Here's my five cents, Vintage racing exists because people wanted to get away
from the SCCA model as it existed in the late seventies/early eighties and get
back to the way racing was in the fifties and early sixties. I believe a
"dual purpose" car can be driven on the road and on the track, not bounce
between vintage and SCCA. I left the SCCA when they canned D production in
the eighties, I roll my eyes at the guys who want to take their HP cars
vintage racing now due to the SCCA's current revision of HP. I agree with the
folks who were there, and have told me that in 1960 racing was fun and by 1966
it was darn near professional. I frown on folks who remove their headlights,
gut their interiors and generally modify their cars beyond the '67 GCR. I
also disagree with the notion that a U-2 Trans-AM 510 or 2002 is a significant
vintage car. This doesn't leave me with many choices of places to race so
many times I bite my lip and go race with cars I consider overprepared and out
of period. I have pretty much sworn off any SCCA sponsered "vintage event"
and anything put on by HSR. I leave when cars with flares and slicks come out
on the track. My most enjoyable events have been with organizations that
encourage period preparation in groups of cars that are like mine. Long live
the '67 GCR...........................Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM
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