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108—CAR CARE SECTION
Adventures of driving
kept alive by car clubs
Only 33 drivers can qualify for the "Indy
500," but growing numbers of Americans
are taking part hi competitive events by be-
longing to sports clubs. Newest form of coin-•
petition is the .fuel economy runt.
There is a Walter Mitty
in all of us: James Thurber's
retiring character day-
'. dreamed himself in all sorts
of heroic roles. And so—dri"----'
most ordinary people as they
imagine swatting a bases-
, loaded homer in the World
Series or playing a torrid
movie scene with Robert
Redford.
• .When it comes to driving,
only a handful,. can actually
take parrin events like the
Indianapolis "500" . or the
Grand. Prix of Monte Carlo.
But a growing number of
Americans 'are fulfilling their
urge to compete in events
sponsored-- by' locall-sports
car clubs around, the nation.
The sports car club helps
keep alive the period when
owning a car was an adven-
ture. The sports car rally, an
event tharteitrigavigational--- •
• skills, is a throwback to the
• earliest days of motoring
when- roads hardly existed
and road maps did not. Thus
the way, to grandmother's
house was a sketchy set of
instructions that read: ,
Go left at the red barn.
Turn left at Watkins'
grocery. .
Proceed to the in the
maid and veer right.
Rallies today 'test drivers'
ability and vehicle condition
as contestants' prove their
way around an unknown
rottte_ at, prescribed speeds.
Other sports car club
favorites that set drivers
against their own • skills in-
clude gyinkhanas, auto-
crosses, slaloms and field
trials. These track meets for
cars are the most popular
form of motorsport •in the
.country. •
•' These close-coursed time
and maneuverability events
place an emphasis on the
skill of the driver and the
condition and agility of the
cars. A group of cars dodg7
ing tricky obstacles on park-
' ing lots, open fields and even
ozerr lakes-in-winter is a
common weekend• sight.
fairly'recent activity of
sports car clubs is the fuel
economy'rally which probes
'the driver's ability to rna-
neuier -a rally course with
the most efficient use of fuel.
At sports car 'club events,
careful attention is paid to
the condition of the car. At
club races, each car is check-
ed for soundness of all safety
equipment as well' as wiring,
suspension and firewalls. In
non-speed events, items like
tires, brakes, seat belts and
brakes are inspected before
cars can compete.
With 1'00 independently
chartered regional clubs and
more than 20,000 members,
the hub of activity is the
Sports Car Club of America.
SCCA conducts hundreds of
races, hill climbs and rallies
annually,.
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