{"id":492618,"date":"2012-09-26T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=43894"},"modified":"2023-12-19T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:06:05","slug":"hsr-west-sold-to-svra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/hsr-west-sold-to-svra\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#8211; HSR-West Sold to SVRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_758734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758734\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-758734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798-770x440.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798-293x167.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-758734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Roth&#8217;s Lola T204 leads Motafian&#8217;s Merlyn and Smith&#8217;s Titan into 13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HSR-West was founded in Southern California by Ed Swart in 1999, with East Coast-based HSR operating as partner to the newly-formed historic racing organization. HSR-West typically organizes 4-6 races per year at tracks like Willow Springs, California Speedway, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow and Chuckwalla Valley.&#8221;HSR-West has entered into a definitive sales agreement and has been sold to SVRA, a Parella Racing company. We expect the assets to be transferred in November, 2012 following our scheduled race in Palm Springs,&#8221; said Ed Swart, President of HSR-West. &#8220;I\u2019m very pleased to see HSR-West become part of SVRA. I&#8217;m looking forward to managing SVRA-West and helping grow SVRA into the only nationwide Historic\/Vintage Racing organization in the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tony Parella, President and CEO of SVRA, commented, &#8220;I am very excited to have Ed Swart and HSR-West become part of our future. Ed has a storied history in racing and is the founder of HSR-West. He will be a valued part of our team. We will work hard to standardize our rules to set the stage for a true Vintage Racing National Championship. We also plan to expand our race season with more events for both SVRA East and West competitors over the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a title=\"SVRA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.SVRA.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">svra.com<\/a> and <a title=\"HSR-West\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsrwestrace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hsrwestrace.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: SVRA; photo: Dennis Gray]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSR-West was founded in Southern California by Ed Swart in 1999, with East Coast-based HSR operating as partner to the newly-formed historic racing organization. HSR-West typically organizes 4-6 races per year at tracks like Willow Springs, California Speedway, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow and Chuckwalla Valley.&#8221;HSR-West has entered into a definitive sales agreement and has been sold to SVRA, a Parella Racing company. We expect the assets to be transferred in November, 2012 following our scheduled race in Palm Springs,&#8221; said Ed Swart, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":758734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[11440,432,15234],"class_list":["post-492618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-sportscar-vintage-racing-association","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HSR-West Sold to SVRA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sports-Car Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is expanding its operations to the West Coast with the purchase of Historic Sports-Car Racing West (HSR\u2013West).\" \/>\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\/hsr-west-sold-to-svra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HSR-West Sold to SVRA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sports-Car Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is expanding its operations to the West Coast with the purchase of Historic Sports-Car Racing West (HSR\u2013West).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/hsr-west-sold-to-svra\/\" \/>\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=\"2012-09-26T11:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-19T11:06:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_3798.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"457\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\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=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/hsr-west-sold-to-svra\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/hsr-west-sold-to-svra\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"News &#8211; 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