Jack,
I don't think the issue is one of sportscars and non-sportcars. It an
issue of old and new. Historic and obsolete.
Since when did other entrants receive a break because "the rich guys"
entered their 3 year old stock cars? I see no reduction in costs to
drivers because of increased spectator money.
That is complete B.S.
WST
Team Thicko
JWoesvra@aol.com wrote:
> What is a sports car. A controversay that has embroiled motor heads
> for
> years. One classic definition is "a sports car is a sport's car".
>
> Anyway, if you define a sports car as as 2-seat, open roadster, you
> will be
> in the minority at a lot of "vintage" races. Are Mustangs, Camaros,
> Mini-Coopers, Alfa Sprints, BMW CSL's, and such, sports cars? In
> racing
> terms, a sports car race is normally run on a road course. Wouldn't
> any
> suitable race car be a sports car?
>
> The terms vintage and historic have become interchangeable. It used to
> be
> that vintage cars were twenty years old and historics ten. That was
> some
> twenty years ago when we were first getting started at this. Some
> clubs still
> define the older cars as vintage, with a break somewhere in the
> sixties. The
> sport of vintage racing has come to include cars from many racing eras
> and
> venues. Each has it's place and that variety is what makes the sport
> appealing. Excluding cars based on personal prejudices and
> self-serving
> definitions has been tried by several organizations, and has proven I
> think,
> to result in small fields and financial deficits.
>
> Which is more significant in terms of racing history? A Petty or
> Earnhardt
> stock car or a street Sprite made into a "race car" in 1993? Which
> will
> create more spectator appeal that will generate the cash that we need
> to
> offset the increasing costs of putting on these events? Hey, I like
> Sprites
> and MG's as much as anyone, but they won't pay the bills.
>
> Lets be thankful that the "rich guys" want to spend their money in
> this
> sport. We could't do it without them.
>
> Jack Woehrle
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