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From: rick.parent at att.net (Rick Parent)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 12:55:32 +0000 (UTC)
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Just thought I would weigh in here, fist of all let me say I am all about free 
speech and voting with your checkbook and would not have it any other way but 
when one side goes on and on about how bad an organization is without rebuttal 
it gets a little old plus as major contributors to this forum one would assume 
these individuals would are experts on this subject when the realty is its just 
another guy with an opinion, kind of like watching the news ;-). You can bash 
SVRA? all you want but for those of you who have not raced with SVRA don't 
believe everything you read and, I am not saying the previous opinions are not 
valid because they came from individual experience however keep in mind there 
are 2 sides to every story, also the points made are greatly exaggerated, to 
make a point I suppose. I will not address the comments and turn this into a 
pissing contest but I would like to suggest that those of you who have never 
raced with SVRA take the previous comments with a grain of salt and do you own 
research about SVRA.
Mark Craig, I am truly sorry you had such a horrible experience in the past but 
the Spitfire thing happened 4 years ago before I started working for SVRA. I am 
always available for discussion at rick at svra.com for you or anyone else who 
has questions or comments.
All the best!


 

    On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 12:55 AM, John Hasty via Fot <fot at 
autox.team.net> wrote:
 

 Gee Mark, tell us how you really feel. ?But I agree that VDCA, VRG, VSCDA etc 
is where our cars are accepted with appropriate track time.

Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2018, at 5:22 PM, DPPI - Mark Craig <info at 
dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:



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{}#yiv9250698248 I got hung up in this same mess at Mid Ohio a few years ago. 
Tony did finally answer my e mails but the SVRA people he asked to call me and 
discuss about it never called. The BS reason at that time was that Rick Parents 
Spitfire was so fast that they got complaints on him and moved all Spits to the 
class that matched his lap times????????????????????????  ? So if Mario 
Andretti comes to the races in a Spec Sprite does that mean all Spec Sprites 
move to the GTP class???? This was also the weekend that tech said my car 
wouldn?t be allowed back unless I changed the windscreen as it was a dark tint 
and they couldn?t see their hand thru the tint???? Go figure.  ? It?s really 
tough to support an organization like this that was started and grown on the 
backs of small bore cares. But now the small bore cars are consistently huddled 
to the worst start times, run in multiple class groups and is basically being 
snobbed off by the big money owners and cars. I mean really an entry dollar is 
an entry dollar, the price is the same either way. The small bore tears up less 
stuff on track, causes fewer delays and typically represent themselves quite a 
bit better than the money runners too. ?I?ll probably run with them some but it 
sure does hurt to pay 700.00, with no enduro included, and get 2 sessions a day 
for three days. Do the math120.00 per 20 minutes is pretty pricey to me. And 
that?s in no one goofs the session before or during your session.   ? Another 
thing what is the point to have the celeb?s show up and race, do we really 
care??? I mean does it promote more entries, I can?t imagine why. I don?t want 
to race Mairo, he?s gonna kick my ass in lesser equipment any day?what fun it 
that. Plus that?s one more session that is wedged into the days already too 
short on track per group schedule.  ? Are we racing the cars for what they 
are/were because we enjoy it or are we putting on a show for the celebs and 
spectators for the benefit of the organizer?? ?Dang if I want to drive 8 hours 
one way, get less than 2 ?hot? hours on the track, drop 1750.00-2200.00 on a 
race weekend and not be so damn worn out that I want to skip the last session 
because I have had ?enough?!!  ? Thereby my love for VDCA, if your half fast 
you always got someone to run with, the groups are consistent and pretty darn 
safe too. They are there to have FUN. If you don?t get enough track time then 
you got a mental issue and the price is really fair too. Granted due to having 
fun and the fair price we don?t go to Sonoma or Road America, but we sure wear 
it out where we do go I can tell you that much. I remember the early days at 
HSR and it?s sort of like that. Everybody there is there to beat your butt if 
they can, but if you need their spare distributor so they can try to beat you 
they will gladly let you have it. No beating and banging and cold ones after 
the fact.  ? Ok I?m done, sorry if I went off on it. Just bugs the crap out of 
me that the groups that made vintage racing into vintage racing are now the 
goat in most organizations eyes.  ? 
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Diesel Performance Parts, Inc.
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 ?  ? From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Paul Ricco 
via Fot
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 10:17 AM
To: John Hasty <jhasty at mhc-law.com>
Cc: Friends of Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>; Jeff Snook <jsnook at wcnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Mid Ohio  ? SVRA has merged group 3 with group 8 and 5A. We 
will be out with 911?s that make over 2 times as much power. Additionally, we 
paid for the test and tune day to shake the car out from winter hibernation. 
They have us going out a 8 after a 7:15 drivers meeting. Not much time, but 
someone has to go first. What really sucks, is that we have 2 orientation 
groups out with us on every other test session. So if we miss the 8 AM, we are 
out with the orientation groups every other time we are on the track. You would 
think that they could have at least spread the orientation groups out over all 
the sessions. That would have allowed all to share in that fun.?  ? We want to 
go have a good time and I am going with a good attitude. ? However we paid $700 
in entry fees and I feel like the true vintage Sportscars are being treated 
like the outcasts at the event. ?I started running events at RA over 30 years 
ago and it may be the last time we do the Spring event at RA. I hope to report 
good news at the end of the event, but I am skeptical.?  ? We will have fun 
with some of our good friends that meeting us at the event, one way or another. 
Just wish the track time was not so jacked-up.?  ? Paul  ? Sent from my iPhone 
On May 14, 2018, at 9:59 AM, John Hasty <jhasty at mhc-law.com> wrote: 
Which run groups did they change? Sent from my iPhone 
On May 13, 2018, at 11:42 PM, Paul Ricco via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote: 
Jeff,   ? We have been thinking about it. ?We really like SVRA, but we are 
really unhappy with some thinks going on at Road America next week. We are 
going to see what happens while we are there before making any final call on 
mid-Ohio. SVRA changed the run groups two days ago. We have been registered and 
paid since last winter. Now I feel stuffed into a mess based on the changes at 
the last minute. It is too bad, because we like SVRA.?  ? Paul Ricco Sent from 
my iPhone 
On May 13, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Jeff Snook via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote: 
Anyone attending SVRA Mid Ohio next month? ? ? Jeff Snook 419-344-0319 
www.snooksdreamcars.com ? 

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