One thing ... all these other racing groups are professional or there is
money to be won. Do we want to join them or play in our own sandbox?
Wes
on 10/9/01 12:38 PM, Rick Hammond at r.hammond@sympatico.ca wrote:
> ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/9/2001 8:53:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> dwarner@electrorent.com writes:
>>
>>> Have you tried to enter your vehicle at the Indy 500, any Winston Cup or
>>> SCCA
>>> event? They do not add "classes" for non-conforming vehicles, why must we?
>>>
>>> Now you hold the ladder while I attempt to climb from the soap box.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Dan,
>> Well stated. Most of us start the building procedure with a rulebook
>> in hand and go from there, building a car and engine for the class we're
>> interested in.
>> Sometime back someone mentioned "tongue-in-cheek" that pretty soon we
>> will have classes broken down into car colors if we kept up the expansion.
>
> Doug,
> You know red cars are faster, (except for maybe BRG ;-)
> Ok, I'll admit, I am building my car the way I want it ('48 Pontiac with '64
> Buick
> 300 V8 and running gear) because the salt will be a bonus and a minor
> proportion of
>
> its running time.
> Yes, I realize I can't have a 'do-everything' car, (witness how many different
> bikes I have) but if I can 'run what I bring' within reasonable limits I'll be
> happy. (and not expecting to break records) I'm not talking any short cuts on
> safety or quality specs; I just want the V8 I like for normal running, and I
> accept
>
> that it will be outside the vintage class because of that.
>
> That means that the '48 would run in D/GALT against the modern bodies. I can
> live
> with that.
> I was pleased at first to hear about the Classic idea, (excuse me for not yet
> getting the entire proposed text) but as I see it, if I enter that there is
> the
> 'Forever' rule. That is assuming (?) that a pre-'49 body might be allowed in.
> The problem is, rather than building a dedicated car from scratch I had hoped
> to
> run it as is for some experience. This is the same thing as the vintage bike
> racing crowd, where people are welcomed on properly set up near-stock
> machines, and
>
> go on from there. (the really good rule cat-fights happen at the top,
> high-buck
> classes of course) After that, I would be on the lookout for a proper vintage
> engine for a proper assault.
> Apparently not if I start in Classic.
>
> I'm not whining; I can live with the way things are, basically making a lot of
> sense as far as I can see.
> No, the odd-ball classes shouldn't be cut for printing space, (I'll be there
> on a
> couple of odd bikes) and we can't expand/compartmentalize forever either.
>
> What about that 'forever' rule though? Wouldn't a 'year-by-year' rule
> accomplish
> the same thing? (ie run once in Classic, stay in that class for the rest of
> that
> year.)
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
>>
>> NASCAR & NHRA even have templates to regulate the shape of the
>> door-slammer bodies, leaving only the graphics and colors up to the
>> individual entrant.
>> To me, building the car first and then looking for a class to run in
>> is putting the cart before the horse.
>
> You mean you don't allow RWD/4LHS (4-legged, hay powered, shoed)
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