It sounds like the Florida region has Regional events where they let
the vintage cars run in one or two groups. How does this affect the
track time? When the SF region has its one or two vintage-only events,
they seem to have no trouble getting 150-200 cars to show up. I went
out last year with a pack of 45 snarling open wheelers! A split start
was used on the feature race. There tended to be plenty of track time.
You're right. They couldn't keep that up for a whole season. Your
track fees must be pretty low in Florida.
>As with most other Regions, I doubt that SCCA Vintage could support
>itself for a full year; I know that we cannot in the Southeast.
>However, we can be a major contributing factor to the other, regional
>events where we are often one of the two largest classes/race groups.
>In Florida, we only average 15-30 cars per event - partly due to our
>eligibility and preparation requirements (we want them the way they
>really were) and partly due to all the other available events. This
>still is a fair number of dollars when you multiply times the average
>($100-$145) entry fee.
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