Vintage Race Cars and Drivers to Compete Today and Sunday at Palm Springs Airport
More than 200 racing cars of all ages will be on display in a series of events today and Sunday during the second Palm Springs Vintage Grand Prix. Racing will be over a 1.1-mile course constructed at the Palm Springs Airport.
Competing will be some of the world’s glamour race cars, including Ferrari, Chaparral, Jaguar, Lola, Porsche, Austin-Healey, Maserati, Bugatti, Corvette and Mercedes-Benz. Some will be driven by former racing greats, including Formula One champions Phil Hill and Jack Brabham, Indy 500 winners Bobby Unser and Rodger Ward and Can-Am champion George Follmer.
Sunday’s feature will be for Formula One cars, ranging from the 1977 McLaren of former world champion James Hunt, to the ’68 championship Lotus driven by Graham Hill, to the ’64 Alfa Romeo P3 European Grand Prix car. There will also be races for sports, modified and production cars, along with exhibition events for cars built before 1948.
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