For the midwest group we have Midwestern Council and VSCDA. Both
provide a lot of track time for the money, both are fun groups to run
with.
Jerry Barr
#59 Red GT6
On May 13, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Fubog1@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/13/2005 1:35:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> britcars@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> The Mitty started out kind of like that, a lot of track time for a few
> groups. But as the sport got popular and more and more types of cars
> came to
> race, the number of groups got larger. To accommodate them all, and
> they had
> to accommodate them so they could get that entry fee, the sessions
> had to
> get shorter.
>
>
> I just want to add to what Barry has already said.
> If you look at what happened to SCCA in the 70s, when it went from
> being a
> "club" to "Inc.", it became more of a big bidness & had to start
> adding more
> & more classes in order to accomodate the paying customers, the
> racers. This
> is what helped Vintage racing in its early days, it attracted a lot
> of SCCA
> Prod car folks that were burned-out on all the constant rules & class
> changes. Now the same thing has happened to Vintage but it's a $$
> making proposition
> for the folks who run it & they have to approach it as that. I don't
> know
> the solution but this is what makes groups like SCCA Vintage & VDCA,
> etc, look
> much more attractive today (shameless plug for Mike Jackson & VDCA),
> they get
> back to the basics of racing & getting track time without all the
> frills
> JMHO
> Safety FasTR,
> Glen
>
>
Jerry Barr
#59 Red GT6
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