{"id":6364,"date":"2010-06-15T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2010-06-15T21:30:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T01:30:36","slug":"mosports-past-celebrated-with-the-31st-annual-international-vintage-racing-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/events-shows\/mosports-past-celebrated-with-the-31st-annual-international-vintage-racing-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosport&#8217;s past celebrated with the 31st Annual International Vintage Racing Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tribute to Mosport&#8217;s 50th Season and Vintage MG Drivers Focus Event Highlight Weekend Father&#8217;s Day Weekend Festivities<\/p>\n<p>(BOWMANVILLE, ON \u2013 June 14, 2010)\u00a0 This Father&#8217;s Day Weekend will be a trip down memory lane at Mosport International Raceway as the historic circuit plays host to the 31st Annual International Vintage Festival, June 18-20.<\/p>\n<p>Event organizers, the Vintage Automobile Racing Association (VARAC) will join Mosport to celebrate the 50th race season of the famous road course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/posts-other\/VARAC-Vintage-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Festival - Mosport\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0On track activities include the Vintage MG Drivers Focus Event, plus races in popular classes like the Open Wheel, Historic and Vintage Production, Sports Racer and 70+.\u00a0 Canada&#8217;s largest Mini gathering, Mini Meet North will return to celebrate 51 years of the Original Mini and 10 years of the New Mini.<\/p>\n<p>The 2010 Vintage Festival will return to the glory years of &#8220;grassroots sportscar racing&#8221; with three days of on-track action.\u00a0 Hundreds of cars and drivers from all across Canada and the United States will participate.<\/p>\n<p>The Vintage MG Drivers Focus Event will feature MG&#8217;s of all era&#8217;s and descriptions.\u00a0 Other marques to watch for will be Alfa, Austin Healy, Daimler, Fiat, Jaguar, Porsche, Mini, Sadler, Sunbeam, Triumph and Formula cars.<\/p>\n<p>Off track, motorsport author and novelist, Burt Levy will be on hand to sign autographs, introduce his latest novel and provide colour commentary from the broadcast booth.\u00a0 The &#8220;Field Of Dreams&#8221; car show will have sports cars and hot-rods from all over North America.\u00a0 They will have parade laps on Sunday afternoon on-track at no-charge to participants.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is invited to walk through the paddock and get up close to the cars and drivers.\u00a0 There will be booths and vendors of all types set up.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day weekend SuperTicket is just $30 until June 16 ($35 at the Gate). Single-day tickets are also available.\u00a0 Each ticket includes parking, access to the paddock and admission to Mosport Speedway&#8217;s Saturday Night Stock Car racing at the half-mile paved oval located on the grounds.\u00a0 As with all Mosport events, children 12 and under are admitted for free when accompanied by a paid adult admission.<\/p>\n<p>For more information go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.varac.ca\" target=\"_blank\">www.varac.ca<\/a>, and to purchase advance tickets call the Mosport Hotline at 1-800-866-1072 (Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm ET), visit online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosport.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mosport.com<\/a>, or email <a href=\"mailto:info@mosport.com\">info@mosport.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a9 RIF | Mosport Media<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tribute to Mosport&#8217;s 50th Season and Vintage MG Drivers Focus Event Highlight Weekend Father&#8217;s Day Weekend Festivities (BOWMANVILLE, ON \u2013 June 14, 2010)\u00a0 This Father&#8217;s Day Weekend will be a trip down memory lane at Mosport International Raceway as the historic circuit plays host to the 31st Annual International Vintage Festival, June 18-20. 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