This year Historic Race Car is focusing more on customers racing than racing its own cars. This means that you can find us at many Vintage events servicing the Fiat Abarth and others.

With Council we are now servicing Mazda Miata's as well where our driver Bill Boesen does very well.

Read more about our track services on this page

We hope to race our "new" APAL this year with council too!

 

 

 

Historic Race Car as a team will be at several Midwestern Council events and at the great ELVF event (put together by Deb and Mike Korneli for the VSCDA), either with Yves racing the Spec Racer, or assisting a driver that rented a race car from us.

Track service is only available to long time friends and on special request.

As we have a very busy schedule in the shop, Yves, Deb and Joe hope to find some relaxing time amongst old friends and concentrate on having fun at the race tracks.
We hope you understand this new policy.

If you find yourself in need of a mechanic at the race track, please feel free to call Yves and we can discuss your needs.
 


 

Spec Racer Renault for rent.

This car is no longer accepted by many organizers, but is finding its way into Vintage Racing and has a loyal group of racers with Midwestern Council.

The spec Renault can be raced in Council in two different groups. One is a group consisting of FVees and Ford and Renault Spec Racers. Usually there are three or more spec racers on the track.

With the VSCDA one can race the car in group 3, with other sports racers, and it was accepted in Group 8 at the Blackhawk classic.

This car is very safe, and an absolute blast to drive. The Classic at BHF was one of my most fun races, as I got past on the straight by many cars, that in the curvy sectors got past by me again. I absolutely never raced making that many passes!

One customer rented the car, and signed up right after the qualifying to rent it again. After toying with a Mazda and a vintage race car for years, he had an absolute ball in this purpose build race car.

This car is a highly reliable race car, easy to drive, and give the driver an great impression what a purpose build race car can do. It is very sturdy and the driver has a huge chassis on both sides of him/her that only serves for extra protection. In short, this is a perfect race school car.

The pricing for rental is $750 per race day at BHF, which includes delivery and fuel, track service etc.
For other tracks I will charge $0.65 per driven mile for delivery and towing back to Woodstock.

For three day events the price is $2,000

Please call or Email if you want more information.
 

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 HRC RACE NEWS

Bill Boesen joined our team with his Spec Miata Mazda. Bill used to battle for fourth/fifth in his class and asked me us if we wanted to service his car. Bill used to race a Vintage Fiat 124, and apparently liked our way of working.

We spent a day going over his Miata and setting the car up. Much attention was given to the wheel alignment, and corner weights.

The result was Bill winning his class the first time out after joining our team.

Don Tuscany ran the Abarth for the first time in anger at the Blackhawk Classic. The car performed very well and the only malfunction he encountered was a faulty module in the ignition. Being a brand new car, we spend every minute in the paddock checking the equipment and systems.

During the feature race Don had not the strongest start, but in the second lap he had made up the lost spots and was reeling in the next car. Half way during the race a part of the Webers came of, resulting in a massive fuel leak. The second carb starved, and since it happened at the straight, we will have to change a piston.

Don will be back at the ELVF!

Bill Boesen is on his way to a second place finish at his first outing at the difficult track of Grattan. Mi on July the 24th.

Road America during the Elvf (Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival) 2008