Mansfield bank to sponsor vintage races

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course announced that Mechan­ics Bank will title next month’s Vin­tage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio.

While June 22–24 will mark the Sports­car Vin­tage Rac­ing Association’s 30th straight appear­ance at Mid-Ohio, it will be the first under the Mechan­ics Bank Vin­tage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio banner.

“We are excited to part­ner with Mid-Ohio and par­tic­i­pate in a com­mu­nity event of this mag­ni­tude,” said Deb­o­rah Schenk, pres­i­dent and CEO of Mechan­ics Bank. “As Rich­land County’s only home-owned bank, our com­mu­nity is our pri­or­ity. We’re hon­ored to play a part in the events and activ­i­ties that make our com­mu­nity great.”

The Mechan­ics Bank Vin­tage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio on-track action fea­tures 11 diverse SVRA rac­ing groups seg­mented by speed and model year that will com­bine for nearly two dozen races over the three-day event.

In addi­tion to the speed­ing his­tory on the road course, the infield will be filled with hun­dreds of clas­sic street and race cars parked in cor­rals or entered in one of two car shows. The grand mar­shal of the event will be announced in the com­ing weeks. A new logo was also devel­oped in recog­ni­tion of the part­ner­ship and can be viewed on midohio.com.

“Mechan­ics Bank step­ping up to title the event is great for the track, SVRA and the com­mu­nity. We look for­ward to work­ing with Deb­o­rah and her team to fur­ther build and develop our part­ner­ship,” said Mid-Ohio Pres­i­dent Craig Rust.

This year’s Fea­tured Mar­que has been expanded into a British Inva­sion, high­light­ing Jaguar, MG, Rolls Royce and all the man­u­fac­tur­ers that call the British Isles home.

Week­end tick­ets for the Mechan­ics Bank Vin­tage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio start at $30. Gen­eral park­ing is free and chil­dren 12 and under are also admit­ted free. Visit midohio.com any­time or call 800-MID-OHIO (643‑6446) Mon­day through Fri­day from 8 a.m– 5 p.m. to order tick­ets or for more information.

Posted by Rob Hamilton on May 30 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.