| banzaitoyota |
06-10-2003 12:03 PM |
Vintage racing used to be kewl back in the 80's when it was a bunch of people enjoying old race cars. Then the collector car boom took off and all of a sudden Vintage Racing became a bunch of Snot-Ass's Racing Old race cars. I used to hang out with some guys who raced in SVRA (Back when Quattlebaum owned it). The Fall race at Road Atlanta was always a good time. I would go hang out in the lower Paddock with the FIART (Funny Itialian Automobile Racing Team). Get commode hugging drunk and race the next day on a blinding hangover. Then the money came rooling in. 1988: Bob Pass (Passport Transport) unviels his sons Austin Healey Sprite ( NO not a bugeye); Car cost 30K to build, here most people had 3-4K in their Bugeyes, Gueass what? It wasn't fun to run any more with some snot-nosed kid blowing past you on Daddy's Dime.
Another Example: Ed Henning bought an original Devin SS Frame and Body from Bill Devin ( About 2 years before he died). They took the chassis, cut the serial number out.; built a whole new Chrome-Moly Chassis, Took a 57 Vette Block and heads( Sent them to some hi$$$$$ Nascar Engine Builder) and had a 1990 Devin SS, Scarey Fasr and handled great. Was it a "Vintage" Race Car? Hell no!!!!! Was it neat? Sure, for what it was.
My tirade is the cars should be enjoyed the way they were raced back in the day. Not with Remote Pensk shock set-ups and super-stickey slicks....
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