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KVRA racecars are not "legends" or "dwarf" cars. They are full-sized, fully capable racing stock cars.
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vintage racing - competition involving antique or outdated vehicles - was quite common. It was especially popular on road courses, with exotic vehicles from the world of sports car racing, and among fans of U.S. open-wheel racing, with the Indianapolis 500's long and rich history.
England's famous Goodwood Festival of Speed, first held in 1933 at the Goodwood Estate 60 miles west of London, years ago turned into an elaborate exhibition of antique and contemporary racing cars - not only sports car and Formula One machines, but such vehicles as vintage Indy 500 cars and NASCAR machines. Special guests have included the likes of Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip and other U.S. racing figures. Hand-me-down NASCAR machines found their way into vintage road-racing events, with Walter Mitty-types wheeling black-and-silver No. 3 Monte Carlos or red-and-gold Coors Thunderbirds on tracks such as Laguna Seca and Mid-Ohio. Grassroots oval-track racing has a long heritage, too. As early as the 1970s, some groups were restoring old open-wheel and full-bodied cars, and then taking these valuable vehicles out onto the track for races. Vintage racing tends to take on the characteristics of the type of racing machines that were prevalent in various geographic regions of the country. The movement is growing. One of the latest organizations to join in the fun is Kentucky Vintage Racing Association, formed by Mark Moore of Murray, Ky. Moore, 48, grew up in racing. His father, Muhlenberg County native Cecil Moore, operated a salvage and wrecker business in Powderly, Ky., and fielded stock cars for drivers such as the legendary Wayne Coakley of Sacramento, Ky., plus Frank Law, James Pace, Eddie Pace, and others. Moore and his older brother, Mike, learned at an early age to work on cars and before they were teenagers, they were ripping around a makeshift dirt track in dune buggies and go-karts they built themselves. Mike began his own stock car racing career in cars fielded by his father. Mark began racing mini-sprints in his teens, but the family racing team was sidelined when the elder Moore began having health problems. He died in March 1981. Mark went on to earn degrees in mining engineering technology from the University of Kentucky and management from Murray State University. He worked for many years for the Peabody Coal Company. Later, he returned |