Announcing our 2026 race schedule! FIVE races, including four SOVREN events and the VRCBC Historic Motor Races at Mission.

May 1-3, SOVREN Spring Sprints, Kent, WA
June 6-7 SOVREN Spokane Festival of Speed, Spokane, WA
July 3-5, SOVREN Northwest Historics, Kent, WA
August 8-9, VRCBC Historics, Mission, BC
September 5-6, SOVREN Columbia River Classic, Portland, OR

And…YES, we’re excited to announce Battle of the Brits II for the Northwest Historics!

Welcome to the home of the West Coast Sprite-Midget Challenge race series.

The goal of the Sprite-Midget Challenge group is to bring together drivers and enthusiasts of Austin Healey Sprites and MG Midgets to further the sport of vintage racing.

Sprites and Midgets were created by Austin Healey and MG as “Everyman Sports Cars”, beginning 65 years ago with the Mark 1 “Bugeye” Sprite. They were affordable and instant classics on the road and track, and are still fun and affordable race cars, for novices and seasoned drivers alike.

We launched the Sprite-Midget Challenge race in 2018 as a place where these cars and their drivers can compete in a low stress, high enjoyment event. The Sprite-Midget group is more about a family-like atmosphere and teamwork than individual efforts and finishing first (though we most certainly compete). Each event has seen more than one car being worked on by the entire paddock; drivers and crews: Our goal is to get every car on the track for every race. Spare parts, knowledge, and elbow grease are shared as readily as food and drink (and the occasional tall tale). A potluck dinner is usually shared on Saturday evening.

The Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts, SOVREN, has given us the stage on which we play. To date the Sprite-Midget Challenge race has taken place during a full weekend of vintage racing, so we have the Challenge race all to ourselves, and also get to compete in the rest of the class events for the weekend.

Historically, a single race was held at the Columbia River Classic in Portland, Oregon, in September. This event is held in conjunction with the annual Portland-area All British Field Meet.

In 2023 the event because a series, adding a race during the SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historic Races.

In 2024 we expanded to three races and went *international* with a race at Mission, British Columbia.

In 2025 we upped the ante again: Five races, including returning to Mission and Portland, plus heading south to race with CSRG at Laguna Seca, a race at Qlispe Raceway Park in Spokane, and staged something new with a race-within-a-race during the Battle of the Brits race in July at Pacific Raceways.

Fans and drivers alike, come join us for a warm, friendly welcome and see what all the excitement is all about.

Sprite-Midget Challenge, Mission 2024
The Sprite-Midget Challenge in the infamous Corkscrew turn at Laguna Seca,
Battle of the Brits 2025.