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Historic Stock Car racing VS the "Golden Age"
Monday Mar 03, 2008 07:11:00 PM
If you happen to read my drivel here on Cartser, you're likely aware of my connection to the Historic Stock Car Racing Series, or HSCRS. This group of racing enthusiasts not only restore and maintain retired Winston Cup and Busch Series stock cars, they race them on road courses here on the west coast. The HSCRS first saw light as the Historic Stock Car Race Group West, a spinoff from an original group in the heart of NASCAR country in the southeast.
Like NASCAR today, regardless of where it started it is now active on both coasts of the U.S. We have a belief that historic NASCAR race cars do not belong in a static museum display, but are best represented as they were intended by being raced again.
And the old sponsors seen on the restored cars don't pay a dime to keep their names on the cars. But the sponsor names remain there in tribute to those brave companies that helped to deliver NASCAR to millions of fans the world over. No, the members of the HSCRS pay out of their own pockets for the privilege of putting these historic machines back into competition.
And something really special about the members of the HSCRS; they use their cars as (ahem) vehicles to help generate funds for many children's charities.
So, what is the difference between the HSCRS and NASCAR G.A.S.? Well... not much. And then, a lot.
The HSCRS' primary focus is verifiable former NASCAR Winston Cup stock cars 1994 and older. These fall under the favored category of "Historics" and is the source of the group's formation. Any owner that has a 1994 and older Cup car can also own and race in select events a Cup car built and raced as late as 2003, or the end of the Winston Cup era. These cars are referred to as "Contemporary" cars, and are understandably more identifiable to most NASCAR fans.
Up until recently any Winston Cup cars built prior to 1980 were classified as "Vintage". But San Jose businessman and founder of the HSCRS, John Davis, has devoted a lot of attention to a new class of historic stock cars that are being referred to as the "Chrome Bumper" class; that is, cars built and raced from NASCAR's perceived "Modern Era" (1973) to 1987, with a focus primarily in pre-1980 stock cars.
So, why not just let that count as NASCAR G.A.S. and go from there? Because NASCAR G.A.S. wants to devote a focus to those heroes, sung and unsung, that took NASCAR up to the point that it became "modern". With the HSCRS bringing the 70s and 80s back to life for fans to appreciate, the 40s through the 60s need someone to keep those memories up front to be appreciated, and that's where NASCAR G.A.S. comes in.
Now if only we could afford to put the old cars back on the racetracks as well.
That's my 2 cents. Your mileage may vary.
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Posted By: andimichaelcoulter
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2008/03/18 10:54:09 PM |
| yes! I think the all star race should have the 80's style monte carlos or the late 70's cars |
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