Thom Kuby wrote:
>
> Wm. Severin Thompson writes:
> >
> >> What pisses me off more than anything is the behind the scenes secret
> >> handshake mentality in vintage racing today.
>
> Roger Garnett writes:
> >
> >A friend had a complaint about water squirting from the car in front of him
> >during a race... Looking at the car afterward, there was a tube,
>
> (snippage, for brevity)
>
> >(I do have a
> >somewhat legible photo, in case anyone else has other ideas.)
> >
> >Well, like I said, he was going to file a complaint, until he found out that
> >the car belonged to the chief tech inspector. That put a stopper in the
>works,
> >and it was already late on Sunday, so he passed. Thinking back, this may have
> >been brought to the attention of the clerk of the course, but it's a tough
> >one.
>
> guys...what is so tough about (what appears to be) blatant bullshit such as
> this? call this guy on the carpet...or have we all forgotten Richard Nixon
> already?
>
> I have been following this arcane thread with interest...RX7 motors in
> lotus 7s, Winston cup cars, lessee, what else? oh "big motors" that don't
> belong. Sounds like what the vintage community needs is a unified voice
> (somehow, somewhere) that would act as a disinterested third party that
> would bring problems like this out into the open-or does all this sound too
> much like the well known "SCCA adversity" that we're all trying to avoid?
> maybe so.
>
> I dunno, I'm just as confused as everybody else on this one...I know this
> is frustrating for everybody, but I can't help but think that if people
> (like this tech inspector mentioned above) are generally allowed to
> slide... then the situation will only get worse. The "secret handshake"
> mentality that Thompson brings up needs to be publicized, brought into the
> open... perhaps some examples could be made, without making a witch hunt
> out of it-nobody needs that.
>
> Somethings gotta give-or vintage racing will turn into a giant, expensive
> farce...like Major League Baseball.
>
> Just some thoughts folks...
>
> Cheers
> Thom Kuby
> Vintage Porsche 912
Or how about the guy with the flickering driving light
that he apparently used to distract any drivers ahead of him...
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