Cool idea! I hear rumors that there is a 356 cartel that has given some
list of demands to SVRA before they will come back and race with them.
Maybe you're on to something since the Vintage Motorsports Council
hasn't been able to level the playing field.
A British car group that insists on a split start ahead of all the
Porsches.
Or more realistically, Joe Alexander has a pretty big contingent of
Triumph racers that he corresponds with. He's attempting to get a
really big turn out at BRIC. Maybe the Friends of Triumph could offer
to "bless" other, less oversubscribed events with their presence and get
some perks.
mike jackson
Alfred Kobacker wrote:
>
> Because vintage racing differs from pro or SCCA amateur racing in that the
> cars run with more than one sanctioning group, and because the sanctioning
> groups are unlikely to adopt identical policies, what if the race groups
> (e.g. group 1,2,3,4,5 cars, etc.) formed individual, formal organizations
> which maintained a consistent set of standards, and to which everyone who
> wished to race in that group belonged. Not unlike Monoposto, these groups
> could then, with considerable leverage, bring their shows to the various
> races, knowing that their rules and standards would be applied.
>
> Also like Monoposto, these clubs could conduct their own series, regardless
> of the sanctioning groups with which they run.
>
> I would think that the vintage sanctioning organizations would be very
> responsive to a group which represented hundreds of cars, and which could
> deliver a full grid at events it wishes to attend. It would, at the same
> time, relieve the sanctioning groups of a hell of a lot of work in
> determining and adjudicating eligibility.
>
> Of course, the concept suggests dual, triple, or quadruple membership
> scenaria, which is a drawback. But I know that one group has already
> formed a loose organization of this nature, and HSR, for example, has been
> very receptive to their new, and relatively small, "cartel".
>
> Being new to vintage racing, I expect to hear that this has been tried,
> won't work, old idea without merit, etc. But, thought I'd throw it out.
>
> -Alfred
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