OK, since I'm already out on this limb... One of the overriding conditions we
use in the
Florida Region SCCA Vintage Program is one of historical correctness. By this
I mean that if
proof (now THERE'S another hot topic...) can be provided that the car in
question ran in a
particular configuration during the eligibility period (pre '73) then it can
run in that
configuration in the Vintage group. Proof may include log books, photographs,
programs, etc.
Most "specials" will be researched as best we can prior to permission being
granted. But, this
only applies to the exact car (definition anyone?) that ran in that
configuration.
Now I'll don my nomex and go back to my chad...
*8o)
John A. Rollins, Vintage Race Coordinator
Florida Region, SCCA
WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 30/11/00 12:24:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> S800Racer@aol.com writes:
>
> > I prefer more restrictive carburetor rules as per the SCCA PCS
> > specifications. It helps to maintain some balance between various cars
> > within the same class.
> > Bigger carbs are not a "safety item" and I don't have sympathy with the
> > argument that Webers are cheaper or easier to find since carbs generally do
> >
>
> Cheaper and easier shouldn't enter into it (you are far better off to rebuild
> your SUs yourself in any case).
>
> Should cars be limited to what they could or could not use in a particular
> class at a specific time? If so, what do you do with the 215 powered Sprite,
> that was built that way from the early 60s, or the MGB with crossflow and
> Webers that raced that way, albeit having to run in a sports racing class
> rather than a production class because of it? Tough decisions.
>
> If you have a TR3 that has a Judson supercharger on it (assuming anyone is
> crazy enough to want to race it that way), a nice period go-fast goodie, do
> you have to prove that that very car had that installed on it from some early
> date, or just that they were available for them in the specified period?
>
> And how early must that car have run that way? Assuming that it had been
> purchased as a 10 year old car and turned into a race car (pretty common
> scenario in club racing), you would have a 1962 car that didn't turn a wheel
> in competition until maybe 1972, but then served faithfully for a decade or
> two in the same configuration.
>
> Do you tell that guy, possibly the owner of a well remembered local race car
> that he has to modify his car to a condition in which it never raced?
>
> Want another tough one to add to the 215 powered bugeye? How about the D type
> that ran at Westwood, fitted with a big block Chev motor (I believe after the
> Jag motor went south, figuratively speaking). It ran A sports racing, in the
> 60s, just before I got involved, but was apparently a sight to see (and
> hear). Would that be allowed to run in most organisations, or not.
>
> (See how I love to posit hard cases without even trying to answer them? Much
> more fun than being the poor organiser that actually has to make these
> decisions).
>
> Bill Spohn
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