CLASSIC FORDS, INDY ROADSTERS MEET ON THE OVAL AT FONTANA.(Revs)

Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE For its season opener at California Speedway, the Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA) featured some T&A. That would be vintage Ford Model T's and Model A's. Eighty-two of Henry's mass-produced wonders and their owners braved unseasonably high (for March) temperatures and fire-provoking Santa Ana winds to take a lunchtime cruise around Fontana's banking and infield road course.

Participants claimed it was the largest gathering outside of club conventions, remarkable because it had started out as an impromptu Saturday afternoon tour for about ...

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