In reply to LanEvo :
You are absolutely right. No tube frame chassis. Plus the big events don't want modern upgrades if it had drum brakes you won't be allowed with disk Brakes.
Aluminum or angle plug heads on your small block. In fact it better have the road draft casting so they know it's not a 350.
There is a fellow that races a '64 Falcon in SVRA group 6. His name is Frank Marcum and he is from Kentucky. Really nice car. You can see him in action at Mid-Ohio last July HERE
As mentioned what's accepted varies wildly between groups as very few organizations want to turn away entries. I believe SVRA gets enough entries that they can be a bit more choosey.
In reply to Tom1200 :
The situation is more complex than do we allow X
Some groups want to attract the high end cars and those owners will not feel welcome if strict originality rules are not in place and enforced. It's hard to fault them. Their car may be a very expensive original with a well known province ( history). To risk their multi million dollar point of pride against a low cost , no history mash up isn't going to happen.
Other clubs turn a blind eye to originality in hopes to attract more cars. Foregoing the real value of vintage racing which is a moving history lesson. Not just an identifier of the period.
While any race car on the track represents countless hours of work and endless amounts of money. The two groups do not and will not co-mingle.
Frenchyd, very true, we have people in old racing cars and people racing old cars, I choose the latter. I suspect meateater (the OP) is simply looking for a place to race/run an old car.
I remember when vintage racing groups wouldn't accept Japanese cars back in the early 90s because they were to new and lacking in pedigree.
I totally understand no one wants to see me weed whacker powered car at Monterey or similar events but at club level events I see no reason to accept any 25 year old car...............if that means there is a 93 Supra, Honda CRX or even a 95 240SX so be it. Clubs are there to support members and if a member wants to run 1995 Van Diemen Formula Ford, that's OK by me.
In reply to Tom1200 :
It's good by me as well. I'm retired and living on a fixed income so there is little extra to pay for a valuable historic car.
But a tribute car or just an old car is fine. It still represents a sincere amount of work and cost by the owner.
The fun part is the smaller groups often race on the same tracks the expensive cars race on, just on a different weekend. It's fun to compare lap times.
My Jaguar XJS V12 is just such a car. $500 purchase price. And little to do other than race prep. The Snooty guys won't even allow a former Group 44 car to run with them. Smaller clubs allow, indeed, welcome my $500 car.
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