Derek,
How old do you think the "historic stock cars" are. I haven't seen a single
one on the track that is more than 10 years old. That's vintage??? I would
think the 333SPs could run in HSR's Thundersports, even today, but I guess
they'd have to ask Joe.
Roger
>From: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
>To: S800Racer@aol.com
>CC: simon@mondes.com, vintage-race@autox.team.net, JWoesvra@aol.com,
>David.Laver@msdw.com, lwdent@fwi.com
>Subject: Re: Vintage Eligibility
>Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 10:10:51 -0400
>
>Another load of Common Sense - what is this list coming to?
>Thanks, Doug
>Another example of "progress" or of "passing years" - Ferrari 333SPs are
>occasionally turning up at vintage/historic - these were "state of the art"
>less
>than a decade ago but are now outdated. No doubt some will say,
>effectively,
>"store them for another decade or so while we decide if/when/where to
>accept
>them" - I say - lets embrace them - they are "thoroughbreds" - just need to
>find
>the appropriate venues/groups/classes. The more we encourage this sort of
>acceptance the more worthwhile race cars will continue to be available for
>future
>generations.
>Derek
>
>S800Racer@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 8/7/00 4:54:30 PM, simon@mondes.com writes:
> >
> > <<Is this distinction because former SCCA Production cars are considered
>evil
> > in some circles?>>
> >
> > It's not that certain cars are "evil", it's really a matter of
>recreating
> > certain periods in time. Much of vintage racing is aimed at recreating
> > sports car racing during the 1950's and 1960's. A period considered by
>most
> > to be a "golden age" of sports car racing. In the 1970's and 1980's
> > tube-framed and plastic bodied racers began to fill out the "production"
>car
> > fields. These cars were not made by sports car manufacturers but rather
>by
> > race shops and home builders. The '70's and '80's also brought slick
>tires,
> > proliferation of sponsorship and other changes. The cars from this
>latter
> > period are not "evil" or any less a race car than the cars of the former
> > period. They are different. They are generally faster. They are in
>some
> > ways more replaceable in that a tube framed car can always be repaired
>with
> > new tubes and some welding.
> > Vintage racing was in it's infancy when the cars of the 1970's and
>1980's
> > were being raced competitively and at the time no one worried about
>whether
> > or how they would fit into vintage racing in 20 or 30 years. In 1980
>there
> > were few if any places to run a 1975 SCCA production racer as a vintage
>car.
> > Now that such a car is 25 years old, it seems like there should be a
>place
> > for it. The prejudice that you sense comes from those who do not want
>such a
> > car mixed in with cars representing a different age of sports car
>racing.
> >
> > Doug Meis
>
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