Sportscar Classic Racing Affiliation (SVRA) has introduced its 2024 schedule, which options new venues and extra race dates, whereas persevering with its nationwide footprint with one among its most complete schedules but. Visiting a number of the most iconic racetracks in America, SVRA will maintain 22 occasions in 2024, spanning coast to coast and masking all 4 corners of the USA.
“I’m enthusiastic about how our schedule has come collectively for 2024,” stated Michael Printup, President of SVRA. “We have now each nook of the nation lined with alternatives for racers to compete, in addition to a number of faculties to provide aspiring drivers an opportunity to get licensed. Having a schedule this strong wouldn’t be potential with out our complete group of opponents, observe companions, followers and company sponsors, and our complete crew is grateful to each one among them.”
The 2024 season will kick off with one among SVRA’s greatest occasions of the season — the Sebring SpeedTour, scheduled for February 22-25. The paddock group will collect for SVRA’s annual awards banquet to rejoice the prior season’s champions, whereas SVRA’s enterprise companions from across the nation may also collect for a day of studying, networking and brainstorming throughout the annual Companions Discussion board.
From there, SVRA will maintain back-to-back driver faculties and race weekends. After a profitable debut college at Thunderhill Raceway Park in 2023, SVRA will return to assemble aspiring racers for a three-day complete driver college targeted on driver growth, automobile dealing with and protected racing. With classroom instruction and a number of on-track periods, the college will culminate with a full function race, adopted by the presentation of SVRA racing licenses to profitable graduates. The occasion may also function a full weekend of classic dash and endurance races for licensed racers.
Then, it’s off to Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur, Texas, for one more driver college and classic race mixture weekend. A brand new venue on SVRA’s calendar, the two.7-mile circuit affords quick turns and thrilling elevation modifications that make it each a enjoyable and difficult place for drivers of any talent degree to compete.
SVRA returns to Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta on its conventional date for the Highway Atlanta SpeedTour. Then, it’s off to NOLA Motorsports Park for the third 12 months in a row. Sonoma Raceway as soon as once more returns to the schedule in April, adopted by the addition of a spring race date on the ever-popular Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course.
SVRA will journey coast to coast in Could, kicking off the month again on the West Coast at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, earlier than back-to-back Midwest stops at St. Louis’ World Extensive Expertise Raceway and Wisconsin’s famed Highway America. The collection returns to the East Coast to wrap up the month at Lime Rock Park over Memorial Day Weekend.
A busy summer season will kick off with a brand new occasion at Pittsburgh Worldwide Race Advanced, earlier than a go to to the famed yard of bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in what has turn out to be a Father’s Day custom. Then, the motion heads again to Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course for the forty third annual Classic Grand Prix. A return journey to Lime Rock Park will lead into SVRA masking either side of the nation, concurrently internet hosting occasions at New Jersey Motorsports Park and Portland Worldwide Raceway the next weekend. Then, the collection returns to the D.C. area in August for the Summit Level SpeedTour at Summit Level Motorsports Park.
Because the temperatures settle down, the motion heats up as racers descend on Watkins Glen Worldwide for the normal U.S. Classic Grand Prix weekend. Then, it’s off to VIRginia Worldwide Raceway for its conventional fall race weekend, earlier than heading to Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch to provide West Coast opponents one final ‘near-home’ race of the season.
Lastly, the 2024 season will shut at Circuit of The Americas with the U.S. Classic Racing Nationwide Championship weekend – a practice held since 2013. Along with crowning the champions, drivers will as soon as once more compete for the coveted Bell Racing Championship gold helmets.
2024 SVRA Provisional Schedule:
Feb. 22-25: Sebring Worldwide Raceway
Mar. 1-3: Thunderhill Raceway Park
Mar. 7-10: Eagles Canyon Raceway
Mar. 21-24: Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta
Apr. 11-14: NOLA Motorsports Park
Apr. 18-21: Sonoma Raceway
Apr. 26-28: Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course
Could 2-5: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Could 10-11: World Extensive Expertise Raceway
Could 16-19: Highway America Raceway
Could 24-27: Lime Rock Park
June 7-9: Pittsburgh Worldwide Race Advanced
June 13-16: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
June 20-23: Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course
July 19-20: Lime Rock Park
July 25-28: New Jersey Motorsports Park
July 26-28: Portland Worldwide Raceway
Aug. 16-18: Summit Level Motorsports Park
Sept. 4-8: Watkins Glen Worldwide
Oct. 3-6: VIRginia Worldwide Raceway
Oct. 18-20: Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch
Oct. 31-Nov. 3: Circuit of The Americas