Rhode Island Distiller's Drive

TOUR

NEW DATE SEPTEMBER 21

Start: "Second Beach"

315 Sachuest Point Road

Middletown, RI 02842

Event Chair: Bill Shields (610) 717-8640‬ and Jodi Hall

• VSCC Membership not required. Friends welcome.
• A fun one-day tour for classic cars.
• We ask for a suggested $5 donation to cover refreshments and incidentals.
• Food and drink available for purchase.
• If you registered for the rained-out event, you must register again please!

The tour will start with breakfast & brews at the Audrain Museum Cars & Coffee at Second Beach, also known as Sachuest Beach, located at 315 Sachuest Point Road, Middletown, RI 02842. The tour will head over Newport Bridge to Jamestown, and down to scenic Beavertail, at the southern tip of the island. From there the tour will do a loop of the northern end of Jamestown and cross Jamestown Bridge to some fun back roads through S. Kingstown and Charlestown.

We'll end the tour at Sons of Liberty Spirits in South Kingstown, RI where food and drink will be available for purchase. They produce amazing non-alcoholic drinks for those driving. (The VSCCA recommends no driving after adult beverages.)

If you registered for the rained-out event, you must register again please!

Click here to register!

Tentative schedule:

• Starting at 8:00 AM: Meet in the designated VSCCA area at the Audrain Museum Cars & Coffee and enjoy breakfast available for purchase. Take in the wide variety of cars that attend these C&Cs.
• 10:00 AM sharp: Drivers meeting at location to be advised.
• 10:15 AM as sharp as possible: Depart for drive.
• Approximately 10:45, a stop for bantering, walking, and photos at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown.
• Approximately 11:45, continue drive through Jamestown and over to the back roads of S. Kingstown and Charlestown.
• Around 1:00-1:15 PM: Lunch at Sons of Liberty Spirits, 1425 Kingstown Road, South Kingstown, RI 02879. Food and drink for purchase.

If you plan on trailering your classic:

• from Massachusetts or New Hampshire, and want to drop the trailer, contact Erik Thomas, 401-924-2030 nc76220@aol.com, who has offered to store trailers at his place in Little Compton RI.
• If you are coming from Connecticut, NY, or points west, you can drop at the Shields place in Kingston RI, 5 minutes from Sons of Liberty. Bill is at 610 717-8640 wjshields55@yahoo.com.

Fall Finale - The Litchfield Cup

RACE

Friday & Saturday, September 26-27, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Event Chair: Whit Smith 847-561-7515 with support from John Oliva

A great way to end your track season will be the Fall Finale where we again will hold the Litchfield Cup featuring the Commonwealth vs. the Rest of the World. If you enter a car in another Fall Finale class your Pre-War entry, made prior to 1941, will be free!

• NEW & MANDATORY: Wear at least one garment or accessory from the period of your race car! Outrageous prizes on the line.
• Run concurrently with the VSCCA Preservation Group & Horseless Carriage Club event on Saturday.
• Save $50 by entering before September 11th!
• VSCCA members and VMC club licensed drivers welcome.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• Event Information & Registration
• Click here to volunteer to work the event.

Photos from 2024 by Marcel Donaj

Photos from 2024 by Kobus & Frank Ditta

Photos from 2024 by Dom Miliano

Preservation at Fall Finale

A VSCCA Sporting Track-day Group

TRACK-DAY

Saturday, September 27th, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Event Chair: Whit Smith 847-561-7515

Our Saturday Preservation track-day group has come of age. Following the hugely popular showing at the 2024 Fall Finale, we're back with more.

• NEW & MANDATORY: Wear at least one garment or accessory from the period of your race car! Outrageous prizes on the line.
• Save $50 by entering by September 12th!
• This is a muffled event.
• VSCCA Members only.
• Event Information & Registration
• At least three 20-minute sessions Saturday afternoon.

Short video from 2024 Fall event

Victory Lane Magazine article - P39

Horseless Carriages at Fall Finale

PARADE LAPS & TOUR

Saturday, September 27th, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Organizer: Fairfield County HCCA & Shenton King (203) 455-4387‬ 

Have a prewar car? Come join the fun!.

• Registration required please.
• Cost $100 per car.

Tentative schedule:

• 10:00 AM Meet in the main paddocks at Lime Rock Park.
• 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the track spectating vintage racing, paddock tours and photo ops.
• 12:00 PM Lunch at the track (track restaurant or bring your own).
• 1:00 PM Short tour departing from track, ending at one of Charles Mallory's places.
• 4:00 PM Head back to the track to stage for 5:20 PM track laps.
• 4:45 PM Mandatory Drivers’ meeting to go over the tour and track rules,
• 5:20 PM Parade laps for 20 minutes.

Register here now!

Prewar Rally

RALLY

October 11, 2025

Portsmouth, NH start

Event Chair: Chrisso Rheault eb13@mac.com

• VSCCA Membership not required. Friends welcome.
• Cost will be $50.00 to cover some expenses and fees.
• Details to be announced

Low key and easy going, this will be a great way to get your pre-war car some exercise in the midst of some stellar company! Entry fee includes a box lunch.

This tour is primarily for pre-war sports and touring cars, some post war cars may be allowed at the discretion of the organizing committee.

The 26th Nutmeg Rally

GIMMICK RALLY

October 25, 2025

Litchfield County, CT

Event Chairs: Jim Donick 845-635-2373 & Joan Harmer 914-962-2652

• Any and all are invited and you can bring any car!
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• Event registration forthcoming.

The 26^th edition is being developed as this is written. This being a "gimmick rally," you should honestly have no trouble staying on course.

The objective is to observe your surroundings while on the road and to answer questions, both "simple" and - some have argued - "diabolical."

NEW!

Our Annual General Meeting & the Frank Righetti Memorial Brunch to be combined at the Thayer Hotel at West Point.

Sunday, November 9th, 2025

The Thayer Hotel

674 Thayer Road

West Point, NY 10996

Important: The Thayer is located on the grounds of West Point Military Academy – so please bring a driver’s license or other government id (including passengers).

VSCCA Annual General Meeting

MEETING

• 10:00 AM for coffee, tea, juice, bagels etc.
• 10:30 AM AGM until 12:30 PM when we open the door for brunch.

We will review the ’25 season, preview our ’26 schedule, have our annual awards and more. This is great opportunity to share your thoughts on the club with the board. Refreshments will be served with the Frank Righetti Memorial Brunch immediately following.

• VSCCA Members and their guests only please.
• Guests attending the brunch, but not the earlier meeting will have many options to while away the time.
• We'll have a raffle for available Permanent numbers and a silent auction for books and memorabilia (no magazines, thanks). Please bring what you’d like to donate.
• Registration details forthcoming.

The Frank Righetti Memorial Brunch

SOCIAL

Event chair: Joan Harmer 914-962-2652

• 12:30 PM start - right after the AGM
• VSCCA Membership not required

We're back on track for our traditional brunch at West Point at the Thayer Hotel.

• Registration detail forthcoming.

Boston Holiday Lunch

a VSCCA Holiday Celebration

SOCIAL

Early December date to be advised

The Chart House

60 Long Wharf

Boston, MA 02110

Event Chair: Steve Silverstein 774-232-2990

• VSCCA Members and their guests only, please