[Fot] Alternatives to the SCCA

[Norlin Engineering]

Another option.

Oregon Region has a similar alternative where Patty & I race our Spitfire.
We do not have as many cars as SF Region, so we run only one or two groups,
but we have a group at every regional race.  There's also a North Pacific
Vintage Championship consisting of two races each in SF, Oregon and NW
Regions.

Oregon's rules are simple, only three pages:
http://www.oregonscca.com/media-library/documents/vintage/2008vintagesupps.p
df

It's my understanding that next year the cutoff year will go to a rolling 25
years old.  You can even ask for a waiver to run slicks.

This whole thing started several years ago as a way to get more entries and
to get the older cars back on the track.  If your SCCA region is in need of
entries, you might suggest this as Gary said in his response.

Jim



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Of Gary Horstkorta
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:35 PM
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Subject: [Fot] Alternatives to the SCCA


Hello:



Out west here there is an alternative for SCCA prepared cars to race in a
"vintage" atmosphere.  The Northern Pacific Division (SCCA) has a series
which they classify as vintage ( see www.sfrscca.org/content/view/4481/132/
for info) which has proven to be quite popular.  If a car does not fit into
the rule set of the other vintage organizations in the west (CSRG, SOVERN,
VARA, HMSA, HSR West) it generally WILL fit in with the SCCA Vintage.  I've
raced my TR4 with the SCCA vintage group and aside from being blown off by a
Lotus Exige and several big Porsche's, the rest of the group was quite
competitive.  They usually have fairly large grids so you can always find
someone to race with.  It's essentially a "race what you brung" sort of
environment.  This might be worth investigating in your local regions if
they don't already have a program like this.



Gary



1962 TR4

1969 TR6

1969 Triumph Bonneville
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