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.
Quick Change
At the recent Sonoma Speed Festival at Sears Point, I mean, Sonoma Raceway, there was a group called “Rag Time Racers”. Normally these guys are part of the racing action, but for this event they were just doing demonstration laps. The cars are so slow that I’m not sure if there was any difference in pace, but at least they didn’t have to wear modern helmets.
Star Road 