[Vintage-race] 2 way radios

[DRR]

Myles ~

To be honest, I completely agree.   I raced with SCCA from 1963 until 
1970 when family commitments and lack of funds forced my retirement.  I 
took up vintage racing in 1985, and also raced a bit with SCCA from 1995 
- 2000.

Pit boards were more than adequate, and lots of fun.  Everyone used 
them.  I miss it.

My situation is that my fiancee, who has been coming to the races with 
me for a couple of years, has a very hard time with it if anything 
happens when I am out of sight.  There was an incident on track last 
year where the race was red flagged and we had to pull over and stop on 
the side of the race track.  She did know what had happened and went 
into total panic mode.  Another time I didn't come around because I had 
run out of gas out on course at end of a long practice session (duh!!).  
It was then that she made me promise to get radios.

I am sure the radios are more of a distraction and a pain in the butt to 
deal with than they are a benefit.  We have enough other things to think 
about when we are on course.  But, sometimes it is best just to do 
things to make them happy.

Regards,

  ~  Dick Rothman