Rules

Vintage racing balances the preservation of the cars as they were designed to race with safe competition.
The Ace Factor, E. Paul Dickenson

Reasons for Rules

Cost Containment: If CVAR allowed some cars to run with illegal equipment, it would encourage others with proper cars to install expensive, illegal, and often unreliable parts to have someone to race with. By freezing specifications at 1972, there can be no “trick parts” that crop up every year.
Rules Standardization: By accepting standards that are in line with other Vintage Motorsports Council (VMC) groups, our members can run with other clubs across the country without having to re-engineer their cars. Also, members of other clubs will be encouraged to run Corinthian events.
VMC Compliance: All VMC groups are working toward uniform tire and preparation standards. As a member of the VMC, CVAR will support those actions.

Accepted Cars

Production and Sedan Cars

CVAR accepts Production and Sedan cars up to and including 1972 with preparation in accordance with SCCA’s GCR/PCS versions up to and including 1972. CVAR requires that any car accepted must be representative of a car type that actually raced in period in the SCCA.

Classes are based on the 1972 SCCA GCR as follows:

Production A through H
Sedans A through C

FIA/IMSA Class

CVAR accepts cars for its FIA/IMSA Class prepared to 1974 FIA or earlier specs, as raced in other than SCCA competitions (e.g., IMSA, RAC, ModSports).

Sports-Racing Classes

CVAR accepts Sport-Racing Classes A through D for cars raced prior to 1973 and S2000 Class for cars up to 1994. Owners must provide proof of date of manufacture of identical model and appropriate specifications.

Formula Classes

CVAR accepts Formula Classes as follows:

FA, F2, FSV with 1986 cut-off
FB to 1972
F-1 cars up to 1960
FC with 1972 cut-off
FF1 with 1972 cut-off
FF2 for cars between 1973 and 1981 (Board of Directors May 2010)
FF3 for cars between 1982 and 1994
FF2000 for cars up to 1994
FV with 1972 cut-off

Corinthian Classics

To encourage participation in vintage racing by cars that are of 1950s appearance and technology, CVAR accepts Corinthian Classics (Group 4). They differ in spirit as well as equipment from other CVAR classes since 1950s production cars were not allowed as many modifications as they were in the 1960s. They should, ideally, be suitable for road or racing and many performance modifications are discouraged or not allowed. Although 1961 is the nominal cutoff, some later cars are clearly 1950s technology while some 1960s-era cars are not and will be excluded from this group. Cars built prior to 1962 that are modified beyond these regulations may still be eligible for other CVAR groups. Although racing is not restricted, outright competition is not emphasized in this group as much as in other CVAR groups.

Non-SCCA Spec Production Cars

Examples: Lotus S-7 Twin Cam was not SCCA legal, but they were built by the factory and raced in England with the RAC. CVAR classifies them as C-Production.