A letter from Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing

Don, I’m glad you had a good time running with us.We pride ourselves in good events where most everyone has a great time. A couple of things about CVAR : We are a 27 year old club started by a few guys in Dallas. They wanted a place to play with their cars.  Originally it was a pass the hat to pay for the track rental and drew 20 or so racers. We have grown considerably since then. We have about 300 members of which about 200 are racers. We have a 6 event series, starting in Feb with our winter school race at Texas World Speedway. We run at Texas World 3 times a year. It has a 2.9 mile road course that utilizes the front straight of the only super speedway in the southwest. TWS is exactly like Michigan Speedway. The road course goes out the backside and return to the infield. It is a hoot diving at full bore into T-1. It is definitely a horsepower course. Our second school is at TWS in Sept and we end the season there in Nov. Hallett Raceway hosts us in the Spring and Fall. Our fall race runs counter clockwise. Your visit was the first time we have gotten to run clockwise in dry conditions. Our first attempt was the infamous Snow race. What a mess. 12 inches of snow fell starting at 0730 Sat. morn. It stopped about 4 PM. Some of us idiots used our tow vehicles to clear the track so we could race on Sunday. I wouldn’t say beer was involved but it sure helped. I had some special decals made up for the drivers that stayed.  They are like a badge of honor among CVAR members. Our last spring race is at Eagles Canyon Raceway just north of Decatur Texas. It is about 50 miles NE of Dallas. As far as something to brag about? We have a good time and strive to put on good events. Our driver training program (schools) feature track time, classroom time and a separate instructor for each 2 students. Our rules are based on the 73 GCR with few exceptions. We hold tight to this package and  it keeps cost down  and discourages guys with big egos and budgets from going on R&D wars. Our participation has increased about 35% in the last three years. I think a lot of that is because we did nail down the rules package. That’s about it. I really enjoyed running with you. I too have done this a long time. It’s pretty easy to tell who on track has the experience. We like to live and fight another day. What happened to the car Sunday afternoon? I know I was out of tires but came up on you much faster than I thought. Saturday was a hoot. I had a ball chasing you Come back and play again soon. Keep smiling, George  Curl Click here to check out CVAR Related Articles: Vintage racing a Mini Cooper at Hallett Raceway Doing Hallett Raceway backwards in a Mini Cooper

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