This weekend was the annual VARA British Extravaganza at Buttonwillow Raceway. The weather was sunny and hot, and the racing was great. The medium-bore group I raced with had 33 cars, with several BMW 2002s, Triumph TR4s, Alfa GTVs, Porsche 914s, and Datsun 510s. The Wagon was in fine form, running second all weekend, and turning its best times ever for the CW13 track … [Read more...] about 2013 VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA
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VARA OCTOBERFEST 2012
This weekend was the annual VARA Octoberfest race weekend held at Buttonwillow Raceway. It features an all-German car race on Sunday along with the regular full schedule of vintage racing. Even with the close to 100 degree weather, we had over 110 entrants in five groups, and were joined by the Pacific F2000 race group as a sixth run group. Saturday night's bratwurst bbq was a … [Read more...] about VARA OCTOBERFEST 2012
VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2012
Wow, what a weekend! Great turn out (150+ entrants), great weather (80F, clear, calm), great cars (Can-Am Lolas and McClarens, 1911 and 1916 Indy cars), great pit parties (bbq, karaoke, big-screen pay-per-view boxing matches), oh, and great racing too. I love this weekend every year as VARA has its Historic run group, and this year the group had quite a few entrants. The … [Read more...] about VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2012
VARA OCTOBERFEST 2011
This weekend I made the trip down to Buttonwillow Raceway to compete in VARA's annual Octoberfest event (Septemberfest?). The turnout was quite healthy with over 140 competitors, and the wknd featured two special races: the All German Car race and the Formula Vee Challenge. VARA rekindled the Saturday night potluck dinner and it was a smashing success. While the weather was … [Read more...] about VARA OCTOBERFEST 2011
VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2011
This weekend VARA held their annual British Extravaganza race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway near Bakersfield, CA. The event included the regular race series, as well as the British car only Challenge Race, the Classic Motorsports Magazine Small Bore Challenge Enduro, the Central Valley British Car Club carshow, lunchtime track drive-arounds, and the Saturday night BBQ and … [Read more...] about VARA BRITISH EXTRAVAGANZA 2011
VARA HIGH DESERT CHALLENGE 2011, Part 1
The Race Report This weekend I raced at the annual VARA Enduro weekend event held at Willow Springs Int'l Raceway, "The Fastest Track in the West". This track certainly lives up to it's name, in the Race Wagon it's a two gear/two shift track. The first half of the 2.5 miles in 4th gear, one upshift and the second half in 5th. That's a lot of time at full throttle, good thing … [Read more...] about VARA HIGH DESERT CHALLENGE 2011, Part 1