On Wed, 5 Jul 1995 krobinson@primavera.com wrote:
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> I'm curious, not being a vintage racer myself, is slipping and sliding
> your car around going beyond the limits set for vintage racing? Is it
> all right to push your car (and yourself) as long as it doesn't
> endanger anyone else or do you drive at 8/10 or 9/10 no matter what.
> What sort of driving antics will get you a black flag?
Kendall,
Let me say this up front. I'm not a vintage racer (though I do
autocross an old TR4). Okay, now I'll start the fire... Isn't
a "controlled 4 wheel drift" the way it was done back in the
halcyon days when those old racers were the "hot new
racers"? Having said that (I'll probably get creamed by the
cognoscenti) I think the key word here is "controlled". I don't
think that driving a vintage racer the way it was driven is "bad",
so long as you aren't driving beyond your abilities and creating a
hazard to the "other guy".
You gotta remeber, vintage racing (in theory) is FOR FUN. If you
have to win, go join the SCCA and play with the "big boys". Besides,
if all these old cars were driven beyond their limits, pretty soon
there won't be any vintage race cars for guys like me to take
pictures of and write about... And that would just about wreck my
summers!
Anyhoo I've wasted enough bandwidth but that's how I see it.
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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