I've seen the other side of this, showing up at a race after a 2000 mile tow
and finding 70's cars on slicks and the admonishment "all tape repairs from
the previous event have to be permanently repaired before the next event." Not
what I had in mind. I'm game for any kind of racing, but when someone calls it
vintage racing then there needs to be some effort at presentation. That said,
I expect these guys to be very reasonable. Those of you that know me realize
I'm a bit on the grubby side. Peyote has always been rough, it's only since
Tony Garmey has been working on it that anyone could call it gussied up. HMSA
always took it happily. There are rough cars running at Monterey, rough cars
at Coronado. And very pretty ones.
Honestly, there seems to be a lot of skivvies getting knotted way, way in
advance of getting any real bad news.
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:37 AM, BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/15/2010 9:38:05 AM Central Standard Time,
> gasket.works@verizon.net writes:
>
>
>> There have been some comments that some cars need some cleaning up. MINE
>>
>> INCLUDED!~!~!~ can you imagine? Paul Smock has been designated as our
>> Laguna Seca "Kas Cup" arbitrator with
>> HMSA regarding these issues.
>>
> Amici...
>
> I think this is a good thing. PRESENTATION is important in vintage racing,
> Vintage race cars ought to look good. Effort and funding ought to be
> expended towards that end. I can remember back in the late 1970s and early
> 1980s when vintage racing was first taking off the 'caveat' from the
sanctioning
> bodies was, "We don't want a bunch of rusty TR3s!" That used to hurt my
> feelings, even though my car was prepared and presented properly and
certainly
> not rusty. But TRIUMPH often has this 'bottom of the sports car barrel'
> reputation. We're too common by some standards. TRIUMPH has earned its
place
> in sports car racing, and it is far from the bottom of the barrel. Vintage
> TRIUMPH racers help polish our reputation by racing cars that look as good
> as they run.
>
> Since TRIUMPH will be a featured marque at these events, I'll be surprised
> if the sanctioning bodies don't look the other way at preparation levels
> which might be over and above their own regulations (providing the car is
> accepted in another venue). But I give them credit if they seek 'good
looking'
> race cars. I think that is in everyone's best interests.
>
>
> Bill Dentinger
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