I've thought about this also, and came very quickly to the conclusion that
while many of us think we're "vintage racing" many others think we're
"obsolete or uncompetitive in modern series car racing". Another way to see
it is that we're "whatever the millionaires with the really big trailers
want to run" racing.
Then, since I was depressed by this, I decided that we were "racing, in a
polite manner designed to honour the cars before the drivers, cars that
fascinated us, in excellent company, for fun". Many organizations put
tighter brackets around the choice of car, and that's fine if they want to,
'cause that helps them define how they want to achive the "fun" part of the
definition. But I decided that I was pretty happy with the whole thing, and
went back to plumbing the Meryln. Which is really kind of expensive if you
go with all AN fittings. Sigh
Cheers, Brian Evans (who WILL have the Merlyn out next year. Really)
At 03:01 PM 08/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I'd like some feedback on the topic of late model Nascar/Winston Cup cars
>particating at "vintage" race events.
>
>Looking over the various organizations names, I see words such as "vintage",
>"historic" but the common thread seems to be "sportscar".
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>I wonder why and how the Winston Cup cars, that are as new as 1993, qualify
>for these events. Is a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina "historic", or "vintage"? I
>dont think its a "sportscar".
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>I would be the last person to deny the owners/drivers of these cars their
>fun on the track. And I think they even have their own organizations which
>hold various events geared toward these cars.
>
>I would just like to know the reasoning behind allowing them to participate
>at the "vintage sportscar" events.
>
>I am just looking for feedback, not a war here...so please go easy.
>
>Gary Speckman
>Team Thicko
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