2025 Events

• 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.
• Event Information and Registration
• (Simple online form)

Rhode Island Distiller's Drive

TOUR

Registration open!

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Start: "Second Beach"

315 Sachuest Point Road

Middletown, RI 02842

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

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.

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 plan on trailering your classic to the event, please advise Bill Shields. The Audrain Museum is working on arrangements for trailer drop-offs in the Newport area. We’ll get you the details when everything is finalized. The Shields place (5 minutes from the Sons of Liberty) can take 5-6 trailers and may be most convenient if you will be heading back to CT-NY.

Wilbraham Hill Climb

HILL CLIMB

Saturday, May 10, 2025

26 Monson Road, Wilbraham, MA

Event Chair: Jeff DeMarey (413) 531-3991‬

• In cooperation with the Springfield to Boston Education Foundation.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• VSCCA Members and VMC-licensed drivers welcome.
• 1970 and older cars only. Subject to approval.
• Event Website
• Event Registration

The Wilbraham Hill Climb is a re-enactment of the 1908 historic climb up Wilbraham Mountain, an unofficial proving ground for many of the early automobile and motorcycle manufacturers of the Brass Era.

The 1908 event was put on by the Automobile Club of Springfield and sanctioned by the racing board of the American Automobile Association. The cars were timed over a measured mile by the Timing Club of New York City.

This is a town wide celebration that includes a car show, craft show, plant sale, food vendors and a DJ.

Pennsylvania Spring Jaunt

TOUR

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Start / finish to be advised

Event Chair: Jason Urban ‭(267) 987-7327‬

• VSCCA Membership not required. Friends welcome.

A fun one-day tour for classic cars, somewhere in Pennsylvania. Details forthcoming.

Empire Cup

RACE & TRACK-DAY

Friday & Saturday, May 30-31, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Event Chair Charles Bordin 914-725-1274

• Save $50 by entering by May 15th!
• VSCCA, SCCA and VMC cars as well as Track-day cars welcome!
• Unmuffled.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• Event Information & Registration
• Paper Empire Cup application (PDF)
• Click here to volunteer to work the event.

The Empire Cup will again be celebrating the Sports Racers of the 1950’s and 1960’s by offering a dedicated grid in this traditional VSCCA event.

Two full days of racing, plenty of unmuffled track time (at least 7 track sessions over the 2 days). This event is unmuffled and has timing and scoring using transponders. You can enter both your VSCCA car and a later closed wheel 1960’s – 70s race car. We will have a Friday evening party.

Click here for 2024 Photo Album

VARAC Vintage Grand Prix

RACE Cross-promotion with VARAC promoting our White Mountain Grand Prix

June 12-15, 2025

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

3233 Concession Rd 10

Bowmanville, ON L1C 3K6, Canada

• Event Information & Registration

Cross-promoting our White Mountain Grand Prix and the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix makes sense considering the events' proximity.

The VARAC event is special and well worth the drive. The Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is a marvel, still as it was when built in 1961 and raced on by the greats of Formula One and Can-Am. Fast and special.

How can you resist a field of over 200 cars, free VARAC-branded beer, bands, and free food every night. VSCCA racers, Charles Bordin, Storm Field, Stephen Vapaa and Kobus Reyneke participated in 2024.

Article by Kobus

Thompson Vintage Festival

RACE

June 20-21, 2025 (Test day June 19)

Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT

Event Chairs: Phil Roettjer 774-232-3673 and Steve Morici Steve Morici 760-662-1112‬

• Save $50 by entering by June 5th!
• VSCCA Members and VMC-licensed drivers welcome.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• Open to VSCCA, VMC, SCCA and similar logbook cars through the early 70’s and Event Chair's allowances.
• Event details (PDF)
• Event Information & Registration

Back to it’s original late June date, the annual event will take place at Thompson Speedway in the beautiful “quiet corner” of Connecticut. 

As in the past, the VSCCA and the VRG will be co-sanctioning the event this year. Thursday the 19^th is an optional test day. We will have two grids, one for the fastest cars, the second for Pre-War and less fast cars.

F1 Movie Release Party & Screening

SOCIAL

June 27th, 2025

Locations and times to be advised

• A social meal followed by a theater screening of F1.
• Locations and times to be advised.
• Members and friends are invited.

Sonny Hayes, a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua Pearce for the Apex Grand Prix team.

F1 Behind the Scenes for F1 75 Live

White Mountain Vintage Grand Prix

RACE

Friday & Saturday, July 11-12, 2025

Club Motorsports, Tamworth, NH

Event Chair: Marc Cendron ‭(617) 771-0231‬

• Save $50 by entering before June 26th!
• This is a muffled event – 90 dB limit.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• VSCCA Members and VMC club licensed drivers welcome.
• Open to VSCCA, VMC, SCCA and similar logbook cars through the early 70’s and Event Chair's allowances.
• Event Information & Registration

The event that gives you more track time than any other – over three hours on the fantastic 2.5 mile Club Motorsports circuit!

Eligibility is open to VSCCA cars, guests with VSCCA-type cars as well as small bore front-engine cars with largely stock bodies through the early '70s running on treaded tires. (A ’73 Alfa GTV is acceptable, for example.)

VARAC drivers welcome! We’re cross-promoting events with our friendly northern neighbors and look forward to welcoming eligible VARAC cars - like Alain Raymond’s Abarth. Looking for a really fun event? The June 12-15 VARAC Vintage Grand Prix is a highly recommended option.

