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Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing

To: "Jerry Barr" <jerrybarr@charter.net>, "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:54:46 -0700
speaking of Big Healeys..they never did handle with a Triumph...they were 
knocked from cp down to dp, and tr4s waxed them..with a 900cc displacement 
difference...I wonder 'how become' some are so fast in vintage?
RB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Barr" <jerrybarr@charter.net>
To: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <Fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing


> Sounds like what happened to me when some idiot in an Austin Healey  3000 
> went under me in corner 3 at Blackhawk but could not make it  stick then 
> went wide and almost sent me into the woods.
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Barr, Scott wrote:
>
>> << if you block pass them>>
>>
>> "Block pass"?  Is that where another driver stuffs his car down inside
>> you on corner entry, going too fast to make the corner, and then  throws
>> out the anchors in front of you in mid-corner to keep from going off?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net]  On
>> Behalf Of Bill Babcock
>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:09 PM
>> To: Norlin Engineering
>> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing
>>
>> Yikes, I think you're running in different nationals than I did. I  found
>> national DSR racing to be way more brutal than the regional stuff.  Lots
>> of bodywork replacement and goof-off to get the tire marks off.
>>
>> All SCCA racing is done to a much different competition standard than
>> vintage racing. Donuts on the side of your car is just part of the  game.
>> "Racing room" is a tenuous concept when the other guy really NEEDS the
>> same spot you plan to occupy. And that leads to the only thing I'd
>> caution you about. Switching from SCCA to "real" vintage racing takes
>> some mental discipline. Even the SCCA vintage is supposed to be
>> non-contact but the stewards generally are nowhere near as tough on  it,
>> and the racing reflects that. When you move to an organization that  will
>> put you on the trailer for a love tap, and drivers who will be
>> righteously pissed if you block pass them, you need a calmer approach.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Norlin Engineering wrote:
>>
>>> Next year, I think I'll limit my "real" racing to Nationals.  Fewer
>>> cars and better drivers.  I can easily change the configuration  back
>>> and forthby changing to a fiberglass bonnet and slicks for the
>>> Nationals and back to the steel bonnet and treadded tires for  vintage.
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