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blkcorvair said:
looks to have been going pretty fast. <span style="color: #FF0000">And no cage?</span> That thing crumbled.
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Alright...The consumptive use of artifacts.

*Snarl*

Like using a Ming vase as chamber pot...

OK...1..2..3...4....5

Drive a real one...race a replica.
 
Martin Stretton is a very well known and HIGHLY skilled driver, well-known for racing historics and old F1 cars. I have seen a clip of him in a Maserati 250F that was absolutely magic.
Unlikely he owned the car, he gets to drive a lot of other people's toys, so some serious apologising was likely in order after this. Of no direct relevance, his gorgeous wife Amanda is a talented racer as well.
(Incidentally, Donn, I see you are in Denmark, my last name is Rasmussen, goes back a couple of generations, though!)
 
Martin Stretton is a very well known and HIGHLY skilled driver, well-known for racing historics and old F1 cars. I have seen a clip of him in a Maserati 250F that was absolutely magic.
Unlikely he owned the car, he gets to drive a lot of other people's toys, so some serious apologising was likely in order after this. Of no direct relevance, his gorgeous wife Amanda is a talented racer as well.
(Incidentally, Donn, I see you are in Denmark, my last name is Rasmussen, goes back a couple of generations, though!)
 
Well I doubt that an accomplished driver could go that wrong in someone else's car without a mechanical problem...

You don't generally go straight off a corner like that.

Guessing of course...
 
Yep...That could defently cause that sort of thing...
(called 'Hooking a Tire'..Except the car usually spins shortly there after)

But it is generally an amateurish mistake.

Or someone who doesn't know the track.
(MAYBE!...And that's giving a lot of credit to the driver)

What I think is....Someone was overdriving a car that they shouldn't have been 10-tenths racing in the first place...

Shame-Shame-Shame

If you're skidding at all in vintage....You are wrong.
The place for that kind of thing is SCCA, vintage hill climb
, Auto-X, NASA or NASCAR.
 
WhatsThatNoise said:
What I think is....Someone was overdriving a car that they shouldn't have been 10-tenths racing in the first place...

Shame-Shame-Shame

If you're skidding at all in vintage....You are wrong.
The place for that kind of thing is SCCA, vintage hill climb
, Auto-X, NASA or NASCAR.
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I disagree. Vintage Racing is just that RACING. The cars a older but the prep level equals what you see at the front of a SCCA National caliber field (at least at the front of the field). At most of your bigger vintage events the racing is fierce at the front with very accomplished drivers in trick cars (there a several ex IMSA winners and SCCA Champions racing in vintage now). You can't regulate "spirit" and at the end of the day someone has to win. My .02 cents.
 
Absolutely--

Just my $.02 but I am not attracted to events where contact between cars is to be expected. To me it takes more control to drive in close quarters and NOT trade paint than v/v.

Yesterday and today I ran at the VSCCA Fall Finale at Lime Rock and the driving was fast and most competitive with much "skidding" as Dave calls it. I came in 2nd in the Under 2 Litre feature race to a Lotus 7 with two Webers sticking out of the cowl.

The folks at VSCCA like to say that they are not racing but I know I sure was and so was the guy in front of me!
 
Hi Dale--

Yes I will be there with Mary in her 3000. Hope to see you.
 
Monkeywrench said:
I disagree. Vintage Racing is just that RACING. The cars a older but the prep level equals what you see at the front of a SCCA National caliber field (at least at the front of the field). At most of your bigger vintage events the racing is fierce at the front with very accomplished drivers in trick cars (there a several ex IMSA winners and SCCA Champions racing in vintage now). You can't regulate "spirit" and at the end of the day someone has to win. My .02 cents.
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The more time you spend near the inside edge of the traction circle, the more likely you're going to overcook it.

I know from having flagged quite a bit that non-vintage guys spend much more time in the weeds.

You can't drive 10/10ths and expect to not bend up a car occasionally.

IMNSHO...You shouldn't be driving a vintage car that hard.

I intended to really race the Elva when I bought it.

It was a huge disappointment for me when I came to the realization that it could not be made safe for that purpose, regardless of preparation.

Someday I might vintage race it...
But I would never do it in the SCCA.
The driving is way too aggressive.

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Dart:

I'm trying to get some Frederick area guys together for the trip to Hunt Country.
 
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