Let me barge in with a first answer. The are two extremes - 1 - on an absolute basis obviously it is NOT a vintage racer 2 - on the other hand there are some organizations who would accept it. In bet
Are Shelby Cobra replicas bona fide"vintage" racecars? tom Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group Creative Communications Services 765-886-5098 public relations & marketing
<< YES! >> Then does it follow that anything built to original specs (more or less) and appearance (mainly more), allowing upgrades for safety reasons only with NO enhancement in performance -- thoug
As Derek said, this can be debated (choke, spew) ad nauseam by folks (like me) who enjoy that sort of thing. My answer is that for a racing car (sports racer or formula type) the car had to at least
Hmmm.....this could get to be an interesting discussion, if we apply the questions to individuals. Forget about the autenticity of the car -- I vote for a minimum age for drivers -- like maybe a driv
<< I vote for a minimum age for drivers -- like maybe a driver must have been of legal driving age for the car he's racing during the year of its manufacture....... >> Great idea! In pursuit of authe
My .02 and a few cents more.... I've never understood the need for a car, especially a production car, to have had racing history for it to be eligible. It always seemed as if it was an exclusionary
For production cars, I agree with everything you've said. The two prod. cars that I built had tons of period racing history - all of it on the street, and all of it highly illegal! Just 'cause some w
<< Or when Ferris Buehler punted the Ferrari out of the garage into the ravine-- knowing it was just a plastic look-alike, no matter how good, suggests the intent to fool >> Actually, Ferris did not
questions minimum age car If this is the qualification, I think Uncle Jack and myself could probably race Locomobiles or Stanley Steamers. ;) Paul Meis, Team Escargot, '69 NTM D-sports racer. "Age an
Author: "Gerald J. Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:32:15 -0500
"<< I vote for a minimum age for drivers -- like maybe a driver must have been of legal driving age for the car he's racing during the year of its manufacture....... >> Great idea! In pursuit of auth
Good thought Bill. As the owner of a Mustang TA clone being built largely to honor my friend Warren Tope, for whom I crewed in 1968 through 1970, the halcyon days of sedan racing in the US, I agree w
<< Yah, but remember that some "progressive" states, like Kansas allowed us to start driving at 14 back in the good old days. Of course it was intended so we could drive the grain trucks on the highw
<< Great idea! In pursuit of authenticity we have drivers driving contemporary cars. So, to drive a '59 MGA you would (doing the math) have to have been born in "38. Tom....I'm from Nebraska....I wen
I hope this was written in jest. This is a somewhat absurd position to take. This would mean that any car built in the 1950's or earlier would be driven by somebody who is probably borderline for pas
<< don't mean these road warriors can't come out and play in their declining years : But if you aren't playing by the same rules, it isn't racing. Running a TR6 with a smallblock Ford may have been s