This reminds me of the questions and complaints Don West had fifteen years
or so ago when he came to the salt with a Monza body. He had the full
streamlined nose for the car that was built by Chevrolet and approved by
SCCA. He finally chose not to run it when his testing showed that the
(original) stock front end was faster at high speed than the air dams and
bulges on the other nose, aerodynamic though it may appear. Many existing
classes on the salt are the outgrowth of splitting displacement limits,
accommodating new body shapes and the proliferation of a certain type of
equipment that can warrant another class to permit its use. A valid
question is how many racers can benefit from the new class? Does it mean
that another 200 Club area is opened for specific people? Does the three
car requirement have a full representation?
Wes
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> From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> To: V4GR@aol.com
> CC: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: NO EFI or crank fired ignition ?
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:02:36 -0700
>
>Rich,
>I met with a great deal of opposition when I first showed up with my car
>on the Salt with the rear wheels tucked into the wheel wells. (Of course
>George Fields had been running his car for a few years already with the
>wheels inside.) The big argument was that the wheel wells and the
>quarter panel were of one piece, therefore altering the wheel wells was
>illegal!
>
>It came to light that it was feared that the car would end up in the
>vintage class, that never was the intent. However, if the body fit the
>rules, I suppose I could run either with the old or the new. Not a hard
>choice for me. The vintage class puts too much limit on speed.
>Tom, Redding CA, 82 and headed for 110 degrees today. - #216 D/CC
>
>
>V4GR@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Tom; So I can run my Vega in either class but your coupe is to old to run
>> with the semi vintage cars and must run with the new cars? That would be
true
>> if you had a more stock body and ran Altered. Is any of this making
sense?
>> Rich
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