Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix

The inaugural Coatesville Invitational Vintage Grand Prix was held in late September 2016. Nearly 30 cars and 12 motorcycles took to the 2.2 mile street course run on the city streets of Coatesville, PA. The CVGP was the creation of City Manager Mike Trio who wanted to raise money for the city's public pools and help jump start the revitalization. Mr. Trio and Dick Miles, longtime vintage racer and resident, gathered up a group of dedicated volunteers who made happen. The City Police, Fire Department, City Council, Public works contributed many, many hours to making this event a success. Look for even more action in 2017 at the CVGP. Find out more on Facebook at Coatesville Invitational Vintage Grand Prix. 

Bill Knox strides by the Dreyer " Big Car" on the way to his Triumph Bonneville on which he set the motorcycle lap record. 

Johnn duPont on the Ducati 250

#555 Santos Spadaro Alfa Romeo

Program guide for the CVGP

Former Philadelphia Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil and his spring car

Dave George brought his Bear Special to the CVGP

The stunning Porsche 904

The same Porsche 904 at Sebring in 1966

The prototype Ferrari 365 Daytona Coupe which finished 5 at LeMans in 1971 

The MV Agusta blasts down the main straight past one of the many churches in the City

Race Director Dick Miles and Bill Knox

Dave George checks in on the Olds Special

The Porsche 906 gets a work out with drive Michael Casale 

The Clerk of the Course, Dick Miles opened the days activities with a few laps to get the drivers and riders acclimated to the challenging circuit. 

John Light brings his Matchless to the start line

The 1911 Mercer head to the line

John Light at speed on the Matchless

Skip's Speedster takes the final corner

The Riley Sprint car 

Eddie's Jaguar XK 120

1969 Ferrari Daytona Prototipo  Perhaps the best sounding car of the event. The shriek of the 12 cylinder engine bouncing off the tall buildings was simply epic ! 

Motorsports Hall of Fame member George Alderman and Corvette Grand Sport race George Wintersteen take a moment with  a CVGP racer

Motorcycles at the Broom Factory 2015

 

 

 

 

Next stop on the freight elevator; Triumph Town, USA

 



  Flat Track Racers Ruled the day out in the hallway

 

 

Rickman Triumph in this seldom seen configuration

 

Don Miller from Metro Racing brought out the Big Guns

with the Gary Nixon and Don Castro machines

 

Super Sonic 

 

 

 

BSA Big Tank in the Cub Clubroom

 

Prettiest machine with clever engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the Pits with the Rokon Automatic on the workbench

 

 

 

 

Ossa Eye Candy by the Dozens

 

 

The Big Dog from Bultaco, The Frontera

 

 

 

 

 

Unexpected and ultra rare in the USA,

 the 1982 Montessa Chrono 350cc

 

 

 

    Clever Cubbie with multi media display

 

 

Banned after a single race with Don Castro riding the

 'streamlined' Triumph, its been restored to its former glory and is now owned by Metro Racing. Wicked !

 

 



AMA Vintage Days at Mid Ohio 2011

Mid Ohio AMAVintage Days 2011 saw a smaller crowd than usual for the three day event due to a heat wave and still sluggish economy. While the garages weren't filled to capacity as in previous years, there were still lots of great machines as always. Kawasaki was the featured marque and two stroke racers from Team Green were in abundance. On track, the battles still raged, but without the full grids that were seen just a few years back.

Same garage, different manufacturer. The legendary TZ750 was on track despite looking a bit shop-worn from a recent get off.

A magnificent Matchless Silver Hawk. This beauty was brought back from a very sorry state from the boys from Big D Triumph, who had a number of well prepared bikes in the pits.

Absolutely spotless and faster than you might imagine, this Triumph was another Big D prepared machine.

Ring, ding , ding, guess what?

Spotless Norton with a belt drive conversion was evidence of a very particular builders work.

The swap meet went on for as far as the eye could see, but there was an awful lot of over-priced junk that went back to the sheds from which they came. Prices tagged on most bikes were way over the market value and did not find buyers who usually swarm the place.