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Tim Winker has been kind enough to post the proposed revisions to the existing SCCA Historic Performance Rally Class Regulations (Article 12 of the Rule Book) on his www.vintagerally.com website. This draft is the second version to be submitted to the PRB this year (first draft went in January) and addresses a couple of initial concerns from the PRB. The revised proposal was re-submitted on Friday, July 12, 2002 by e-mail.
The proposal was a collaborative effort by all current H class competitors and received input from various other enthusiasts. Please feel free to read them and comment on them (here or elsewhere), but I would suggest you send any written comments or concerns to the PRB (Tim has a link for such submissions) rather than to me or any other competitor as the proposal is "out of our hands" for now.
Our goal was to try to liberalize the existing rules so that it might be easier for people to build cars which can qualify under the new rules and so that the class can begin to flourish. Please note that the proposed regulations continue to limit the class to normally-aspirated, 2WD cars manufactured before January 1, 1972.
We know there are some passionate enthusiasts who wanted to see the January 1, 1972 cut-off date moved forward and the class to be broadened to include more modern cars and/or drivetrain configurations. While we didn't try to tackle those issues with this proposal, I think most of us felt that at some point there could be additional classes for such cars.
Those of us H-class types who occasionally monitor this site will undoubtedly be happy to discuss the proposal on this site or you can catch up to us in person (Dan Cook, Phil Smith and I will be at Maine Forest Rally).
My silly suit is zipped up, so flame away.
Bill Rhodes
The proposal was a collaborative effort by all current H class competitors and received input from various other enthusiasts. Please feel free to read them and comment on them (here or elsewhere), but I would suggest you send any written comments or concerns to the PRB (Tim has a link for such submissions) rather than to me or any other competitor as the proposal is "out of our hands" for now.
Our goal was to try to liberalize the existing rules so that it might be easier for people to build cars which can qualify under the new rules and so that the class can begin to flourish. Please note that the proposed regulations continue to limit the class to normally-aspirated, 2WD cars manufactured before January 1, 1972.
We know there are some passionate enthusiasts who wanted to see the January 1, 1972 cut-off date moved forward and the class to be broadened to include more modern cars and/or drivetrain configurations. While we didn't try to tackle those issues with this proposal, I think most of us felt that at some point there could be additional classes for such cars.
Those of us H-class types who occasionally monitor this site will undoubtedly be happy to discuss the proposal on this site or you can catch up to us in person (Dan Cook, Phil Smith and I will be at Maine Forest Rally).
My silly suit is zipped up, so flame away.
Bill Rhodes