Through most of recorded history–say, into the early ’90s–sports car racers didn’t have that many choices. You could run SCCA amateur events on the local or national scene, and if you wanted to travel and had the backing, you could jump into one of the professional touring series–something under the IMSA or SCCA Pro Racing umbrellas.
Then sprinkle in some endurance contests and a few local groups doing their own thing–like EMRA in the Northeast or the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Racers.
And that was about it.
Non-competitive track events? Not really a thing yet. Time trial racing? SCCA’s Solo1 program had its fans, but it wasn’t like the current scene–picture ’70s imports on skinny tires instead of today’s turbocharged monsters pushing out 800 horsepower. Vintage racing existed, but the requirements could be strict–like being of a certain vintage and carrying actual provenance.
Then we entered modern times.
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