All groups eligible, expanded schedule for HSR at The Glen in July

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emailBy RACER Staff | May 21, 2020 4:02 PM

All Historic Sportscar Racing-run groups will be eligible for competition in an expanded on-track schedule of events for the Masters Historic Racing Weekend at Watkins Glen International, July 10 – 12.

The new-for-2020 race at The Glen, which was scheduled to be part of the Finger Lakes Wine Festival, now continues as a motorsports-only event after the popular wine, art, music and culinary event was cancelled recently due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This event is closed to the public and open for competitors only.

Announced late last year, the Masters Historic Racing Weekend at The Glen features the Masters Historic Formula One USA and Masters Endurance Legends USA series and now a complete schedule of HSR races and run groups.

Originally set to include just HSR’s Group 5 category and select invitational entries, the unfortunate cancellation of the Wine Festival has freed up event schedule time and track space to bring the full slate of HSR classes and competitors to The Glen’s legendary 3.4-mile Grand Prix circuit.

“Having had to cancel or postpone several events of our own over the past few months, we know how disappointed the organizers and patrons of the Finger Lakes Wine Festival must be,” said HSR President David Hinton. “These times call for safe and decisive decisions, however, and we respect the discretion and selfless regard for the safety of their guests. We look forward to reuniting next year in safer and secure conditions.”

The Masters Historic Racing Weekend at The Glen continues a successful and ongoing relationship between HSR and Masters that has been in place the last few racing seasons. The annual “HSR Classics” races at Daytona International Speedway and Sebring International Raceway both featured strong Masters entries competing for overall and series honors in several different run groups.

After the year’s opening three rounds were cancelled due to the current crisis, the Masters Historic Racing Weekend will see the first races of the 2020 HSR season.

The schedule features two B.R.M. Chronographes Endurance Challenge races and a full lineup of Saturday/Sunday HSR WeatherTech Sprint races for all Run Groups.

Other featured races include the Sasco Sports International/American Challenge and HSR Stoner Car Care Global GT.

In order for HSR to set the event schedule, competitors are requested to register in advance for the Masters Historic Racing Weekend as soon as possible at www.HSRRace.com, but entry fee payment will not be taken until Monday, July 6.

 

Competitive conclusion to HSR Classic 6 Hours of The Glen

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emailBy Vintage Motorsport | June 14, 2023 10:35 AM ET

The inaugural Historic Sportscar Racing Classic 6 Hours of The Glen came to a safe and successful conclusion Sunday with the first three Run Group winners in the history of the newest “HSR Classics” race honored after two days of competition on the legendary Watkins Glen International Grand Prix circuit. The Classic 6 Hours joins the HSR Classic Daytona 24 Hour and HSR Classic Sebring 12 Hour as the third race in the HSR Classics triple crown and delivered in its first edition this weekend the same intense competition and drama for which the Daytona and Sebring HSR Classics have become known.

One of the weekend’s most notable victories was a record-extending seventh HSR Classics win by the 1974 No. 26 Chevron B26 co-driven by car owner/driver Gray Gregory and his teammates Randy Buck and Ethan Shippert. The always-quick Chevron swept all three Run Group A rounds at The Glen over the course of Saturday and Sunday to become the first team and drivers to win each of the HSR Classics races at Daytona, Sebring and Watkins Glen at least once.

This weekend’s win at The Glen was also the third-consecutive HSR Classics victory for the No. 26 Chevron team and drivers after sweeping the 2022 Daytona and Sebring HSR Classics races late last year. Gregory and his teammates have four career HSR Classic Sebring victories — 2018 through 2020 and ’22 — and a pair of HSR Classic Daytona wins last year and in 2020. Along with the Classic 6 Hours, the seven victories are the most for any single team and driver lineup in the nearly 10-year history of the HSR Classics events.