The Rocky Mountain Region of the National Auto Sports Association, has
recently acquired the assets of Colorado's alternative vintage racing
organization, Nostalgia Racing, Inc. They are not including all vintage
cars in all events at this time, they have too many groups to deal with
already. They are not embracing much of the Vintage Motorsports Council,
practices or procedures. The date that they got from the NRI deal was a
traditional vintage race weekend at Pueblo Motorsports Park. They
accepted both open & closed wheel vintage cars at that event. There were
around 38 closed wheel cars that included some Vintage Spirit Spec Miata
cars, which NRI had been accepting & promoting the past few years. Open
wheel was less well subscribed and for their final race on Sunday, there
were 2 FV & 1FF cars on track. They had a total entry that weekend of
around 180 cars. They will cut into that by requiring a HANS Device, or
suitable system very soon. (was 6.1.2008 but. . . ) Future scheduled
events may have open wheel OR closed wheel groups. NASA is mostly geared
to support the American V-8 powered racer. That said, I'm not sure you
could show up with something they could not find a place for. They have a
huge set of High Performance Driving Experience groups that progress
drivers along. They do operate sessions in the 13/13 Rule format
(includes vintage), so contact is discouraged. (Though I've seen people
refer to it as "13/13ths", which sounds to me like someone COMPLETELY out
of control!) They are flexible, as noted in their rules "NASA offers a
wide variety of driving programs throughout the United States including
Rally Cross, Rally Sprint, Circle Track Racing, Hill Climbs, Autocrosses,
Drag Races, Open Road Races, Time Trials, and more."
They are a go fast crowd. I don't see them getting too supportive of
little, tiny groups. They could broaden the definition of "Vintage", and
I have a feeling they will. They are in a position to be able to alienate
those who just came into the fold in an effort to draw a larger new
group.
There is no true H/Production in vintage racing in this part of the world
anymore. A couple of years back, a Frog Eye Sprite showed up sporting an
H/P on its flanks, running a 1410 CC, Weber fed engine. It has been
acceptable here for years to fit anything with a BMC A-Series engine with
the 1275 CC, or your creative version of such, breathing through an
unrestricted twin choke side draft.
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing started with a handful of SCCA prepared
cars as part of its membership. Those cars were, at the time, already
eclipsed by the then permitted SCCA rules. Vintage racers developed
beyond there as well, but on a different path. NASA could merge those
paths, and be headed for a Region near you.
Bill
70 GT-6+
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