first transmission failed, trying again.
mike jackson wrote:
>
> 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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