VARA, in California routinely runs 1275 bugeyes (in fact I have one in
my shop). The Northern California sanctioning body does, as well, and I
believe the Rocky Mountain vintage race organization does too.
Bill McLeod
Slightly Classics
Tucson, AZ
dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
>A friend of mine just had a Bugeye rejected for the Gold Cup Historics at VIR
>because it has a 1275 in it.
>
>I'm told that the SCCA never sanctioned 1275s in Bugeyes, so they are not
>vintage eligible. Peter Krause made the decision to reject this car and
>apparently a few others. I can certainly understand his reasoning, and it is
>certainly his prerogative.
>
>I'm not arguing his decision, I'm just curious how sanctioning bodies are
>looking at this. Peter indicates that some east coast bodies either have or
>are considering banning them. I know they are "legal" in CVAR, although a
>body point deduction is assessed against them and they run in FP. There are
>numerous RMVR bugeyes I've seen with 1275s so I assume they are accepted
>there. I don't know what the left coasties do.
>
>Will VMC member organizations that might otherwise disallow them accept them
>under the "1 race a year guest" status from another VMC member organization
>that accepts them?
>
>One reason I ask is that I have a couple of friends with these cars and we
>often talk of traveling to other events together. It would be good to know if
>there are limitations as to where we could go.
>
>David Littlefield
>MG Midget vintage racecar
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