Greetings all,
I just have to chime in here. As one who wants to vintage race, I agree
with keeping the sport safe and courteous for those of us who have a great
deal of time and resources involved in our cars. What gets me is that we,
the competitors, take all the risk while making money for the promoters or
tracks at these events, yet see the entry fees rise constantly. If the
tracks can make money with these events, why don't they give some of it back
to the racers in the form of lower entry fees or an extra day of track time.
Lord knows, they don't have to post purses--if they did I wouldn't come--so
they should be able to make it at least more affordable for the guys who put
on the show.
In thinking about Mid-Ohio/SVRA last year there were about 350 cars @ $300 a
piece, that's $105K for SVRA, they have to pay track rental of about $18K
(is that per day or per weekend?), plus staff and expenses, so I know SVRA
doesn't make all that much. The track gets 100% of the gate. There's no
way of knowing how much the track makes. They get the camping fees, too.
I drive a '68 GT6 so am excluded from the VCDA events, or so I am led to
understand, so maybe the argument is moot on my part, at least as it
pertains to Lime Rock.
But I feel better having vented, thank you very much
John Lehman
'68 Triumph GT6
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Rubin" <jrubin@interaccess.com>
To: <S800Racer@aol.com>; <acace@juno.com>; <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: Lime Rock Fall Festival
> Yes to all except the part about being the "passee" -- there's still
plenty
> of room for real racing within the cloak of "classic" vintage racing. I
> would hope that racing in the "vintage spirit" means good sportsmanship
and
> respect for your fellow racers and their cars, but nobody likes to be
passed
> by a "closely matched car"...
>
> Jack Rubin
> 13/13 - been there, done that, learned something
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <S800Racer@aol.com>
> To: <acace@juno.com>; <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Lime Rock Fall Festival
>
>
> snip.....
>
> > The increasing popularity of vintage racing over the last 5-10 years
> has
> > VDCA will also demand that competitors participate in the 'proper
> vintage
> > spirit'. While defining that term is not easy, cooperation with your
> fellow
> > racers is an important key to 'proper vintage spirit'. Two or more
> closely
> > matched cars dicing together is a cooperative excercise and sometimes
your
> > part is the passer and other times it is the passee. If you are racing
in
> > the 'proper vintage spirit', successfully executing the part of being
the
> > passee is just as satisfying as being the passer.
> > Doug Meis
> > 1967 Honda S800 Coupe
> >
> >
>
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