Category: Motorsports

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Ferrari 512S at speed. Virginia International Raceway. Racing officially starts today in the US with the start of the 24 hours of Daytona. Cars like this one ran in anger there some forty years ago.

Spent the day at the Gold Cup Historic Races at Virginia International Raceway. Most interesting car was a Ford GT40 in Gulf colors. Found out it was a replica, but it was still pretty cool watching it on track.

(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

A Morris Minor races in a vintage event at Virginia International Raceway.

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans this afternoon, and it’s putting me in the mood for sportscar racing. Guess I’ll have to wait till later on in the year and maybe I can catch a glimpse of something like this vintage Maserati 450S running at Virginia International Raceway.

Twenty years ago, the weekends would often find me at the track; oval, curved or straight. NASCAR was in full stride, moving up. Personalities were everywhere. Advertising was strong and budgets were available. It was an exciting time in motorsports, and I was fortunate to be a part of it.

(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

The Ferrari 250GTO is arguably the most beautiful car body ever built. This particular one shown at Virginia International Raceway is probably also the most original in existence.