Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) officers introduced right this moment the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage, a racing sequence for HSR’s rising Group 8 Historic Inventory Automobiles division. The NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage will debut at VIRginia Worldwide Raceway, August 23 – 24, with the HSR NASCAR Traditional on the IMSA Michelin GT Problem at VIR.
Open to inventory vehicles which have been retired from lively competitors, the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage is a direct response to the rising reputation of the Group 8 Historic Inventory Automobiles class with HSR opponents and followers alike. The curiosity has been additional bolstered by HSR’s partnership with the Historic Inventory Automobile Racing Affiliation (HSCRA) that has produced a number of profitable occasion weekends at Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta, Watkins Glen Worldwide and different prime U.S. racing circuits lately.
“The across-the-board help for and the fast progress of the HSR Traditional Inventory Automobiles class made beginning a devoted sequence across the division a straightforward choice,” mentioned HSR President Chris Ward. “NASCAR inventory vehicles of all generations are maybe probably the most identifiable class of race vehicles within the U.S. to motorsports lovers, opponents and even mainstream audiences. We’ve got skilled this unimaginable progress and recognition with a number of HSR Historic Inventory Automobiles showcase occasions in the previous few years, significantly in partnership with the HSCRA. We will’t thank sufficient HSCRA Founders Chris Evans and Carlus Gann and the entire HSR Group 8 opponents, and we glance we ahead to persevering with to race with them within the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage sequence for a lot of extra years to return.”
Eligible NASCAR Traditional vehicles embody these constructed to earlier NASCAR rule guide specs for Cup, Xfinity, Truck and ARCA competitors. Present editions of the rules-eligible vehicles in every sequence, such because the Cup sequence Era 7 chassis, aren’t eligible in NASCAR Traditional competitors.
Moreover, all guidelines eligible vehicles should carry genuine and period-correct liveries beforehand seen in NASCAR competitors through the years. A most of 30 choose entries will likely be accepted by HSR for every of 2024’s HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage rounds.
The Petty’s Storage presenting sponsorship is an ideal match for the HSR NASCAR Traditional at a greater than acceptable time. With certainly one of Inventory Automobile racing’s “First Households” celebrating its seventy fifth Anniversary in 2024, the NASCAR Traditional partnership provides an on-track competitors element to the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the legendary Petty household that has been in full swing all yr.
The VIR occasion date was a part of 2024’s full-season schedule unveiled final yr, however the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage announcement coincides with two new race additions to this yr’s calendars.
HSR Historic Inventory Automobiles now return to Watkins Glen for the second-straight yr for a help race on the New York observe’s NASCAR weekend, September 13 – 14, which can now be referred to as the HSR NASCAR Traditional on the Go Bowling on the Glen.
The opposite addition is the HSR NASCAR Traditional on the NASCAR Financial institution of America ROVAL 400, October 11 – 12, which is HSR’s first look at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
For extra data on the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage, and HSR general, go to hsrrace.com.
