40th Anniversary of VARAC's First Vintage Festival. At Shannonville Motorsport Park. August 17,2019

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first ever "Vintage Festival" (now known as the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix), VARAC rented Shannonville Motorsport Park for a one day, members only, blowout. The event was offered at a superb discount price and attracted over 70 entrees. Three race groups; Vintage/Historic, Classic and Monoposto. Four times on the track; practice/qualifying and three races. Gladiator Road Racing borrowed an open trailer from Ted Michalos (thanks Ted) and took its full compliment of race cars. An event that compact, and two race cars which were very fussy, didn't leave any opportunity for yours truly to operate the camera. So, thanks to Dale and Katy Viccary for taking over, and providing these excellent images. There is a slight Gladiator Road Racing bias. Can't imagine why.

Gladiator Road Racing prepares for qualifying

Crew chief Ayden oversees Dad as he buckles up

Crew chiefs Wyatt, #68 Grandpa and Ayden, #27 Dad wait to signal their drivers with the GO sign

#68 Viccary, #36 Patterson, #160 Young, #2 Graham & #18 Michalos

#27 Viccary, #173 Wang & #8 Nye follow

#68 Peter Viccary & #27 Shane Viccary

#28 Ross Smith & #2 Brian Graham

#136 Wagland, #68 Viccary & #12 Franza

#68 Peter Viccary & #12 Mike Franza

#27 Shane Viccary & #28 Ross Smith

#160 Young, #68 Viccary & #12 Franza

Start of race two, after a thorough soaking in race one. #2 Graham & #136 Wagland on the front row

#136 Wagland leads as #2 Graham spins in front of Viccary

#68 Peter Viccary & #18 Ted Michalos

No issue here. Tech man Mike Nilson is just checking to make sure the wheels point straight

I'm going that way, just in case anybody cares

Shane heads back to the paddock, past crew chief Ayden

Pace car pulls off to release race 3. #136 Wagland & #173 Wang pace the field

What a great ,eclectic Monoposto group. If we could only double it in size.

That's the Gladiator Road Racing Support Club high in the Shannonville main straight grandstand. Thanks guys

Once again, Shane is foiled by a high speed miss. He persevered through race 2, but gave up after only one lap in race 3

We are headed to Road America in a few weeks. This problem will have to solved

#173 Phil Wang & #8 Syd Nye

#76 Jeremy Steinhausen

#12 Mike Franza spins as #68 Peter Viccary races by

Look at the sky. We could have been treated to better weather

Shane's smiling, but we know he's really pissed.

#68 Peter Viccary & #12 Mike Franza

#68 Peter Viccary, '66 Kelly FV

Shane, Ayden & Wyatt commiserate with Kevin Young, whose car had also decided that it had enough for the day.

#173 Phil Wang & #8 Syd Nye. Phil won race 3 after Steve Wagland was penalized 4 laps for "breaking out". Don't ask

#18 Ted Michalos

#136 Steve Wagland

#68 Peter Viccary & #5 Ed Luce

#18 Ted Michalos & #36 Bob Patterson

#36 Bob Patterson

#136 Steve Wagland

#5 Ed Luce

#173 Phil Wang & #8 Syd Nye

#8 Syd Nye

There were closed wheel cars at Shannonville too. This is 1 of Ted Michalos' Spites, driven by Craig DeShane

#23 Ted Michalos, Lotus 23

You finish 3 races, you get to hold a trophy for a minute. That's Ted, temporarily presenting me with a trophy for winning FC5. So what if I was the only entrant