Jack:
It may be well to note that you are speaking about SCCA Club Racing and
not their Vintage Program, as is run in Florida (I believe you ran one
of our events at Homestead). I believe our Vintage program, though
small, has about as much fun as can be had! As to the Club Racing and
SCCA Policy in general, well, maybe the less said the better...
*8o)
Jack W Drews wrote:
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> I very much respect your concern for the loss of this type of racing,
> and I too lament its passing. I raced SCCA on and off for thirty years,
> but I will not again race SCCA. I'm a big boy now, and do not go where I
> am not wanted. I race Vintage, and have more fun in one season than in
> my entire previous thirty years in SCCA.
>
> SCCA has consciously and effectively chased away the traditional British
> cars.
>
> I do not envy SCCA's problem. Obsolete British Cars do not attract
> manufacturers' support and theoretically do not attract spectators.
> Therefore SCCA has consciously discouraged them and instead encouraged
> current cars. Unfortunately, this has resulted in fields of $100,000
> Miatas, endless parades of Neons, and full fields of Rabbitts, resulting
> in good racing between dull cars. Interestingly enough, this has caused
> vintage races like the upcoming BRIC (perviously Chicago Historics) at
> Road America to significantly out-draw their previous jewel, the SCCA
> June Sprints.
>
> For me to race SCCA, I'd have to completely rebuild my car to make it
> "legal" and would again have to be concerned at each and every race over
> who is going to protest my car. Sorry. I do this for fun, not hassle.
>
> --
> uncle jack
> TR4 racer -- yeehaa
> TR6 streeter -- hummahumma
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