3-752: 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 continues to sanction the Mitty, along with six to 10 other events each year. The organization has been owned by the International Motor Sports Association ( IMSA ) since January 2022. The organization sanctions races on
6-666: The East Coast and Canada. Annual events include: Historic motorsport Historic motorsport or vintage motorsport , is motorsport 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 road racing to rallying . Some of the most famous events are the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival in Britain and Monterey Historic in
9-811: The United States. Championships range from "grass root" Austin Seven racing to the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship for classic Formula One chassis. In Canada, the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada annually hosts the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (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
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