[Fot] Watkins Glen 2008 - FOT GRC standard for Kastner Cup ?

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Amici
 
    One of the underlying fundamental reasons why there  are many different 
sanctioning organizations is that there is no consensus  on vintage preparation 
standards. Further, reflected in the differing  standards is a fundamental 
difference in philosophy about the preparation of  cars for racing. And even 
further, there is even more basic difference of  philosophy about cars 
themselves; General racing for example has typically only  included cars that have a 
real race history. 
 
    On one extreme, we have only cars with an actual  race history that 
supposedly is prepared to the same specifications as when they  were raced and on 
opposite end is newly constructed/reconstructed race cars  utilizing new 
technology. For FOT to have an event, it means that a compromise  has to be reached 
to allow these cars to compete together. 
 
    Philosophically, there is also a very big  difference between drivers. On 
one extreme there are people who simply want to  have fun driving as fast as 
they can with their car and the opposite extreme of  someone who wants to win 
a competition. It would seem that we should have an  agreement amongst FOT for 
those who want to compete as to the level  of preparation allowed, a sort 
very basic of FOT GRC for the Kastner Cup  that preferably references an already 
existing GRC. If you are in not in  compliance, you simply are not eligible - 
but you can go on the track (if  accepted by SVRA) to have fun driving your 
car. 
 
    Thanks for listening,  Cary




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