I see what you're getting at, although I believe Rabbits were the same era as
the later TR6....and SCCA is making a strong push into vintage racing..they
need to fill the grids..I found that , at least out here in San Fran Region
SCCA, if a racer wants to change groups, it is generally well accommodated..
Racer bud
----- Original Message -----
From: dos_gusanos@msn.com
To: Bill Babcock ; RACER BUD
Cc: Jerry Barr ; Barr, Scott ; Friends of Triumph
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing
I've really got no problem with the driving attitude that I've seen at any
of the vintage events I've ever been to. There are always isolated events and
every time I've screwed up my car, I've screwed up my car, not someone else.
My thing is if we're going to race VW Rabbits, I'll go get one, but throwing
them out there with the vintage cars just goes against my sense of what's
right............................Henry Morrison
> CC: dos_gusanos@msn.com; jerrybarr@charter.net; sbarr@mccarty-law.com;
fot@autox.team.net
> From: Billb@bnj.com
> To: budscars@comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] State of Vintage Racing
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:33 -0700
>
> Gee, Bud, I think maybe you DID figure it out. I never thought about
> it that way. I agree about the catch 22. I know the main reason I want
> good brakes is so I can go faster, but not T-Boning someone else is
> also part of the equation.
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 1:41 PM, RACER BUD wrote:
>
> > I think I have figured it out...but have not found an answer that
> > will not
> > bang up cars....Having begun SCCA racing in 1968 at 21 years old, and
> > currently vintage racing at 61 years old.....
> >
> > Now about the driving....Well, It's a Catch-22....In order to race
> > our vintage
> > cars the way we raced them when they were not vintage, we have to
> > drive to
> > that slightly more aggressive edge(SCCA Style)...That 'slight' edge
> > is a HUGE
> > difference...possibly described by the feeling one gets in a vintage
> > race when
> > we pass inside, smoke our tires, and say "Oh Oh", am i gonna get him
> > in the
> > door?..I know, at that point, that I am overdriving for a vintage
> > event, even
> > though my racing experience naturally wants me to drive at that
> > level....
> > What I do to keep myself reined in is to remind myself that vintage
> > is not
> > about agressive driving....This is very difficult for me to do,
> > because Truly
> > Period Correct Racing would be very agressive...
> > So there you have it...It just won't work!....sometimes I feel like
> > my little
> > Spitfire is stretching out it's bonnet like a race horse extends
> > it's neck,,
> > and is saying "Please Racer Bud...will you please let me 'Kick It
> > In, I know
> > We can do this'....In vintage events we just can't drive these old
> > friends of
> > ours like they want to be driven..
> > Racer Bud..Spitfire #21
> > ----- Original Message -----
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