It is really much simpler than this. Size is everything. Some of us are
happy with what we have. Some of us feel the need to make it bigger. Some
of us prefer to remember when it got bigger faster. All of us like to take
it out and show it off.
Mike, please forward to porschelist.
>"Rob Pecori" <RobPecori@email.msn.com> wrote :
>
>>> PCA's image problem goes further than just SCCA vs. PCA. I recently
>attended an instructor clinic sponsored by the Vintage Motorsports Council,
>which is a grouping of leaders from various vintage groups, HSR, SVRA etc..
>As a PCA instructor I took much grief from the others. Some of it was good
>natured, but the prevailing view was that PCA drivers are crazy,
>unqualified, snobby, idiots. Can anyone else confirm that this is indeed
>what the vintage community thinks of us? <<
>
>I agree that the vintage community is not friendly to Porsches, but I don't
>think
>it is for those reasons. Rather I feel that the long time vintage
>people are afraid of change - they want to keep the history of old
>mostly British cars and other 50s and earlier cars going, and see Porsches
>later than 356s as a threat. There are just too many
>Porsches running on the tracks and they don't want us to dominate.
>
>Many people in their 30s and younger would rather see
>and drive cars from the golden era from the mid 60s to early 70s -
>the Boss Mustangs, 911RS(R)s, Can Am cars, etc, although
>50s and earlier race cars like the Ferraris, Maseratis, Lotuses, etc are
>interesting to us younger folks too. A Porsche 911 makes a lot of sense
>as they can be raced for years and years with very low maintenance
>and you don't have to worry about reliability during race weekends.
>All parts are easily available from the factory or aftermarket
>and the cars can be worked on by anyone.
>
>I think people need to have an open mind, as "vintage" cars are getting
>newer every year, there should be room for everyone and no fear that
>old cars will be obsoleted - that's what vintage racing is all about!
>
>Just wait, someday vintage racing rules will have to deal with
>aftermarket chips that were not period authentic!! (hopefully
>we'll all be dead by then...).
>
>Regards, mike piera AnalogMike@aol.com '72 911S Targa, '73 911"RS"
>
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