Stewart/Greg
When you mention the HSMA philosophy of preserving Triumphs as they
"were raced" You do many others a Great disservice ... the Triumph is still
raced today . The few that will still carry on a marquee that died off more
then two decades ago should be looked upon as heroes and there autos as the
High bread of the specie. There may soon be a day the SCCA opens the flood
gates and squeezes us out.
The Runoff entry list for the E Prod group has only 3 TR-6's in
it. Dwight Cooke, Mark Gerdes & Sam Halkias. (per the SCCA web) It's my
understanding that Speedvision may carry this race on Sat.10/9/99. There
are many others of us that have chosen not to freeze ourselves in time but
to continue the Racing tradition that the Triumph was built on.
The philosophy I most appreciate about Vintage is the strict
enforcement of GCR 9.1.1 & others. The racing is clean and that comes with
ATTITUDE...It's not the age of the car, It's the maturity of the driver. Any
auto that's still racing, many long years after the walls of the factory
have fallen silent ...IS Vintage.
David Wingett
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