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RE: Vintage Racing Dilemma

To: RX31981@deere.com
Subject: RE: Vintage Racing Dilemma
From: Simon Favre <favres@engmail.ulinear.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 11:40:17 PDT
The early Formula cars of the 50's and 60's certainly have more racing
history than any production sports car converted to racing.  That's all
they did.  The Vees clearly fall into the middle of what we tend to call
the "Golden Age" of racing.  They started right after Formula Junior
ended.  As for the production cars, well that's the way it WAS.  People
would put a roll bar in their cars and drive to the events.  The ideal
re-creation of past racing history must include a variety of cars from
all eras, up to a point.  Hopefully, it's up to the club members to
decide that point.

I think where I draw the line is cars that have made the transition to
the wings-and-slicks era.  There is a place for them, but they should
have their own grid.  Formula Ford straddled that transition.  They
started as cigar-shaped objects with a hole in the nose and went to
side pods, inboard suspensions and slicks, tho aerodynamics are limited.

Alfa Romeo once touted their cars as "Family Cars That Win Races".
There has always been a place for such cars in racing, and Vintage
racing should continue to re-create those times, IMHO.

>Geeez,
>Where do you draw the line?  A Formula V isn't a sports car - for that
>matter none of the formula/sports racers are even real cars - they were
>never used for transportation.  What about the Alfa Sedans, Lotus
>Cortinas, BMW 2002s and the like - they've got back seats?

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