[Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!

[RACER BUD]

Hello Richard...you are racing....which means  You are a Race 
Driver!....Take a non-racer for a few hot laps...then they'll get the 
picture....the slowest car out there is going Much faster than the average 
spectator has a clue about!..
Racer Bud

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Taylor" <tarch at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Bill Babcock'" <Billb at bnj.com>; "'Mark Eginton'" 
<markconsultation at twcny.rr.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] SVRA allows 5 speed transmission conversion!


> As a venerated representative of the opposite end of the prepared-car
> spectrum from Babcock, I can say that I totally agree with him
>
> My ole #196 is as close to a first derivative TR-4 as there is out there. 
> I
> drive it to the track with roll up windows, heater, turn signals and a
> Georgia Tech license plate. And the trophies I add to the shelf are seldom
> for being the fastest. Enduros are my forte and much of my modest success 
> is
> for simply finishing without a mistake. It's amazing how dependable a
> mildly-pumped, 125HP TR-4 is. But, as Bill points out so well, I can still
> race as hard as I know how. But it's against my select group of other 
> guys;
> other guys, frequently in other marks, who for what ever reason, run at
> about my speed.
>
> Now do I hold a grudge because another TR has a Tojo transmission? No, I
> could care less. The way I look at it is that there is almost no limit to
> the time/expense one can go to to squeeze another Joule of juice out of an
> old Triumph. So I say, have at it. As long as there is a spot in a grid 
> for
> me to line up in and race my car to the best of my ability in the manner
> that gives me great satisfaction, I'm happy.
>
> All this said another way: I appreciate the be-true-to-your-cause driver's
> concern, and I respect the efforts and difficulties of the sanctioning
> bodies, but slicing and dicing rule book restrictions (other than safety
> stuff) just isn't part of my sport.
>
> I will also add that there was a time many years ago (maybe when I was
> Babcock's age) when I didn't feel this way. So maybe it's just an old man
> thing.
>
> Admittedly, however, my view may be tainted because in the past there has
> been very little control over who does what to their car.
>
> Richard
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