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The Vintage Racing League (The VRL) The Vintage Racing League (VRL) is an online community for people who love racing and cars, www.thevrl.com. The VRL was founded by Stephen Page, Chairman & CEO and Travis Buckingham, CTO in 2007. The VRL is designed to uniquely connect the 10 million collector car owners (and 200+ million who love racing and cars) with the estimated 100,000 merchants that sell the collector car community $50 billion in products and services annually. VRL members use the VRL community to find fellow members with the same granular collector car interests, get the latest news about events and buy-sell-auction automotive products and services. The Global Archive of Automotive History Since 1895, 3,000+ car manufacturers have created hundreds of thousands of car models. The VRL is working with race tracks, car manufacturers, sanctioning bodies, car clubs, constructors and the FIA to consolidate and create one definitive archive of automotive and racing history. The VRL Community VRL members have posted 40,000+ photos and videos in the VRL community. VRL members use the community to search an Events calendar of vintage, historic and current race events, concours events, car shows and auctions. VRL members use the Advanced Search function within the Members section to find people by location and cars owned. Collector Car Owner Demographics There are an estimated 10 million collector car owners world-wide: --- 4 million in the USA --- 5 million in the UK and Europe --- 1 million in the rest of the world There are an estimated 100,000 car clubs in 150+ countries. The average USA, UK and European collector car owner owns 6 cars. References The VRL The FIA The Vintage Motorsports Council Hemmings - Car Club Directory The Motor Sport Association - UK Car Club Directory VRL List of Automotive Magazines