Being in compliance and enforcing it....is a rock and hard place. (My
sympathies to Carl)
In a perfect world we would not have any rules...........
Making more rules and creating incentives to do the 'right thing' doesnt
work, methinks.
I have a TR4 in my garage that belongs to a guy in Europe. It has a $30K
engine and transmission in it, and is capable of sub-2:50 laps at Road America.
It
is in compliance for VSCDA and SVRA racing.
Right next to it is my TR4 #197 that is capable of 3:00 laps at Road America.
It is also in compliance for VSCDA and SVRA, but I have a lot of stock and
original TR parts in my car, AND a lot less money invested.
Something I can live with if I want to race.
I retired from a large corporation that was necessarily run with a lot rules
and regulations and "Blue Bulletins". I like the personal freedom I now enjoy.
Say "NO" to more rules....
Joe (A)
> OK, I've got to wade in here. I have an "illegal" car. It came that
> way and will be pretty expensive to make period correct. In my case,
> I don't believe that the modifications make the car faster, in fact
> the most egregious change probably makes the car slower by adding 150
> lbs to the car weight.
>
> In order to being the car into compliance, I would need to take a
> year or two off of racing and spend the money I would have spent on
> the racing season on replacing parts instead. Who knows how much
> longer Jack and I can continue the father / son racing thing, so
> dropping a season or two is a really big deal for us. Plus, VSCDA
> loses my entry fees for the period of time that I have to drop
> out. That seems like a lose / lose proposition.
>
> What I had asked VSCDA and Carl for was some way to continue racing
> with them in a "cheatin' dog" class (I don't think Carl likes it when
> I call it that :) ) where they don't score my car in with the other
> legal group 2B cars. Carl found a way through some 1960's class
> arrangement to allow this. I personally was (and continue to be)
> very happy with this arrangement. In SVRA, they bumped me up from DP
> to CP. That seemed fair enough.
>
> I like your idea of some sort of financial or other incentive to be
> era correct, as long as the cheatin' dog penalty isn't going to kill
> me. I am NOT in favor of a rule that would prohibit me from running
> until I bring the car into compliance. It's my club too.
>
> - Tony Drews
>
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