Every vintage racing organization has the same primary rule - no racing contact! However the enforcement and levying of penalties varies widely ;-) Sometimes the rule is specific, sometimes it's vague. Sometimes enforcement is "personalized", sometimes it's consistent. The vintage club I race with regularly is VARA, based out of Southern California. Their rule on racing contact … [Read more...] about VINTAGE RACING RULES
WEST COAST VINTAGE REVIVAL 2012 – ???
This is an open letter to all the members, management, and boards of SOVREN, CSRG, VARA, HSR-West, and VSCCA: I am aware that with the economic malaise and the small grid counts, many vintage and historic racing clubs are considering increasing their eligiblilty cutoff dates. This makes good sense as there must be hundreds of 30 year old SCCA cars sitting in garages which … [Read more...] about WEST COAST VINTAGE REVIVAL 2012 – ???
DATSUNS GO TO WAR
These awesome pictures were taken by fellow Datsun racer Will Campbell at the October LeMons race held at Infineon Raceway. … [Read more...] about DATSUNS GO TO WAR
LOOKIN’ FOR BITE
I've been racing the Wagon for one year now, and as I'm starting to get my lap times down, I'm dealing with a bit of front end push. The standard solution is to either soften up the front or stiffen up the rear. I went full soft on my front swaybar, and that helped a little. The limited slip diff helped some too. The next step I've taken is dropping the front coilover spring … [Read more...] about LOOKIN’ FOR BITE
HSR-WEST FALL FORMULA FESTIVAL 2011
This weekend I joined HSR-West at Willow Springs Int'l Raceway for their Fall event. Ed Swart always puts on a nice weekend, and this was no exception. Unfortuantley the tough economy is taking its toll, and participation was smaller than usual. When I started racing cars ten years ago, I used to hope for a small grid like this so I could just learn the line and stay out of … [Read more...] about HSR-WEST FALL FORMULA FESTIVAL 2011
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
My 40 year old radiator has earned it's retirement, but I'll keep it as part of my 'race spares' package. It has been replaced with a small, universal aluminum AFCO unit from Summit Racing for about $250. To use it I needed to set up a different mounting system, and change the angles of the inlet/outlet tubes. The Grainger catalog came in handy for the mounting system, and … [Read more...] about OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW