGP as we knew it are collateral damage, the C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7 Corvettes in groups 6 and 12a combined delivered the best racing of the weekend.

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Take heart! History lives on. The steadfast International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) honored the legendary Brian Redman at its 11th annual tribute, a sell-out dinner at the stunning Corning Museum of Glass.

Photo credits: Bill Stoler, Pete Gorski, Jan Hyde