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I see where they're bending the spirit of the rules by allowing cars with no previous competition history, but can you be a little more specific on what they're cheating on (ie: what equipment are they running that the older built cars aren't)?[/QUOTE]
Up until Peter Klutt decided to build a Corvette pre 1973 history was required, if you didn`t have it you didn`t race (except for Elkhart where they couldn`t get enough cars so they relaxed the rule and allowed the VSCDA cars to compete), when I was at Elkhart in 2004 Peter approached me in search of a pre 73 SCCA log book so I knew he was building a car. His pal (the former SVRA race director) then did away with the rule all together. the SVRA rules are very specific (you can easily find them on the SVRA site), they say you can not remove or alter the birdcage, on the Klutt car they used part of the cowl section but removed the sides and rear door stanchions, it also appears what they did use has been modified to lower the body down on or over the frame, the rules also state you can`t move suspension points, the VM link below shows where they have been moved, he even went so far as to attach covers over the t-arm front mounting holes so you can`t see that they have been moved up, also look at his roof line, it`s tipped down where a stock bodied car tips up.
http://vettemod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1170&page=2
I have not physically seen the black thing although I did have my chance at Road America in July but being exhausted from the heat (being old and fat didn`t help) I didn`t walk over to see the car so I will reserve my comments until I see the car or some spy shots, the black car is basically a clone of a very fast 63 roadster built in OK, it`s a clone because they didn`t want to pay the original builder to build them a chassis. I can however tell you this, there are a few fast vintage Corvettes from TX they all seem to be point and shoot drivers with 750-800hp motors (from Reher-Morrison, Hans Fuestal or the Lozano brothers), they all appear to drag race from corner to corner while not going all that fast through the corners, (I`m sure those guys would disagree), on the other hand I don`t think any of them have gone as fast at Road America with their big $$ big hp big blocks as I did with my 635hp small block.