[Fot] State of Vintage Racing

[Andre Rousseau]

I guess that is the nature of racing, those with money will do what ever it
costs to win.

What's next acid dipping of the bodies?

Frankly if I wanted to make my "future" racer lighter. I'd start with
myself.

A.

-- 
Andre Rousseau - andre at gt6.ca
'68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
Ottawa, ON, Canada

2008/10/23 <Group44TR7 at aol.com>

> Good Morning
>
>        What I am observing is that  some vintage racing groups are going
> down the same path as CanAm and FI by  allowing expensive modifications to
> take
> place. Is there really a need to have  Kevlar bodywork on a Spitfire or TR6
> in
> vintage racing?
>
>        It has always struck me as  rather hypocritical that vintage groups
> wanted owners to use pre 1972 body  specification and have the true
> appearance
> of post 1972 cars destroyed. Now we  are putting Kevlar replacement panels
> to
> look like pre 1972 cars.
>
>        I have to wonder why the  people doing these modifications are not
> instead running SCCA. I am just as  guilty as the next person here, our
> engines
> are too modified. They are nothing  like what was raced in the 1970s and
> earlier.
>
>        Vintage may be making  itself too expensive too.
>
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