In a message dated 1/18/99 9:19:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, pkrause@ibm.net
writes:
<< Vintage for me means
building these cars to a specification that WAS, not IS. The other point
is that (all you VMC club rules people listening?) if you have a rule
in print, enforce it! Do NOT continually "make exceptions" to be
friendly, accommodating or because you don't care to make a fuss that
day. >>
Peter, et al.
Those of you who know me know that I agree with you 98 percent.
However, after fifteen years of trying to ferret out who has or doesn't have
roller rockers, and having people install them Saturday night after I have
checked Sat. afternoon, I frankly just gave up. Just like we all gave in to
"free internal engine parts" and "transmission gears" many years ago, the
roller rocker issue in unenforceable in the context of vintage racing as we
know it.
Unless you want a full crew of tech police, you will just have to accept it. I
did not think it was fair to tell people in the rules that they couldn't have
something that I knew so many others were using and not getting caught at it.
We at SVRA have been criticized for having too many rules. I do not believe in
having a rule that cannot be enforced. We publish correct spec sheets on
almost every production car with all the period racing parts that were
offered. These sheets also show non-period parts that we will accept. We
enforce these better than any other group I know of. Even so, many people
"cheat" to varying degrees and don't get caught.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Y'all can debate this again 'til your
fingers drop off. See you at the races.
Jack Woehrle
SVRA Technical Director
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