I wonder if they will take Peyote. God knows it doesn't adhere to any rules
anyone knows about, but it's the real deal. I have this rough idea forming
of a full tilt swing through the mid and eastern US, attending any event
that will accept the goofy thing. Of course it will kick everyone who's
paying any heed to a rulebook's ass, so there's that to consider. My
rollcage gently flows into a full tube frame on top of the "real" frame. You
can jack up the right rear corner of Peyote and the right front follows
about one pump behind. Stiff? Yah think?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of WEmery7451@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:49 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
Dear FOT:
Some of you expressed an interest in running in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand
Prix this year. I attended a Western, PA Triumph Association meeting on
December 13, 2003. At that time there was a lot of discussion that more
cars were needed for this event (even Triumphs), but some of the rules were
disqualifying many Triumphs racing in vintage groups. On January 7, 2004, I
took a copy of Jeff Snook's message to the SCCA Steel Cities Region meeting
to show Mike Connolly (McB Autos, 412-221-1922, bmconnolly@hotmail.com), who
is on the organization committee for the PVGP. The following is a paragraph
from Jeff's
message:
> Group 4, one of our new groups needs to meet all of the VSCCA rules
> but
cannot exceed certain bounds either. For example, no slicks, no flares, no
> full cages, there will be a strict tire rule, at present Goodyear Blue
> Streaks, Dunlop L & R, Hoosier Vintage T/D & Hoosier's Street "legal"
> vintage tire. The cars may not exceed the SCCA rules for the car as
> was printed in the competition rule book printed spring 1964.
My argument was that many vintage racers have gone the extra mile to install
roll cages for extra safety, and are not going to take them out of their
cars for a race. If I remember correctly, roll cages were not required
until about ten years ago for SCCA, but there were no rules against
installing them. In other words, any equipment that increased the safety of
the car was not to be discouraged.
Mike told me that the roll cage issue is still being discussed, and that no
final decision has of yet been made. He then suggested that the web page
CloverLeaf.com be periodically checked. I tried to put in this address, and
it didn't work for me.
Hope to see some of you in Pittsburgh. Good luck.
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