{"id":459604,"date":"2002-01-01T03:03:07","date_gmt":"2002-01-01T11:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=114526"},"modified":"2024-02-11T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:19:55","slug":"vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously the sole bastion of CART and NASCAR, the famed California Speedway recently inaugurated its new infield road course with a vintage race event organized by the Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new road course can be run in several configurations including a stand-alone track within the superspeedway and a longer road course that incorporates part of the banked speedway (similar to Daytona International).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Track officials are now looking to host a spectator-oriented vintage festival sometime this coming Spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously the sole bastion of CART and NASCAR, the famed California Speedway recently inaugurated its new infield road course with a vintage race event organized by the Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA). The new road course can be run in several configurations including a stand-alone track within the superspeedway and a longer road course that incorporates part of the banked speedway (similar to Daytona International). Track officials are now looking to host a spectator-oriented vintage festival sometime this coming Spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":813299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234],"class_list":["post-459604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-01-01T11:03:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-11T17:19:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/01\/n3-200201-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Vintage Racing Debuts at California Speedway\",\"datePublished\":\"2002-01-01T11:03:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-11T17:19:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":86,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/vintage-racing-debuts-at-california-speedway\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2002\\\/01\\\/n3-200201-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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