[Fot] State of Vintage Racing

[Andre Rousseau]

You forgot to recast the block in aluminium.
Maybe this can't be controlled.

So maybe an option is to further sub-divid the classes?

- Show room stock class
- Semi prepped class
- Your richer then smarter class

And let people run what you brung.

Kinda like the slicks and wings class at Mosport, you get a mix from low end
neat ideas to full out ex F1 cars.

Its a mad mad world.

A.





2008/10/23 Bill Babcock <Billb at bnj.com>

> What makes you think bodies aren't already acid dipped? I'm working on that
> "personal lightening program"--have a weight bet going with my brother.
> Actually I think the most serious problem in vintage racing is more that the
> valuable cars can't be changed much--it would decrease their sky-high
> value--while specials and production racers can skirt the edge of the
> rulebook. That means there isn't a testarossa on the planet that can stay
> with Peyote, which is both silly and sad. We don't get to see them on track
> very often anymore--they are too valuable to risk and the owners don't like
> getting hammered by cars they should be able to romp over.
> I don't know how to fix that. Making Peyote slow won't change anything but
> the finish order at a few races. All the fast triumphs are rulebook-legal,
> more or less. Or could be without putting a serious dent in their lap times.
> The worst anyone is doing is running 89mm bores, and that's a tweak--not
> really worth much--you can get nearly the same horsepower with a 87.
> Pandoras box is knowledge, we all know how to make a car fast, we all have
> access to the learning of the last 50 years, and it goes into our cars,
> while testarossas are stuck in time.
>
> Of course if I had a TR the first thing I'd do would be to make a replica
> of the frame, only in titanium, and a carbon fibre body. Then...
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:45 AM, Andre Rousseau wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
> Baseball Dad
>
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Andre Rousseau - andre at gt6.ca
'68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - http://www.gt6.ca/
Ottawa, ON, Canada