My first ever vintage race was SVRA at Watkins Glenn - so perhaps that's why
I so want to go back. I haven't raced with SVRA for 6 years now, and I
admit that I should revisit the decision, but...
I stopped because as a then tenter, with slow, small production car, open
trailer, etc., I felt quite ignored and second class. Maybe that's changed,
if only because I now have the obligatory closed trailer/ 1997 Chev
Silverado combination that seems to add a little (not much, but a little) to
the paddock status game.
My first, and all subsequent HSR escapades, have been almost the definition
of how I like to be treated at an event. Plus, I really like the variety of
cars that HSR gets, even if some of them are pretty new. So the idea of
running the Glen with HSR just gets me going, somehow, in a way that SVRA at
the Glen doesn't. BTW, My biggest collection of silverware came from the
Glen, when I put slicks on the Cooper S and entered a combined SCCA/CASC
regional race. All the other Mini's that came entered in SCCA GT-5, while I
entered CASC GT-3, and turned out to be the ONLY GT-3 car. I guess they
didn't want to carry the trophy's home, I got a plate or bowl for every
session I finished, and one I didn't! Total of two plates, and two bowls,
all with First Place on them. I keep candy and christmas cards in them.
Cheers, Brian
At 05:18 PM 24/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't get it. SVRA's been running at the Glen for years, and will also
>have an event there next year (as far as I know, anyway) including a
>celebration of the 50th. Y'all seem so excited about the chance to run at
>Watkins Glen (which, I agree, is an awesome place, and it is exciting, and
>should be a great event).
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>But is it possible that you've somehow not known about the SVRA events? Or
>is SVRA perhaps in disfavor? Just curious.
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>Or is it that your cars aren't, for some reason, eligible with SVRA? I ask
>that sincerely, as my knowledge gets pretty thin outside of formula cars
>and sports racers.
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>-Alfred
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