[Spridgets] 60th Sprite Midget Anniversary Elkhart Lake / Road America Street Course and Concours

Thu Mar 15 11:05:05 MDT 2018

Ron,
I can't speak for Stan but it seems to me he has nothing to do with who can
run with VSCDA. That's an organizational decision and it is quite possible
they would consider an "exhibition class" that would run with the Mod-2
Spridgets.  I'm sure you will get a morew specific response from someone on
this mailing.
John D

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Ron and Jeanne <ron.bartell at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Hello all you Spridget Racers – I have pushed “Reply All” because Stan has
> for some reason chosen not to respond to me.  Some of you who follow SCCA
> racing know me and my car, and I was under the apparently mistaken
> impression that such an iconic Spridget race car might be of interest to a
> 60th Anniversary Sprite and Midget reunion.
>
>
>
> For those who do not know me or the car I have raced with the SCCA for 45
> years, have two National Championships, 6 Runoffs poles, and 8 Runoffs
> podium finishes, and in fact was the highest finishing British Sports car
> at this year’s Runoffs at Indy with a 3rd in H Production.
>
>
>
> I have mentioned to Stan that there is a contingent of current H
> Production racers that have shown an interest in this event, and I am
> trying to coordinate that effort, but we need some answers to our questions
> so we can determine whether it makes sense for us to attend.  We
> specifically need to understand whether we can race our cars at this event
> without having to change anything including our racing slicks, but I have
> been unable to get an answer to this question so far.
>
>
>
> Perhaps someone on this distribution can help us with this information.
> Following is a previous e-mail that I sent to Stan but have not received an
> answer.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron Bartell
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Hello Stan – Thank you for the update.
>
>
>
> Can you please decipher for us what class a currently-raced SCCA H
> Production Spridget would be placed in.  The body is highly modified but
> the motor is not.  For example, we have full coil-over suspension (no lever
> shocks), full fiberglass body panels (except doors), no interior trim, but
> we have stock manifold and carburetion, only a .040” overbore, stock rocker
> ratios, 11:1 compression, .450” valve lift, and no head porting.  We call
> it a limited prep motor.
>
>
>
> We also run full racing slicks, which you don’t seem to address in your
> class outline (I may have missed it).  As I mentioned to you before, there
> are a few of us that would like to attend this special occasion, and as
> long as we can race against other similar cars we don’t care whether we are
> necessarily competitive, but the main thing is we don’t want to have to
> modify what we have because we will be on track in another SCCA event in
> short order.
>
>
>
> I realize that your rules seem to reflect a philosophy of “it is either
> stock/vintage or it is allowed to be highly modified”.  Our hybrid cars do
> not follow this line of thinking, but we understand that.  We certainly
> will not be able to compete with Weber carbs. .060 overbores, and unlimited
> compression and valve lift, but it will be fun anyway.
>
>
>
> Ron Bartell
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> *Subject:* 60th Sprite Midget Anniversary Elkhart Lake / Road America
> Street Course and Concours
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>
> Fellow Spridget Peoples,
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>
> I wanted to pass along a good visual and description of just one of the
> many fun things we have planned for the 60th Sprite Midget Reunion at
> Elkhart Lake / Road America September 13-16, 2018.  The following links
> will do a better job of explaining the Elkhart Road Course Reenactment.
> The resort town of Elkhart Lake in 1950 wanted to improve business and felt
> a Sports Car Race would be the answer and has grown into this incredible
> event that features our favorite ride this year! The following are 2 links
> that do a great job explaining yesterday and today of this important
> Historical Street Course that we can take part in whether in your Street
> Spridget or Race Spridget.
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> http://historicracecircuits.com/index.html
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> https://www.vscda.org/events/road-course-reenactment
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> For anyone that would like to be involved in the Gather on the Green
> Concours you can get additional information at the following site:
>
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> https://www.vscda.org/events/gather-on-green
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> You will need to fill out a form and submit and then they will select 20
> Spridgets & Healeys.  Please let me know if you need a form and I will
> forward again.  There are several world class special Racing Sprites that
> have expressed and interest in attending the Concours, which makes this
> event even more special.
>
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> Please feel free to pass along to anyone that maybe interested.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stan Mason
>
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