VARAC CAR CLASSES


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ARAC recognizes cars in ten individual Vin- tage, Historic and Group 70+ Classes at its


race events, based upon the age range and type of the car. These car classes are then joined together in different Race Groups, de- pending upon speed and weight considera- tions. For example, Vintage Production Sports Cars and Historic Production Sports cars will race together as they are similar in weight and performance. However, the next generation, G70+ sedans,


are simply too heavy, and often too fast to race safely with the older cars, so they never race with Vintage and Historic cars. At our Festival, we also include a further


Group, ‘Wings and Slicks’ - these are high per- formance cars that run on slicks and have had aerodynamic treatment - wings or aero styled bodies. Cars such as Formula B open wheel cars (often Historic Open Wheel Cars), or Group C and Sports 2000 Sports Racers (Group 70+ cars) make up the bulk of this class. These cars tend to run different lines to


other cars, so they are given their own race so they can play nicely together!


pre-WAr This class includes


Pre-War, Single-seat, Sports cars and post-war T-Series MGs.


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VintAge open WHeel A class that incorpo-


rates cars built to differ- ent formulas including the Formula Junior spec- ification. It’s common to see cars such as Cooper, Lotus, Elva, Gemini, and Lola in this class as well as Sadler and Stebro, two rare Canadian built cars. Class cut off: December 31, 1963.


VintAge produCtion sports CArs These are the most


common vintage racing cars and usually the most affordable to get on track. This class consists of cars like Austin Healey Sprites or 3000, Lotus Seven, Triumph TR3/4, MGA, Porsche 356 and other mass-produced ‘street’ cars. Class cut off: December 31, 1961.


VintAge sports rACers The ‘exotics’ of the


cars with fenders, they were limited production racing cars. Elvas, Lotus IX, 17, 19, Lola MkI, Porsche RS-60, Devin or road racing ‘specials’ with documented histories. They are rarer than


vintage production cars and usually a lot faster. Class cut off: December 31, 1961.


ClAssiC sedAn This class follows the FIA definition of a


sedan: a roof and room for four and is domi- nated by one car - the Mini Cooper S both by numbers and performance, al- though other cars like Volvos, Lotus Cortinas and Ford Escorts are popular. This is a very ex- citing and affordable VARAC class. Class cut off: December 31, 1972.


HistoriC open WHeel This class is domi-


nated by Formula Fords but also consists of Formula B/III/Vee and other single-seat cars built to a recog- nized specification and running on treaded tires. Class cut off: December 31, 1972.


HistoriC produCtion sports CAr Similar in definition to Vintage Production


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