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  • Oct. 25, 2009 4:04 p.m. Historic_Sportscar_Racing New Reader

    Two Great HSR Spectator events on the near horizon: 'The Savannah/Hilton Head Speed Classic' October 29-31 downtown Savannah at the Westin Resort Hutchinson Island race circuit... Savannah / Hilton Head Speed Classic

    Savannah’s Grand Prize Race Track At the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa Hutchinson Island October 29 – 31, 2009

    Event Highlights:

    ■Held in conjunction with the Hilton Head Concours de Elegance and Motoring Festival…..October 29 – November 1 ■Three days of on track activities at the Grand Prize Race Track…Hutchinson Island, downtown Savannah on the Westin Golf Resort grounds ■Grand Prize race track constructed for a Champ Indy Car race in 1997….Restored to race condition for the Inaugural 2008 event ■All HSR Classes are eligible ■Separate Exhibition Group for non-racing at speed sessions…for racing cars, classic and modern street cars ■Jo Bonnier 2 Liter Sports Racers points race…with special Feature Race ■Featuring Classic and BOSS Formula cars…BOSS Series points race…..last event of the season for these…. ■Introduction of the new Porsche Cayman Interseries hosted by HSR with special Cayman Interseries race ■Dennis Gage of Speed Channel’s Dream Car Garage will be on hand to cover the event ■Concours judging of the race cars at the race track ■Police escort of race cars to downtown Savannah Thursday evening for a special Cocktail Party with the media and public ■Gala Driver’s Reception, display of race cars on the lawn and Concours awards at the Westin Friday evening ■Test day Thursday October 29 ■Practice and qualifying Friday October 30 ■Feature races Saturday October 31 This is an exceptional event unlike any other venue in the country….downtown on the grounds of the Westin Harbor Golf Resort & Spa…..on the fast sweeping 2.1 mile circuit.

    Car Clubs welcomed....Parade laps for all Car Clubs....

    for details: www.hsrrace.com

    'Daytona Continental Historic Races' November 6-8 Daytona International Speedway...The ultimate High Horsepower - High Speed Extravaganza for Historic Race Cars.....Historic GTP/WSC/ALMS...IMSA GTU/GTO...Historic Stock Cars...and more.....Car Clubs welcome.....for details: www.hsrrace.com

  • Per Schroeder

    Oct. 25, 2009 4:24 p.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

    Those sound like fun. I think Tim and Margie will be there.

  • Spitsix

    Oct. 25, 2009 6:44 p.m. Spitsix New Reader

    My dad and I will be there. I'm hoping to get him to drive the track tour on Saturday. He's 83 and would love it!

  • f86sabjf

    Oct. 25, 2009 7:07 p.m. f86sabjf New Reader

    i will be there . Trying to get a small miata group together for Daytona on sunday. Tickets are only $25. For me to see the older race cars i never got to will be to exciting..

  • oldsaw

    Oct. 25, 2009 8:25 p.m. oldsaw HalfDork

    The Hutchinson Island course is awesome!

    It's sad the original business venture failed, but even after 13yrs the site still has to be a great place to host and watch an event. It certainly was for Touring Cars and Indy Lights in 1997.

    Kudos to HSR for resurrecting racing on the island!

  • friedgreencorrado

    Oct. 25, 2009 10:33 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork

    Historic_Sportscar_Racing wrote:

    Two Great HSR Spectator events on the near horizon: 'The Savannah/Hilton Head Speed Classic' October 29-31 downtown Savannah at the Westin Resort Hutchinson Island race circuit...

    Y'all get props from me just for finding a way to resurrect the Hutchinson Island circuit. Doesn't Savannah have a lil' history with the Vanderbilt Cup?

    As much as I love Robeling Road, Hutch is a much better place for people to see those great old cars.

  • ronbros

    Oct. 26, 2009 11:47 a.m. ronbros Reader

    I dont see any mention of the big bore Can Am or big bore F5000, they would be real crowd pleasers.

  • oldsaw

    Oct. 26, 2009 12:08 p.m. oldsaw HalfDork

    ronbros wrote:

    I dont see any mention of the big bore Can Am or big bore F5000, they would be real crowd pleasers.

    The program includes the US B.O.S.S. formula car series. F5000's are part of that, so there will likely be some at the event, along with lots of other cool hardware.

    As for CanAm cars, maybe some will be there but it doesn't look they're featured. The Jo Bonnier 2-liter class should be very entertaing, though.

 
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