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 in every of 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 protecting all 4 corners of the US.
“I’m enthusiastic about how our schedule has come collectively for 2024,” stated Michael Printup, President of SVRA. “We’ve each nook of the nation lined with alternatives for racers to compete, in addition to a number of colleges to provide aspiring drivers an opportunity to get licensed. Having a schedule this sturdy wouldn’t be potential with out our whole group of rivals, observe companions, followers and company sponsors, and our whole group is grateful to each one in every of them.”
The 2024 season will kick off with one in every of 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 have a good time the prior season’s champions, whereas SVRA’s enterprise companions from across the nation will even collect for a day of studying, networking and brainstorming in the course of the annual Companions Discussion board.
From there, SVRA will maintain back-to-back driver colleges and race weekends. After a profitable debut faculty at Thunderhill Raceway Park in 2023, SVRA will return to collect aspiring racers for a three-day complete driver faculty targeted on driver growth, automotive dealing with and secure racing. With classroom instruction and a number of on-track periods, the college will culminate with a full characteristic race, adopted by the presentation of SVRA racing licenses to profitable graduates. The occasion will even characteristic a full weekend of classic dash and endurance races for licensed racers.
Then, it’s off to Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur, Texas, for an additional driver faculty and classic race mixture weekend. A brand new venue on SVRA’s calendar, the two.7-mile circuit provides quick turns and thrilling elevation modifications that make it each a enjoyable and difficult place for drivers of any talent stage 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 yr 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 Might, 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 Huge 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 time 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 protecting 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 rivals 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
Might 2-5: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Might 10-11: World Huge Expertise Raceway
Might 16-19: Highway America Raceway
Might 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
