[Fot] alternatives to the SCCA?

[Steven Preiss]

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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] alternatives to the SCCA?


> In a message dated 06/01/2008 2:49:41 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jaxonracing at yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > Not trying to be smart here, isn't that how vintage started in the first
> > place?  Cars that were "squeezed" out in the past moved on to create
vintage
> > groups?
> >
>
> To some degree, but particularly with older vintage groups like the VSCCA
out
> east they were ALWAYS vintage even before SCCA fell out of favor with some
> racers.  The older vintage groups were made up mostly of 'collectors' who
had
> old race cars (many historically significant) who wanted to do more with
them
> than polish them.  They wanted an opportunity to drive them at speed.  But
as we
> all know...it is very difficult to 'only put it in a little'.  It wasn't
long
> before vintage events became less a high speed parade and more a race.
>
> Bill Dentinger


Boys will be boys.

S.P.

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