I disagree. The purpose of vintage racing (in MY humble opinion) is to BOTH
preserve old race cars, AND to recreate the era of vintage racing. So
purpose built race cars should have been purpose built then, so to speak (no
modern replicas of Loti, is what I mean) and since just about any period
production car could race pretty much by just showing up, then any period
production car should be allowed to race now. That's a philosophical
argument that ignores dollars and exclusivity, but is how I feel the matter
sits.
I guess Mike Rosen is right, I do have an opinion on just about everything;)
Brian Evans
At 11:43 AM 16/07/97 -0400, you wrote:
>JIm Hayes is right. If the purpose of vintage racing (as expressed by
>several sactioning bodies) is to preserve old race cars, then participation
>should be limited to those cars with verifiable contemporary race history,
>and those cars should be configured as close as possible to the way they
>raced. The only problem with this concept is that the vintage "cottage
>industry" has grown so much that there are too many vested interests
>(sanctiong groups, "non-qualifying" car owners, prep shops, dealers, etc.)
>to let such an idea take hold.
>
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