I'm running in the Triumph Competition. The Triumph Competition is free for
British Sports cars and maybe touring cars too. We have our own rules
besides the Fia historic rules.
We are allowed to be 10% lighter for the <3.0 liter cars than the
homologation say.
The >3.0 liter cars have to maintain their stock carburetion system.
With these rules we equalize most of the cars to have close racing.
To keep cost low we are allowed to run plastic body parts as long they look
like stock.
We can run 5" more track width. Brakes has to be stock with exception for
the TR7/8 cars which have dangerous small brakes. We are allowed to run DOT
tires up to 205/60-15 width.
We normally don't deal with Porsche cars and other not British cars, but
there are big races were we are part from and then we are racing against
Porsche, BMW, and what else is on the track.
A 356 never was any fast enough to pass me....but maybe there are different
356 models and the cars I meet are of the slower ones.
Cheers
Chris
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Von: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] Im
Auftrag von Terry Stetler
Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. Juli 2010 19:09
An: Friends of Triumph
Betreff: Re: [Fot] KASTNER CUP Now Those darn bathtubs
"Leveling the playing field" is what SCCA has tried to do for years in the
"production" classes. We all can pretty much see the mess that has become.
Not every car type can be competitive. It's just a simple fact. Nor can
there
be a class for every make, so that they can all be winners.
The Porsche 356 is a very sophisticated car compared to our British
locomotives. But then, they did cost twice as much when new. And they are
not perfect by any means. They are fairly RPM limited (about 5800 according
to Vic) because of their weak cranks and fragile engine cases. Also, they
are
tricky to drive on the limit because of their rear engine/swing axle rear
suspension set up. They take a masterful set up, and a delicate hand to go
fast in.
Going fast on the track, no matter the car, is an alchemy of the driver and
the builder playing to the strengths of the design that they have, and
minimizing as much as possible the weaknesses of that design, within the
grey
edges of the rule book.
We all play by the same rules. Some cars are just better platforms than
others. It has always been this way and always will.
Too much rules tweaking to gain advantage will lead to the death of the
sport.
It has very nearly killed SCCA production car racing.
Remember folks, we are not racing for a National Championship in vintage
racing. All we get is the satisfaction of competing, and if we are lucky,
and
have prepared well, a pot metal car on a stick at the end of the weekend.
It's about being here. That is the true reward.
Terry Stetler
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