The VSCDA Board knows our club’s future will depend partly on our ability to seek out opportunities to expand the cars and model years we accept. Also, in our Member Survey, many of you clearly asked the club to explore new opportunities. Steve Bonk and I, along with the full support of the Board and Eligibility Committee, are proud to announce a two-year test on expanding our racing groups and racing years.

On February 3, 2010 the Board voted unanimously to adopt a recommendation from the Eligibility Committee (Carl Braun, Paul Fitzsimmons, Yves Boode, Steve Bonk and Don Tuscany, Car Preparation Steward) to expand the C & BSedan/ Trans Am group eligibility. This is a two-year test in 2010 and 2011. This expansion will be for cars in the Under 2.5 Liter category and will expand racing opportunities to cars that fit and follow the SCCA Sedan/TA rules up to and including cars from 1979. We chose the 1979 cutoff since, in 1980, the GT series replaced B-Sedan.

The Eligibility Committee will convene at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons (or any time in between deemed necessary) to evaluate the test. If this change is determined to be a success at the close of 2011, a final rule set will be put in place. If not, we will revert to the current rules and car eligibility in 2012.

What’s New
The detailed rule set will be found on the VSCDA website shortly and will also be listed on Steve Bonk’s Trans Am B Sedan website at www.transam-bsedan.com. Here’s an overview:

1. Create a new class in Group 8 for all C/B-Sedans (VSCDA or Guest TA). The class will be TA/Sedan – 2.5 liter & under.
2. Create a Guest Racing Membership for TA/Sedan racers to participate in this expansion test.
3. Extend an invitation for Guest racing to all TA/Sedan drivers currently not with VSCDA. During the test period, current VSCDA members are not eligible to present for tech inspection and entry any car built or otherwise acquired which conforms to the newly allowed “Guest” cars described in the new class (i.e., “TA/Sedan-2.5 liter and under”). Any car presented by current VSCDA members must conform to current VSCDA car preparation standards.
4. Specific TA/Sedan rules will be in place, including:
5. VSCDA will move all sedans in Group 8 (Alfa, Datsun, BWM, Fiat, or others) to the new category for the next two years.

Current VSCDA B-sedan racers (as of 1/1/10) must stay with present VSCDA Group 8 rules and car preparation during this test.

5. For Guest consideration, a racer can’t be a VSCDA member as of 1/1/10, or, if a present member, you must be presenting a totally new car which has raced with another VMC club at least twice in the preceding year under TA/Sedan rules.

6. Current VSCDA members will NOT be able under any circumstance to modify their cars for this group even if Guest racers present variations. This will include, but not be limited to, adding a 2L motor to Datsun 510s, later model heads on 2L Alfas, large or different brakes, suspension, or other modification opportunities.

7. For Guest cars, we will accept the cars as prepared for, and accepted by, any other legitimate, vintage racing organization. Legitimate is defined as “a club in good standing with VMC.”

Although it is not a VMC member, we will allow Midwestern Council (MCSSC V/H) sedan racers on an event-by-event test basis.

If a driver or vintage club is under VMC sanctions, the car/driver will not be accepted.

Guests will be required to file new documents with their first entry application. i. Fill out a new passport form on their car preparation with pictures – similar to CPS. ii. Submit copies of their log book issued from those VMC organizations and prove they raced the car the prior year (i.e., cover and race page with two 2009 date races). iii. Provide pictures of the car as raced during 2009.

All Guest cars will be tech’d to the passport and pictures, including weight, before they can be accepted for safety tech. There will be no Annual Tech’s for Guest cars in the TA/Sedan class. Steve Bonk, as expansion sponsor, will assist the Car Prep Steward at each race.

The VSCDA Car Prep Steward will reserve all rights to reject a car, even if raced with another vintage organization.
8. The following VSCDA conditions will apply:

VSCDA GCR tire rules apply – treaded DOT tires (under no circumstance are cheater Hoosier A6 or A8 or comparable slicks allowed), 50 series profile tires maximum allowed unless the Car Prep Steward approves an alternate for a unique situation in the passport.

Wheels/rims are given a maximum width of 1.5” plus production measure and strict compliance with rim diameter for all cars.

Guest TA/Sedan cars must carry the heavier of the weight that their “home club” requires in their GCR or 1 lb per cc of displacement (without driver).

The Car Prep Steward reserves the right to inspect any Guest or VSCDA TA/Sedan for rule compliance and weight. Strict compliance on all other TA/Sedan rules will apply, such as suspension components and attachment points, chassis modifications. No tube chassis, no custom suspension, limited suspension attachment points modifications, no coil over shocks, etc.
9. Finally, VSCDA reserves all rights to make any changes associated with this test as to rules, drivers, and groupings, including immediate cancellation of the test or series.

For further information, contact Steve Bonk at SSPMotorsport@aol.com or the VSCDA Car Prep Steward at hdbruce@comcast.net.