Tag Archives: Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival

NASCAR at Sonoma: Grand National cars – before the West was won

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

NASCAR returns to Sonoma fresh off Dale Earnhardt Jr’s popular win at Michigan.  Road course racing presents certain added challenges to cars (and drivers) that rarely turn right (just ask Junior – he suffered serious burns at Sonoma in 2004).  … Continue reading →

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Sonoma Historics Pt. 3: Grand prix racing in the 1950s – the dawn of the Formula One era

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

After WWII, as the economies of Europe lay in ruin, plans were already under way to resume grand prix racing.  Although racing began again in 1946, it took until 1950 for the first true “Formula One” race.  Held at Silverstone, … Continue reading →

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Sonoma Historics: Part 1 – Origins of the Species (pre-war race cars)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

We’ve just returned from the 2012 edition of the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival. Very nearly too much machinery in one place, to be honest. How can we even begin to tell the story of a century of auto racing, as … Continue reading →

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Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – racing among the vintages

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

We love historic racing because it takes us back in time, to a period when racing was slightly more primitive and a little less predictable. There is an elegance attached to vintage race cars that cannot be explained but instead … Continue reading →

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A little classical music: the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2011

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

1936 Alta, Ferrari, two Maserati 250Fs

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