that's a good one...one of my other sports is road bicycling...some people
spend 55.00 for a carbon fiber water bottle holder to save a couple of
ounces...that's logical if the human body portion of the vehicle is down to
minimum weight also..Rotating mass is a different story though
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Rousseau" <andre@gt6.ca>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing
>I guess that is the nature of racing, those with money will do what ever it
> costs to win.
>
> What's next acid dipping of the bodies?
>
> Frankly if I wanted to make my "future" racer lighter. I'd start with
> myself.
>
> A.
>
> --
> Andre Rousseau - andre@gt6.ca
> '68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
> Ottawa, ON, Canada
>
> 2008/10/23 <Group44TR7@aol.com>
>
>> Good Morning
>>
>> What I am observing is that some vintage racing groups are going
>> down the same path as CanAm and FI by allowing expensive modifications
>> to
>> take
>> place. Is there really a need to have Kevlar bodywork on a Spitfire or
>> TR6
>> in
>> vintage racing?
>>
>> It has always struck me as rather hypocritical that vintage
>> groups
>> wanted owners to use pre 1972 body specification and have the true
>> appearance
>> of post 1972 cars destroyed. Now we are putting Kevlar replacement
>> panels
>> to
>> look like pre 1972 cars.
>>
>> I have to wonder why the people doing these modifications are not
>> instead running SCCA. I am just as guilty as the next person here, our
>> engines
>> are too modified. They are nothing like what was raced in the 1970s and
>> earlier.
>>
>> Vintage may be making itself too expensive too.
>>
>> Baseball Dad
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