Hi Bill,
Thanks for the input regarding your meeting. My guess is that Ralph will
look at each entry individually regarding overall appearance of the cars.
My feeling is that cars with full roll cages will not be allowed because of
their "non-vintage" appearance. I doubt there were any full cages in 1964
which is where he seems to be focused. Can't say that I disagree with him!
Vroom, vroom,
Jeff Snook
http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:49 PM
Subject: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
> Dear FOT:
>
> Some of you expressed an interest in running in the Pittsburgh Vintage
Grand
> Prix this year. I attended a Western, PA Triumph Association meeting on
> December 13, 2003. At that time there was a lot of discussion that more
cars were
> needed for this event (even Triumphs), but some of the rules were
> disqualifying many Triumphs racing in vintage groups. On January 7, 2004,
I took a copy
> of Jeff Snook's message to the SCCA Steel Cities Region meeting to show
Mike
> Connolly (McB Autos, 412-221-1922, bmconnolly@hotmail.com), who is on the
> organization committee for the PVGP. The following is a paragraph from
Jeff's
> message:
>
> > Group 4, one of our new groups needs to meet all of the VSCCA rules but
> cannot exceed certain bounds either. For example, no slicks, no flares,
no
> > full cages, there will be a strict tire rule, at present Goodyear Blue
> > Streaks, Dunlop L & R, Hoosier Vintage T/D & Hoosier's Street "legal"
> > vintage tire. The cars may not exceed the SCCA rules for the car as was
> > printed in the competition rule book printed spring 1964.
>
> My argument was that many vintage racers have gone the extra mile to
install
> roll cages for extra safety, and are not going to take them out of their
cars
> for a race. If I remember correctly, roll cages were not required until
about
> ten years ago for SCCA, but there were no rules against installing them.
In
> other words, any equipment that increased the safety of the car was not to
be
> discouraged.
>
> Mike told me that the roll cage issue is still being discussed, and that
no
> final decision has of yet been made. He then suggested that the web page
> CloverLeaf.com be periodically checked. I tried to put in this address,
and it
> didn't work for me.
>
> Hope to see some of you in Pittsburgh. Good luck.
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