It's not really all 'about the cars'...that's just what we're supposed to
say.... It's a blend of the cars...the racing...the friendship....the
ego.....lets face it...what % of our population does what we do?....it is
really cool stuff ....we should be proud of ourselves for taking on the
challenge....we are on the inside, so it's everyday life for us...there are
many, many people out there who have the financial means and the time and
skills available ..who would like to be a race driver...but just don't have
that special something that gets them out on the track.....I'ts not for your
average person!
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <Billb@bnj.com>; <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!
> In a message dated 02/15/2009 11:48:34 AM Central Standard Time,
> Billb@bnj.com writes:
>
>
>> In general what people are talking about here is getting rid of the
>> people that want to run at the far reaches of the rulebook and beyond
>> to let the purists run without them. I wonder why that is so
>> important? If it's really "all about the cars" then why is this even
>> an issue? I maintain that you need to be careful what you wish for.
>> Twenty racers can't rent a racetrack these days.
>>
>
> Amici...
>
> I follow and appreciate the points Babcock makes here. I can't speak for
> all
> 'people' and what they are doing, nor even just the VSCDA for that matter,
> but I can tell you that the VSCDA's 'era correct' program was started
> because a
> significant number of our members complained that we were ignoring our own
> long standing 'vintage' rules. As a matter of fact, an outgrowth of the
> 'era
> correct' program was actually a loosening of the rules via allowing Mod 1
> and Mod
> 2 classifications in our production based Race Groups 2 and 8. Clearly
> those
> changes were liberal not conservative. But a problem always comes up
> whenever anyone decides to 'draw a line'. "We're going to draw the line
> HERE." When
> you do that...immediately someone asks, "Why did you draw it HERE? Why
> not
> draw it THERE?"
>
> As the long time Treasurer of the VSCDA (soon to step down, I might add),
> no
> one knows better than I the importance of filling out grids in order to
> make
> events financially successful. It is a must. But that doesn't have to be
> a
> problem. I have always felt that vintage racing is blessed because it
> does try
> to find a way to accommodate different levels of both preparation and even
> skill. And I would hasten to add that those folks dicing in the back of
> the pack
> are having just as much fun as those in the front. I often think about
> when
> I raced in the vintage sessions of the 12 Hours of Sebring a few years
> back.
> Because all the vintage cars run in one race group you can imagine there
> was a
> vast difference in performance through out the field. At one of the
> Driver's
> Meetings, Pendergast was chastising two Saab Sonnet racers for being two
> abreast on the track. He said, "No one wants to see two Saab Sonnets
> dicing at
> Sebring." I knew what he meant, and why he said it, but as a matter of
> fact,
> from a strict racing point of view those two Saabs may have been the
> closest
> dicing in the entire field. And while the front runners get most of the
> attention, such disparity is traditional in sports car road racing. The
> first overall
> winner at Sebring was a Crosley Hot Shot (a handicap'd race).
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
>
>
>
>
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