Dan: Thank you for the reply. I am aware of the rules and the reasoning
behind the rules for this matter. I only wanted to provide the person who
first wrote some history to the suggestion of splitting the X classes into F
through C cubic inch breaks. And at the same time perhaps clarify your
response that seemed to state that a 260 inch X motor could find a home in a
Classic bodied car.
I am not suggesting that any rule should be changed for any reason.
Rich Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
To: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: vintage engines
> This idea was brought up, using incorrect means, a few years ago by Bill
> Carlson, Doug King, and myself. It came about after Bill and I were told
we
> could not run a 258 cid '50 GMC engine in E/MR we would have to run in
X/FR.
> The classic category does not allow for the competitor who wants to run a
> 235 Chevy, or a Chrysler six or any of many Vintage engines, all of which
> have to run in a 325 inch class.
> **********************************************************
> Rich,
>
> There is the "lowest primary class" clause on page 7, 1.B.
>
> This means if your vehicle has a vintage XO motor, pre '53 design, it must
run
> in a vintage class. In this case XO/FR. A post '53 motor, say a '72 292ci
> would run in E/FR.
>
> Lowest Primary Class would exclude a vintage engine from Classic Category
> because it has a place in the Vintage Category. Also, in the extreme,
> disallows a Production car from running in Special
> Construction against an open record in a streamliner class.
>
> DW
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