Is it fair that a new "classic" car can race in historics.

[Swede123]

Say I want to continue racing in historics as I have for the last 30 years but my old war dog that I've used is now very valuable. So do I go and bite the bullet, thinking it only cost me £5k in 1968, and carry on racing it or do I sell it for £1m+ and buy a replica from the original manufacturer for £500k. To be fair to the fellow racers in my category I could still sell my car for £1m + and buy another 1960s car that isn't worth as much for £100k and still have my fun.

There are now many cars from the 50s, 60s etc that are now being turned out as new cars they really should have their own series.

I personally don't think a car totally manufactured in 2016 should be racing against genuine 1960s cars

[Swede123]

Yes, to a point I agree but the new car will not have had the chassis etc subjected to 40+ years of use and I see that some of the new ones are running 50 + bhp more than in period.

[Swede123]

I didn't get to Goodwood this weekend but it would be interesting to know in all of the races the age of the cars in the first ten in each race. When I say age, was it built in the last five years or more than thirty years ago. Not was it built last year to a spec of thirty years ago because although the theory is that everything is the same the reality is the older one is more stressed.

Edited by Swede123 on Monday 20th March 19:31