Hi all,
Here is another posting regarding the PVGP. Looks like our TRs will be in
Group 4. Interesting that there will be a race the previous weekend at the
new BeaveRun track located close to Pittsburgh.
Jeff Snook
http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Steinberg" <ralph@cloverleaf-auto.com>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>; <VSCCA_Newsgroup@yahoogroups.com>;
<MGVR@yahoogroups.com>; <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 7:40 AM
Subject: [VSCCA_Newsgroup] Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
> Big changes are happening for this year's 2004 running of the PVGP.
> The biggest change is it is now a two weekend, one week festival of
> "speed". Though this being Pittsburgh and the VSCCA the emphasis is much
> more on the vintage cars than it is on the "speed"!
> First we will talk a little bit about the Grand Prix itself; The dates
> for that this year are July 16-18th (registration & tech on Friday the
16th
> and racing on Saturday & Sunday)
>
> We have one new group that we plan on making a permanent fixture at PVGP (
> assuming all goes well in the group) we have expanded one group and again
> we hope to see that continue and we have one group for this year only.
> Everything in this message is tentative and final rules etc will be
> posted after the New Year with entry forms available sometime towards the
> end of January or so. But the basic format will be thus:
>
> for the PVGP Grand Prix at Schenley Park we will have 8 race groups
>
> Group 1: Pre-war - production and race cars built prior to 1947
>
> Group 2: Under one liter production & specials built prior to 1960
>
> Group 3: Under two liter production built prior to 1960
>
> Group 4: Under 2.2 liter production 1960-1964
>
> Group 5: Over two liter production cars built prior to 1960
>
> Group 6: Sports Racers built prior to 1960
>
> Group 7: Formula Jr - all true Jr's through 1964
>
> Group 8: Mini - all years - featured marque of the year
>
> Groups 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6 will need to conform to VSCCA rules and regulations
> regarding tires, safety equipment etc.
>
> Group 7 will not only need to meet VSCCA rules for Formula JR but also the
> Monoposto registry rules for "first year" manufacture. more at a future
> date on that
>
> Group 4, one of our new groups needs to meet all of the VSCCA rules but
can
> not exceed certain bounds either. For example, no slicks, no flares, no
> full cages, there will be a strict tire rule, at present Goodyear Blue
> Streaks, Dunlop L & R, Hoosier Vintage T/D & Hoosier's street "legal"
> vintage tire. The cars may not exceed the SCCA rules for the car as was
> printed in the competition rule book printed Spring 1964
>
> Group 8, our Mini group. You must have full belts, a fire bottle, catch
> bottles, cut off switches, and a roll bar as a base minimum you may not
> have slicks
>
> All Non VSCCA or VARAC drivers will need to submit a driver's profile and
> will need to belong to some racing organization and/or hold a current
> Vintage or Racing license.
>
> Any. repeat any, Car entered in the Grand Prix that is not a VSCCA/VARAC
> log booked car conforming to VSCCA rules and regulations will need prior
> approval to enter whether the driver is a current VSCCA/VARAC member or
> not. How to get that approval will be posted in later mailings.
>
> Tentative entry fees are as follows All VSCCA/VARAC members entered in any
> group except 4 & 8 $160.00 US Group. All other entries including any
> entries in Groups 4 & 8 will be $200.00 US Remember besides getting to
race
> for two days you get a driver's bag full of interesting things, a driver's
> & crew reception on Friday night, lunch on Saturday & Sunday
>
> Since this has gotten to be a bit long I will send another mailing soon on
> the start of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association's & VSCCA's
week
> long festival of speed that will start with 2 days of racing at Beaver Run
> and finish with 2 days racing at Schenley Park
>
> Ralph Steinberg
> VSCCA event chair PVGP
>
>
>
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