I, for one agree with Mark wholeheartedly. I've run Formula Fords, Formula
Continentals and Spec Racer Fords in SCCA. There seems to be no official
action taken on aggressive (read: ill-advised) driving that results in crash
damage unless one competitor protests the driving of another. It's a primary
reason that this year I switched to vintage racing, where the Vintage
Motorsports Council maintains a shared database with all vintage racing
sanctioning bodies of a driver's racing attitude, experience and history.
Significant penalties await those who put winning at all costs over safety and
incidentally, the value of their competitor's cars. In my first event with the
Vintage Racer's Group, I rediscovered the fine art of passing - it's a shared
recognition of speed, safety, the track and fun. And, by the way, 95 laps of
it. I originally questioned whether switching from a Formula Continental to a
63 Spitfire would satisfy my racing lust, but the answer is a resounding YES. T
he racing was as fast and as close as any SCCA experience I've ever had, and I
left the track exhausted and ecstatic. It all comes down to attitude.
Steve Groh
63 ex-Manning Spitfire
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: EDENMA@aol.com
> In a message dated 12/12/2006 12:01:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> fot-request@autox.team.net writes:
>
> It's not SCCA's
> >>>fault, per se, it's just the mindset of the participants.
>
>
> Let's not candy coat it. Let's call a spade a spade. It is SCCA's fault as
> they allow that sort of crap. If I wanted to enter a demolition derby I
>would
> buy an old '70 something caddy and smash the hell out of other cars on a
> track on Saturday night! Allowing this sort of contact/behavior adds
>nothing
> to
> racing and is just plain dangerous not to mention expensive. It is
> indicative of a complete lack of discipline and self control as well as a
> blatant
> disregard for safety.
>
> Ask yourself, why allow contact with production cars and not open wheel
> cars? I think we all can figure the potential of that! Do we need to kill
> someone and put club racing, as a whole, at risk before we do something
>about
> it?
>
> Ask the TR6 driver or any of the other cars run off the track that day
> whether or not the current policy is adding any enjoyment to the sport. Ask
> them
> how much they enjoyed their racing experience that day.
>
> Let the flames begin!
>
> Mark
> 64 SCCA GP Spitfire
> 62 Vintage TR4 Racer
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