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Re: 1275s in Bugeyes

To: Royce Miller <royce_miller@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: 1275s in Bugeyes
From: Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:14:41 -0700
We ran at Sonoma almost (WOW!) 10 years ago, and in all fairness, the 
bugeye may still have had the 948 with which it started. So, I may well 
be mistaken (read wrong).  Where did those years go?  Bill McLeod

Royce Miller wrote:

>Yes, VARA has a class for just about anything.  But I don't think you can
>run a 1275 Bugeye with Classic Sports Racing Group, CSRG, in Northern
>California.
>
>Royce
>'66 Lotus Cortina vintage racer
>Sacramento, CA USA
>
>--- Bill McLeod <wbmcleod@cox.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>VARA, in California routinely runs 1275 bugeyes (in fact I have one in 
>>my shop).  The Northern California sanctioning body does, as well, and I
>>
>>believe the Rocky Mountain vintage race organization does too.
>>Bill McLeod
>>Slightly Classics
>>Tucson, AZ
>>
>>dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
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>>>A friend of mine just had a Bugeye rejected for the Gold Cup Historics
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>>at VIR because it has a 1275 in it.
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>>>I'm told that the SCCA never sanctioned 1275s in Bugeyes, so they are
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>>not vintage eligible.  Peter Krause made the decision to reject this car
>>and apparently a few others.  I can certainly understand his reasoning,
>>and it is certainly his prerogative.
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>>>I'm not arguing his decision, I'm just curious how sanctioning bodies
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>>are looking at this.  Peter indicates that some east coast bodies either
>>have or are considering banning them.  I know they are "legal" in CVAR,
>>although a body point deduction is assessed against them and they run in
>>FP.  There are numerous RMVR bugeyes I've seen with 1275s so I assume
>>they are accepted there.  I don't know what the left coasties do.
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>>>Will VMC member organizations that might otherwise disallow them accept
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>>them under the "1 race a year guest" status from another VMC member
>>organization that accepts them?
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>>>One reason I ask is that I have a couple of friends with these cars and
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>>we often talk of traveling to other events together.  It would be good
>>to know if there are limitations as to where we could go.
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>>
>>>David Littlefield
>>>MG Midget vintage racecar

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