Sonoma Speed Festival 2019: Track Action
“You can’t drive a Van Gogh,” as the saying goes. Cars can be admired for their physical beauty, like a painting, but they also have a higher functional purpose. So when you see cars just sitting static, especially race cars, it feels like something is missing. When they’re in motion on a race track, everything clicks into place.
Sonoma Speed Festival 2019: Poke Around the Paddock
Not exactly a new event, more like a rebrand: that was the story heading into the Sonoma Speed Festival, which is now “the” historic event of the year at Sonoma Raceway now that SVRA isn’t hosting their vintage racing event there.
The State of the Art
The Sonoma Speed Festival seemed to be a celebration of automotive history before the year 2000, although there was one notable exception: Mercedes brought out their 2016 Formula One racer, the W07.
Little Radwood
At the Sonoma Speed Festival, they had road and race cars spanning the entire 20th century of motoring. And representing street cars of the 80’s and 90’s: Radwood, of course.
Star Road 