The Vintage Charity Rallye

GIMMICK RALLY

July 18-20, 2025

Around Lakeville, CT

Event Chair: Ed Hyman 203-788-3956

• A ‘Run What You Brung’ Rally – We love seeing your special cars almost as much as we love sharing the weekend with you.
• VSCCA Membership not required. Friends welcome.
• To book a spot, please contact Ed without delay.



A fun, charity rally that supports these charities:  Loaves and Fishes Hospitality House (New Milford, CT) - The Little Guild         (Animal Rescue – Cornwall CT and the Springfield to Boston Education Foundation (Massachusetts).

Commonly, we meet Friday Evening at a local Pub. A Saturday morning start takes us over beautiful country roads for 80-100 miles - often with a beautiful and/or an interesting lunch stop. Upon return to Lakeville, after a little time to refresh - we convene at the restaurant for cocktails, dinner and awards. Sunday Morning, we travel together for 50-70- miles and enjoy a light lunch at a restaurant near major highways so that our long-distance members can proceed home with no stress.

Mt. Equinox Hill Climb

HILL CLIMB - 75th Anniversary!

Saturday & Sunday, August 9-10, 2025

Mt. Equinox, Arlington, VT

Event Chair: Scott Fenley 215-901-4324

• This event sells out quickly.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• VSCCA Members and VMC club licensed drivers welcome.
• Cars do not have to be have a VSCCA log book but the Event Chair will approve non-logbook cars on a case by case basis and may accept appropriate cars through 1973. (1973 is used as a cutoff as the SCCA ran the event until then.)
• Click here to volunteer to work the event.

A five-mile, adult roller coaster that climbs 3200 feet. With a newly repaved full course over five miles in length, this is the quintessential VSCCA event, a must if you have not done it.

• We will have the traditional Friday night reception and the Saturday night dinner at the charming Arlington Inn.

Click here for 2024 Photo Album

Click here for video of event

Click here for Event Timing

Mt. Equinox Jump-off Tour

TOUR

A warmup for the Mt. Equinox Hill Climb

Friday, August 8, 2025

Mt. Equinox, Arlington, VT

Event Chair: Chris Turner

• Classic cars only.
• VSCCA Membership not required. Friends welcome..

A fun one-day tour for classic cars. Details forthcoming but planning points to this.

• Meet in the morning at the base of Mt. Equinox.
• Depart after coffee to a lunch stop.
• Return in the afternoon to Mt. Equinox to take in a drive or more up the mountain.

Lime Rock Park Historic Festival

RACE, TOUR & CONCOURS

August 28-September 1, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Event Chair: Chris Turner & Jeanette

• A long weekend of fun for racers and non-racers, including a fantastic tour on Thursday and concours festival on Sunday.
• Racing not recommended for 1st-year racers.
• VSCCA Membership not required.
• Please note that Lime Rock charges spectators an entrance fee.
• Experienced VSCCA Members and VMC-licensed drivers welcome.
• Event Information & Registration.

Specific details are not available presently. Three days of racing, the Sunday in the Park Concours & Gathering of the Marques are just some of the highlights.

Fall Finale - The Litchfield Cup

RACE

Friday & Saturday, September 26-27, 2025

Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT

Event Chair: Whit Smith 847-561-7515

• 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

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!

• Run concurrently with the VSCCA Preservation Group on Saturday. (See separate listing.)

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

• Save $50 by entering by April 18th!
• This is a muffled event.
• VSCCA Members only.
• Event Information & Registration

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.

• At least three 20-minute sessions Saturday afternoon.
• Optionally join us for the Friday Warmup Tour that starts and ends in the paddocks. Details in another box. This tour tour is separate from Preservation and requires a separate registration.

Short video from 2024 Fall event

Victory Lane Magazine article - P39

Pre-War Rally

RALLY

October 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. Friends welcome.

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."

The Frank Righetti Memorial Brunch

SOCIAL

November 2025

The Thayer Hotel

674 Thayer Road

West Point, NY 10996

Event chair: Joan Harmer 914-962-2652

• VSCCA Members, Non-members & Guests are invited.

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

• Usually Noon to 3:00 PM
• Remember to bring your government ID to get on the base
• The Thayer is located on the grounds of West Point Military Academy – so please bring a driver’s license or other government ids (including passengers).

VSCCA Annual General Meeting

MEETING

November 2025

• VSCCA Members and their guests only please.
• Schedule to be advised.
• 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.

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. A buffet lunch will be included.

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

Magic of Monaco at the Audrain

SOCIAL TECH SESSION

Registration open!

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Audrain Automobile Museum

222 Bellevue Ave

Newport, RI 02840

Event Chairs: John Oliva (612) 868-0800‬ & Kurt Voss

• Guest speaker Murray Smith confirmed!
• Tour two of the Audrain Museum's collections.
• Maximum of 50 attendees
• VSCCA Membership not required
• Event Information & Registration
  

(Requires a MotorsportsReg accounts that's very easy to open. If it's a real problem, please email us at activities@vscca.org)

This very special exhibit features Rally and Grand Prix cars, including some of the VSCCA’s best, as well as a collection of Murray Smith’s splendid original period race posters, medals, race programs, and advertising material.

A special guest speaker will entertain us and guided tours will be available.

Lunch will be served at the Audrain’s clubhouse followed by a tour of another collection of their cars.

Report:

The VSCCA's first event of the year, expertly organized by rookie Event Chairs John Oliva & Kurt Voss and hosted by the Audrain Museum, was a roaring success with 59 VSCCA members and guest in attendance.

"The food was perfect down to the last sandwich / beverage / salad / with a very few unclaimed pastries at the end."

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