Carl,
Sorry to hear about your car... that's a shame.
Like I said in my original post, this is really about the board, and its
decisions, and lack of commitment when it comes to changing things like they
said they wanted to. You and I both know they blinked. They didn't want to
lose entry fees in the cash cows of Group 2 and 8.
Specifically, if Ron Soave (who is my good friend) shows up with SU carbs,
his car is judged "era correct" despite glass nose, 1275, roll bar extending
to the A arms, 1.5 ratio roller rockers, fender flares, etc. And if I show
up with a 948, steel Bugeye bonnet, legal ignition, shocks, correct ratio
non-roller rockers, no flares, legal bar, and correct weight, would be Mod 1
if I had a Weber. Please understand, the point isn't my car. I've got SUs I
can run. I don't need to run my Targa bonnet. All I'm saying is you did not
encourage a correct Sprite. Did Dr. J take off his rear disks? His front and
rear brake ducts? His custom wide track king pins? His Kevlar or glass body
panels? How about the setback of his engine?
Why is it VARAC has 8 Bugeyes show up with legal 948s? Because they don't
allow anything else. They enforce their rules.
I'm speaking about Sprites. Stickers don't change a thing.
FYI... I picked up a slide in camper for my dually so we can camp at the
track. I really enjoyed the days back when I had my motorhome... but my
large trailer prohibits a rig like that. The slide in works great with my
rig, and it's not another vehicle to maintain like a motorhome.
WST
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Braun [mailto:clbraun@vintagerace.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:31 AM
To: Wm. Severin Thompson
Cc: team-thicko@autox.team.net; Bob Wismer; vscda@hughes.net; 'Bill Dalton';
'William Dentinger'; 'James Donato'; 'Paul Fitzsimmons'; 'Jeff Hailand';
'Alan Kupferschmid'; 'Barb Nevoral'; 'Marv Primack'; 'Phil Cull'; 'Bob
Hann'; 'Matthew Primack'; lstadther@gmail.com; kbnewton@comcast.net
Subject: Re: rules rant
Wm.
At first I thought about not replying to your "rant" as you called it.
Sometimes a rant
is best left alone, just let the person spill off steam or get it off his
chest because
they really don't want a response.
I seriously considered no responding for about an hour after reading the
original email.
Then I decided to respond because I felt you wanted to hear back.
Therefore, I hope you will forgive me for not writing earlier, for several
reasons:
- I was out of Internet service the last four days while on a motor home
trip. Last
evening we returned from four days in the Baraboo Wisconsin area with my
daughter and two
wild boys ages 2 1/2 and 4. It was a great time. Their firs trip with a
campfire, etc.
- The other reason I haven't responded was that at Blackhawk someone spun
in front of me,
and I hit him hard. Early last week before the family came I was getting
the Landar
disassembled and suspension parts on order before Tuesday evening. Crack
checks
indicated front upright was OK but the spindle is definetly bent and needs
to be replaced.
The front wheel (original Minilite actual mag type) and the gears in the
steering rack
took a hard hit but crack checked alright. I wanted to get parts on order
before my
daughter and the grand children came.
- I have outlined a response. I need to look up (in the 2006 vs 2007 Car
Prep Sheets)
how many cars removed Mod parts to become Era Correct. Also will check on
the number that
went the other way to modified. I don't think this has happened but I will
check.
I still have a full schedule here working on the Landar for the KIC, and
more company
coming next week the 4th of July.
You can expect my response in the next couple days.
Sincerely,
Carl Braun
Car Preparation Steward, VSCDA
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