Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) officers introduced immediately the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage, a racing collection 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 automobiles which were 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 rivals 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 in recent times.
“The across-the-board assist for and the fast development of the HSR Traditional Inventory Automobiles class made beginning a devoted collection across the division a simple resolution,” stated HSR President Chris Ward. “NASCAR inventory automobiles of all generations are maybe essentially the most identifiable class of race automobiles within the U.S. to motorsports lovers, rivals and even mainstream audiences. Now we have skilled this unimaginable development and recognition with a number of HSR Historic Inventory Automobiles showcase occasions in the previous few years, notably in partnership with the HSCRA. We are able to’t thank sufficient HSCRA Founders Chris Evans and Carlus Gann and all the HSR Group 8 rivals, and we glance we ahead to persevering with to race with them within the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage collection for a lot of extra years to come back.”
Eligible NASCAR Traditional automobiles embrace these constructed to earlier NASCAR rule ebook specs for Cup, Xfinity, Truck and ARCA competitors. Present editions of the rules-eligible automobiles in every collection, such because the Cup collection Technology 7 chassis, aren’t eligible in NASCAR Traditional competitors.
Moreover, all guidelines eligible automobiles 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 considered one of Inventory Automobile racing’s “First Households” celebrating its seventy fifth Anniversary in 2024, the NASCAR Traditional partnership provides an on-track competitors part to the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the legendary Petty household that has been in full swing all 12 months.
The VIR occasion date was a part of 2024’s full-season schedule unveiled final 12 months, however the HSR NASCAR Traditional offered by Petty’s Storage announcement coincides with two new race additions to this 12 months’s calendars.
HSR Historic Inventory Automobiles now return to Watkins Glen for the second-straight 12 months for a assist race on the New York monitor’s NASCAR weekend, September 13 – 14, which is able to now be often known 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 total, go to hsrrace.com.
