I made plans with the ILM crew and Zygspeed to meet up early at VIR for the Gold Cup vintage race. I'm glad I did - there was some serious hardware there. Here are a few of my pics:

Volvo P1800's



Jaguar (E-Type?)



V12 Jag



Bad-*** Dodge Challenger - this car was absolutely walking everything on track. He lapped the race leaders in a 10-15 lap sprint. He wasn't eligible for a trophy as he was far above the class he raced in (GT350's and a 911 were the podium cars).









One of three GT40's at the track. I believe all were authentic. This one was RHD



Mercedes-Benz 230 SL race car. I hope to be cruising around in one of these some day.





Volvo P1800





Mini panel van



Maserati Ghibli. Just hanging out in the parking lot





Aston Martin Vantage Coupe. Yours for only $110k.



Blort Alert!!!

1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster









Another GT40



Jaguar D-Type



Old Jag saloon



Lotus Europa



Carroll Shelby himself handing out trophies. Talked to a guy who owns an original GT 350-H, he was able to get Mr. Shelby to sign the glove box lid.



All in all, great times. I was there with GO-FIGHT-KILL and itrsteez with his lady, and met the Quebecois in the Civic Si race car (sorry, have already forgotten names ) and Zygspeed while the rest of the ricers were lined up at the gates waiting to be let in.

 

It was definately a good time, I felt jipped for the $20 entry fee (Got there at the end of the race), but man, those were some amazing cars. Pat, I wish I would have taken you up on your offer for sun screen.

<--- Neck still sunburned like a mother...

 

Y'all missed several races when you went to get checked in to the hotel. I was on my own just riding around and taking a few shots, then met up with Ed and the Montreal guys.

 

Oh... Well damnit.

 

Real Iron....


***** Hondas

 

nice coverage, beautiful cars

 

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chit, I figured it was close to over.... it definitely was by the time we went back to pick up Jordans POS, we got jammed up in traffic pretty good.... It was the best traffic jam I've ever been in though, we saw a few various Expo convoy's roll in...

 

sweet cars, kinda wish i was there

i was talking to the guy at the CDOC and he said there were a couple accidents. an alfa that rolled like 7 times and a GT350 that rolled twice

 

Hey, watch who ur callin ricers... outside the gate. The only one there was the Ricer of the Year to-be. And where's my Wendy's liter 'o cola??

 

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Probably still sitting on the pit wall You didn't grab it?

Dave's special award will be posted here shortly

 

nice pics of nice cars. I bet the GT40s sounded amazing
i love classic 4 and 6 cyl imports. the sounds they make, the smell, the wood(usually) steering wheel and shift ****, the clunk they make as you shift gears, gear wine. the old style latch seat belts (like the 240z). they are freakin sweet haha
Speed used to ahve a show, Test Drive i think, with Allan Ducadnay (or however you spell it) where they drove classic cars from on particular brand. The Ferrari one is great. the sounds, the cars ooohhh yaI had to go for a drive in the R after watching that haha

 

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Isn't that great? Combination of oil, old leather, worn Bakelite and wood. (Sigh.)

 

Wow, are there any other events like this coming up in the mid-atlantic?

 

Looks like the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has a four-day event at VIR this fall (end of September).

http://www.virclub.com for event calendar.