{"id":460179,"date":"2004-04-01T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2004-04-02T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=102364"},"modified":"2024-02-17T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T16:21:24","slug":"show-some-restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/show-some-restraint\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Some Restraint"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As historic racing participants we of\u00adten go to great len\u00adgths\u2014and spend a great deal of time\u2014attempting to recreate racing history. We spend countless hours researching our cars\u2019 histories; we spend thousands of dollars restoring our cars to period-correct configuration and\u2014with those who are more zealous\u2014we even go so far as to buy period transporters and crew clothing. Sure, some would say we are a bit obsessive, but this is, in my mind anyway, half the fun of historic racing. In many respects this phenomenon is what is known as a \u201ccreative anachronism,\u201d in the same way that recreating Civil War battles or medieval festivals are. But like any\u2026ahmm, obsession\u2026there does come a point where one has to ask where one draws the line.<\/p>\n

While few of us would bat an eyelash over period jumpsuits or spending a small fortune on an original \u201950s transporter, start talking about safety and the crowd begins to separate. How far should the \u201cperiod correctness\u201d go, when it comes to safety? This is a question I\u2019ve been asking myself since I heard that one or two American historic racing clubs were beginning to require head restraints at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n