R. John Lye wrote:
> >But more to the point - vintage folks should possibly change the name of
> >the venue to vintage exhibition, and take "racing" out of the title.
> >There should be _no_ emphasis on winning.
> >
> >If you wanna win, go play SCCA or NASCAR or something.
>
> Well, that is the crux of the problem - and its been around as long as
> vintage racing has been around. I can remember this being debated back
> in the early 80's with no resolution in sight yet!
Speedvision recently ran a tape of the Monterey Historics from the early
seventies. Anyone interested in seeing graphic evidence of how "Vintage" has
evolved from "exhibition" to "racing" should see it . . .
Personally, I have no problem with vintage racing under an "8/10ths" rule -
that's about as fast as I can go anyway :-)
Jim Hill
Madison WI
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