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Re: Old cars racing - was SSP#2 - HP:IQ Ratios

To: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
Subject: Re: Old cars racing - was SSP#2 - HP:IQ Ratios
From: ply@adtrading.com (Patrick Young)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 00:16:20 +0800
>Patrick wrote....
>
>"Anyway, long may HQ racing last - although when will it be historic Andrew?
>Just think, if you get Group C sedans to play with, then...?"
>
Andrew wrote:
>I don't see why they can't be classified right now as Historic, albeit that
the cars themselves don't have a racing history - they qualify in date
terms.  I've previously expressed the view that Group C is truly Historic -
these are genuine ex-race cars from the period - but I think that some of
the elitists have trouble when viewing tin tops.
>
>Maybe it is coming time for Historics to split into two categories - one
exclusively for cars with a racing history and another for old cars that are
now being raced but without a racing history.  The latter category would
allow Group S Production Sports Cars and Group N Touring Cars, and HQs out
to play at the same meeting - could be good for the spectator count?  Of
course, there is one flaw in this argument - aren't there Group J and K
(pre-War) cars racing that are actually modern builds using old components?

Sorry, I was being a bit sarcastic purely because the HQs are feral on the
bodywork rubbing front to the degree that I don't think anybody wishes to
see in historic racing, as we are already agreed upon!

The Group C sedan thing with proper historic cars sounds magnificent and I
agree would be great for spectator numbers wherever they went and ran with
the rest of the historic fields. Moreover, I do agree that getting genuine
classic saloons with a pedigree from the period out is very important (the
ex-Geoghegan Mark 1 Jaguar is a great example of this I think in NSW).

The J and K cars are a bit of a source of confusion to me as there are
certainly modern builds of a hotch potch of bits out there which I'm not
sure I entirely approve of. However, if they fill grids and keep the class
both safely separate from the much faster Lb racing or whatever, then I
wouldn't even mind the creation of a class for post war componented but
pukka vintage machine - e.g. MG TC/TD/TF componented cars on a similar
basis. Of course, this could create a dangerous precedent but I think folk
can reasonably live with it in the interestst of maintaing pre war racing
which apart from in England is ebbing a bit in much of the rest fo the world
and needs to be encouraged.

Regards,

Patrick


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