Historic motorsport or vintage motorsport, is

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with vehicles limited to a particular era. Only safety precautions are modernized in these hobbyist races. A historical event can be of various types of motorsport disciplines, from

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Events

Some of the most famous events are the

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and

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in Britain and Monterey Historic in the United States. Championships range from "grass root" Austin Seven racing to the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship for classic

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chassis. In Canada, the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada annually hosts the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix at

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(formerly known as Mosport.) While there are several professional teams and drivers in historical racing, this branch of motorsport tends to be contested by wealthy car owners and is thus more amateur and laid back in its approach. One advantage of historical motorsport is that once a series for a particular category is introduced, it helps to increase the value of its competing cars, sometimes approaching the million dollar mark, therefore as a result, many of these are carefully driven by its owners and are occasionally used to bring in spectators.

Notable historic motorsport events

The list are for events that has run at least three years and are internationally recognised events.

Notable series

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* Historic Ferrari Challenge (formerly Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge) * GLPpro.de Historic Regularity Racing on Race Tracks

Notable organizations

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(CER) * Group C Racing Series (formerly Group C GTP Racing) *

Historic Grand Prix Cars Association History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

(HGPCA) *

Masters Historic Racing Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

* Motor Racing Legends (MRL) ; * Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) * Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) *

Vintage Motor Cycle Club The Vintage Motor Cycle Club (VMCC) is a UK-based vintage motorcycle club with over 14,000 members, which aims to promote and preserve all makes of motorcycles over 25 years old. History The Vintage Motor Cycle Club was founded on 28 April 194 ...

(VMCC) *

Vintage Sports Car Club The Vintage Sports-Car Club or VSCC is an active British motor racing club that organises events, both competitive and social, throughout the United Kingdom. These are primarily, but not exclusively for pre-1940 cars. In 2019, (thus prior to th ...

(VSCC) ; *

American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association AHRMA (American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving, restoring and competing on historic motorcycles. With over 3000 members, AHRMA is the leading vintage motorcycle racing group in Nort ...

(AHRMA) * Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) *

Historic Sportscar Racing Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) is an automobile club and sanctioning body that supports historic racing in the United States. The organization traces its roots to the first running of the Walter Mitty Challenge in 1977 at Road Atlanta. HSR conti ...

(HSR) *

Sportscar Vintage Racing Association The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is an American automobile club and sanctioning body that supports vintage racing in the United States. The organization was founded in 1981, and is regarded as the premier vintage racing organizati ...

(SVRA) *

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(VARA) ; * Historic Sports and Racing Car Association (HSRCA)

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