SOUTHLAKE, Texas – Sportscar Vintage Racing Ass’n officials have announced a 17-race schedule for next year, affirming its resilience in the face of the pandemic-produced global business challenges.
SVRA’s vintage racing, contemporary sports cars, and other features present the most diverse and exciting array of race car design and engine sounds in the world and continues to generate growth in sponsorship and membership.
The schedule boasts 17 SpeedTour race weekends, a record number in SVRA’s 42-year history.
New to the schedule are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Brainerd Int’l Raceway and Utah Motorsports Campus. The schedule also includes an unprecedented number of West Coast events starting with Auto Club Speedway in February. Also, West Coast weekends will include a return after a three-year hiatus to Sonoma Raceway, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and Portland Int’l Raceway.
Another feature of the schedule is its design to allow racers a single tow between tracks within the same region on successive weekends. The approach provides SVRA members with a convenient and economical way to plan a vacation road trip over two weekends. Single Tow weekends begin in February with Sebring Int’l Raceway and Homestead, in March with Charlotte and Road Atlanta, and then again between Laguna Seca and Sonoma in April.
“I could not be more pleased with how my team has risen to the challenges of 2020,” said SVRA CEO Tony Parella. “We navigated a gauntlet, and we are determined to deliver a new season and return to normal weekends as much as possible. So many of our fans have contacted us about attending our SpeedTour races, and we look forward to the day we can welcome them back at every venue.”
Missing from the expanded schedule is the Brickyard Invitational held since 2014 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Parella explains that he built the event around the Vintage Race of Champions, which is now on hold due to fan attendance uncertainty.
“We built the Brickyard Invitational around the Pro-Am racing,” said Parella. “Our first-ever Pro-Am occurred at IMS in 2014, and we need that element for the weekend to make sense. I will be regrouping with the IMS team in January to explore options in 2022.”
2021 SVRA Schedule
Feb. 5-7 – Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, Calif.
Feb. 18-21 – Sebring International Raceway – Sebring, Fla.
Feb. 26-28 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Fla.
March 18-21 – Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, N.C.
March 25-28 – Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – Braselton, Ga.
April 23-25 – Sonoma Raceway – Sonoma, Calif.
April 28-May 2 – WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – Monterey, Calif.
May 13-16 – Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wis.
May 28-31 – Lime Rock Park – Lakeville, Conn.
June 24-27 – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio
July 15-18 – Brainerd Int’l Raceway – Brainerd, Minn.
July 23-25 – Portland Int’l Raceway – Portland, Ore.
Sept. 9- 12 – Watkins Glen Int’l – Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Sept. 23-26 – Virginia Int’l Raceway – Alton, Va.
Oct. 7-10 – Utah Motorsports Campus – Tooele, Utah
Oct. 22-24 – Savannah Speed Festival – Savannah, Ga.
Nov. 4-7 – Circuit of The Americas – Austin, Texas