One thing I'm considering is road racing with one of the Marque clubs (PCA,
since I currently own a Porsche). They race with basically the same rules as
the vintage clubs, that is, if you have contact, you're on probation for 13
months, and if you have another contact while on probation, you're suspended
for 13 months. It deters the bumper cars that go on in SS and IT. I need to
do some more research, but that's what I'm thinking about doing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Kelly [mailto:lollipop@ricochet.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 3:13 PM
> To: dvickrey@camelbackra.com
> Cc: 'Auto-x'
> Subject: Re: Road Racers vs Autocrossers
>
>
> Don,
> No offense taken...the pregnancy remark did bring over an
> aura of common
> sense for me at least. When I was driving the smallest,
> lightest car on the
> track, it began to dawn on me that I was very vulnerable to
> someone else's
> errors. (Never mine, of course :-) ).
> I vowed I wouldn't race again unless I was in a fully
> protected caged car
> with lots of driver protection...and haven't been back.
> Another factor that deters folks from racing is the high
> cost, probably not
> mile for mile on the track, but outlay from the pocketbook.
> One can stretch a
> dollar longer while enjoying driving hard at autocrosses than
> road racing. The
> life of road racers averages around 3-4 years; autocrossers
> last much longer, I
> would bet, tho I don't have the numbers on that.
> --Pat Kelly
>
> Donn Vickrey wrote:
>
> > Pat Kelly wrote:
> >
> > >Fear factor? I called it common sense when I stopped;
> pregnancy was another
> > >factor. Guess guys don't contend with that little problem,
> but pregnancy
> > bring
> > >common sense very much into the picture as far as road racing goes.
> >
> > Apparently I must have hit a sore spot... No offense was
> intended. Here is
> > what I said:
> >
> > > But, those who are unable to overcome the fear factor usually
> > > give up on road racing.
> >
> > My statement doesn't mean that the fear factor is the only
> reason that
> > people stop road racing. There are obviously an infinite
> number of reasons.
> > Pregnancy sounds like a good one, although some mothers are
> also road
> > racers. I've also had male friends who stopped racing
> after the birth of a
> > child (as well as others who continued to race).
> >
> > All I can say is that the statement must have been taken
> out of context. If
> > so, I appologize for any confusion added on my part.
> >
> > Donn Vickrey
> > San Diego, CA
> > '97 M3 Coupe
> > '83 Spec RX-7
> > e-mail: dvickrey@camelbackra.com
>
>
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