Vintage Auto Racing Association “VARA”

Today I covered my first Vintage Auto Race. I had heard about VARA for many years, but never had the opportunity to see it up close and personal.

A couple of weeks ago, I received a call from Shift Communications Group and they suggested I come up to Willow Springs for the Big Bore Bash. After some further thought and a little research, I decided, not only to attend the VARA race, but to cover the event for Velocity TV as well.

Joy Loo from Velocity magazine and myself packed up the truck and headed north bound toward the Mojave Desert and drove right past the exit to the track (a whole 75 miles - ugh) but that’s another story - (blogging, twittering, taking pictures, joking around, etc) lol.

When we got there we strolled the paddock and bumped into none other than noted author and Velocity magazine writer Patrick Paternie and his Porche 911. We then knew, the day was off to a great start!

If you haven’t gone to a vintage race, I highly suggest checking out the VARA site for upcoming events.

Props to VARA’s GM and kick butt female driver, Darlene Longacre for doing right!

See you at the track!

Big Bore Bash event photos

See our behind the scenes videos

Velocity TV online episodes