Don't forget that DP has often been the stomping grounds of the "slightly less
obsolete" X1/9 in between the Spridgets and the Hondas ;-)
This kind of attrition is perfectly normal in racing. I just think the stock
classes feel it more because it happens faster (like almost every year) and IMO
ultimately costs more money, too. I would feel a lot worse about my car becoming
obsolete if it cost 10X what it did...
Doug
DP X1/9
Rocky Entriken wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Hader:
>
> > That's why I like SP and Prepared, you can build your own darn mousetrap!
>
> Me too, although I am no builder as is obvious from any results page! :-)
> like driving the things.
>
> But I have recently come to realize that the reason my 35-year-old race car
> can still be competitive is largely a matter of arrested development, not
> any inherent talent by me or those who build my stuff.
>
> The fact is, my class (DP -- true also of lower Production in road racing)
> is populated by cars that were new in the '60s, were very popular then, and
> made by companies (Triumph, British Motors; later Brititsh Leyland cum
> Jaguar-Rover-Triumph) that quit making them. If there was a '90s model
> Spitfire or Spridget, our '60s/'70s models would have been obsoleted decades
> ago. So when Spit/Spridget people whine about more recent Hondas and VWs in
> the class being potential overdogs, IMHO it is because they are in
> later-tech machines than because a Honda or VW has any inherent advantage.
> They are the "sports cars of the '90s" while our old nails were the sports
> cars of an earlier day. My car is what made the MG-TD obsolete, etc.
>
> --Rocky
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