Vintage Racing Question

[MGB12]

Don't lump all the vintage group into on. CVAR in Texas requires one driver school with lots of track time (three day weekend held in conjunction with one of their races), and I believe three or four race weekends on a novice permit. The driver school weekend has a $400 entry fee and the remainder of the races have entry fees of $200 each. All this is done in your prepared competition car. Oh I forgot the expense of the tape to put the X on the car.

On completition of the novice permit you can apply for a VMC license that good with all its member organizations.

 

[Deleted member 3577]

Don't lump all the vintage group into on. CVAR in Texas requires one driver school with lots of track time

It seems your organization requires LESS overall tack time than we do here.....

A novice permit allows you to take part in wheel to wheel racing....Does it not?

https://www.corinthianvintagerace.com/driverlicense.html

Basically it comes down to this.....

If you can't just walk away from your TOTALED car.....
DON'T RACE IT!!!

This is why my Elva is an Auto-Xer & NOT a W2W car (Wheel to wheel)
NEVER race a car that you really care about...
Racing is NOT about the car....It's about RACING!!!

A TVR is a powerful yet fragile car w/ a soft, squishy human being inside.
You have 2 strikes against you starting out.
Get experience first....Then go vintage.

 

[bravenrace]

In order to get a vintage racing license you need a Skip Barber type 3 day school (4 thousand $ or MORE) PLUS a 2 day VRG/VSCCA like school (like 200 bucks)

OR a SCCA license (Two 2 day schools at $275.00 each) + the 2 day vintage school.

You can BUY a car & get a SCCA license for about the same price as the pro school.
AND HAVE the car!!!

Later you can sell the thing, if you don't smash it to bits, and end up getting your real deal vintage license for a lot less.

FOUR THOUSAND FREAK'N DOLLARS for NOTHING!!!(NO license, NO car)
And the vintage guys will look at you very suspiciously on account of you only having 5 days of experience.

Don't take this personally but, I'd stay the heck away from you. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

David, points well taken. In fact, everyone's points well taken! But don't sell me short on driving skill. A little background:

I've been racing karts and cars and autocrossing for 25 years. I've won many races, autocross events, and regional and divisional championships. I've attended many performance driving schools over the years, Helped teach at a BMCCA school and used to be the chief instructor for an autocross school. The karts I raced had a weight to power ratio of about 6:1 and topped out at 130mph - 2" off the ground. I've also raced many IT cars over the years, just not in IT races. My buddies and I used to rent Nelson Ledges for testing a couple times a year. I was the only one that didn't have an IT car, but it didn't matter because I could lap faster than any of them in my car. We basically raced side by side all day long, switching cars to get opinions on handling, etc... I'm not ignoring the learning curve of competitive side by side auto racing, just pointing out that I'm not a beginner either. I know very well the type of guy you'd have to stay away from, and I'm not him. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
Still, I understand what you are saying. The details you just provided are what I was looking for. Maybe vintage racing isn't the way to go. I was just trying to combine two things with one car. I wouldn't be out to win, just have fun. But my experience with IT was enough that I will not be doing that either. Because in IT I have seen too many idiots on the track, and I would be out to win without cheating, which I'm not sure is possible. Maybe I'll just set up the TVR for autocrossing and open track days.

 

[Monkeywrench]

If you have racing experience, you might become bored with track days. Start going to vintage races this season to see what it is all about, Mid Ohio has a few.

Also there are a lot of rent-a-rides at vintage races. If you have the money, it might be worth trying out to see if you really want to go racing. From the looks of your experience, you might be able to get a license without going to school. You can try talking to SVRA's competition director and ask him.


Carl Jensen
Phone: (561) 753-5907
Mobile: (561) 379-7751
Fax: (561) 753-2203
e-Mail: Carl@svra.com

 

[aeronca65t]

Actually, if you can document your experience, you might be able to get an EMRA license in one weekend. Cost is less than $200. We have several members who rent cars too (for race schools). Many of the vintage groups (including VRG and SVRA) will accept an EMRA license. And, at least one SCCA region is accepting our license (but I can't say who, or they'll get in trouble with the Home Office).
PM me if you're intrested.

Nial (EMRA RaceChair)

 

[bravenrace]

Actually, if you can document your experience, you might be able to get an EMRA license in one weekend. Cost is less than $200. We have several members who rent cars too (for race schools). Many of the vintage groups (including VRG and SVRA) will accept an EMRA license. And, at least one SCCA region is accepting our license (but I can't say who, or they'll get in trouble with the Home Office).
PM me if you're intrested.

Nial (EMRA RaceChair)

Thanks for that good information. Neither my car nor me are quite ready to start racing in any form - maybe next year. But this gives me an idea of how to build the car.
Thanks again, and if anyone has anything to add, please do.
-Jim