Ozark Vintage Racing Association was first founded in 2003 by three guys that wanted to go back in time, and remember the times when one of the founding members Dad and Mom took him to all the local tracks in the 60s and 70s in Northwest Arkansas. Another founding member wanted to go back to the time when his Dad was a top competitor at any race track in the area from the time he was born. The third founding member also wanted to get back to a simpler time when he remembered his brother owning some of the fastest cars of the very early 60s. Between these three guys there are countless years of being involved in racing dating back to the 50s when they were hanging on pant legs and breathing in the smells of burnt gear oil and gasoline or just playing in the dirt. Now after all these years of racing and between all three they have all carried on the family tradition of driving, owning and building some of the fastest cars in North West Arkansas. After their paths crossing after so many years they all three realized that the regular weekly racing programs of chasing points and trying to win every race was becoming more like a job and not so much fun anymore. And also had to face the fact of Hey were getting older. So after some discussion and figuring out that they weren't making money after all those years the most logical thing to do was start a vintage racing association and race for no money and have a great amount of fun and relive their childhood. Some people may look at this as regression but they don't because it's fun.

In early 2003 they start planning their first event to be held at Thunder Valley Speedway in Fayetteville, Arkansas. With the help of other vintage racers from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area it turned out to be a small but successful exhibition event. With their first event under their belts they decide to go a step further and put on a national event that same year. That event was to be known as The Hillbilly Nationals with a car count of around 40 cars which the guys deemed a success. With 2004 approaching they decide to start putting rules together and start building interest for members and car count. Also during this time they started making plans for the 2004 Hillbilly Nationals. After a lot of hard work by club members and with the help of many of the biggest motor sports manufactures in the nation donating everything from short blocks to racing tires and racing gloves totaling over $50,000.00 in prizes to be given to the drivers by drawing names, many drivers went home with up to four prizes. All of which was given away with out having to tear up cars which they were very proud of. With that and a car count approaching 120 the 2004 Hillbilly Nationals was called one of the most fun and successful vintage car races by many. But sadly enough the weekend ended on a bad note. Thunder Valley Speedway by no choice of there's had been put on a curfew of 10:00 pm which was totally out of the control of the track owner and OVRA. Also having to deal with weather from the night before, left some races to be run the next night, this combined with a local division of cars taking over an hour to run there feature caused the track owner to have to turn off the lights and stop racing at the beginning of the last OVRA event. There were some that were very understandably upset. OVRA will always regret and apologize for this happening. After this happening and feeling like they had let people down and one of the founding members deciding to focus more on his life and business everything kind of fell to to the side and OVRA came to a stop.

But now after a seven year break the guy's paths have crossed again and the decision was made to bring OVRA back, after more response than ever and always being asked why did it stop and will there ever be another Hillbilly Nationals, the only common sense answer was yes let's get started . OVRA will promise to strive to always have the most professional run events and fun possible, which is what it is all about Fun. And don't forget...

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