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TO: All Members
FROM: John Schieffelin
Tel. 413-584-4210 (reasonable hours please)
preferred contact method E-Mail:
jschieff@comcast.net
The VSCCA has always bucked current trends. The enthusiasts who started our
Club in 1958 saw the SCCA becoming more and more competitive and
professional. The VSCCA came about to preserve the great cars of past years
and to keep the spirit of strictly amateur competition among friends.
In 2005, the VSCCA still bucks current trends. Vintage/Historic racing has
become very big business. Some Vintage/Historic series are highly
competitive and accept cars that are not too far away from being
contemporary. There is nothing wrong with this. The broad spectrum of the
current Vintage/Historic scene provides something for enthusiasts of every
stripe.
By the end of this year, the newest sporting car eligible for VSCCA speed
events will be 45 years old. Our Club exists to keep these cars going and
to
keep enthusiasm for the pre-1960s eras of motorsport on our front burner.
The VSCCA still provides an alternative for friends to gather and drive
these old cars of great character in as close to their original
specification as possible in the spirit of friendly, low key competition.
Our Club is not for everybody, but it is a viable niche (just as there are
many viable niches in the old car hobby - From Brass era cars or Edsels or
Mazda Miatas (yes, some of them are getting old now) again, there is
something for every car nut .
If racing old cars per se were our only reason for being, then we would be
ill advised not to follow the crowd. The tunes we march to are the melange
of sounds of a supercharged Bugatti or the rumble of an Allard or the crisp
roar of a Coventry Climax. It is the preservation and use of the cars that
make these tunes that is our reason for being, not to see which one can be
driven faster than another, which after all, is the point of racing. The
finishing order of most VSCCA speed events can be pretty accurately
predicted before the green flag drops. The order is not important, the
finishing is.
As we enter this New Year, we are thankful that the tragedies of the wider
world are so far sparing us and that we can again look forward to another
season of enjoying our hobby with our friends.
Happy Vintage Motoring in 2005 John
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