I strongly considered going vintage racing about eight years ago. A very good buddy and vintage racer offered to sell me his car at a
very good price. It's a '69 911 with a very well built 2.0 liter (Monty Jarvies built it, for you locals). Very well prepped, consistent class winning car. Again, for you locals, it's the #65, car, in a pretty Irish Green. You all know who he is:
I'm not sure if passing this up was the smartest, or the dumbest thing I've ever done. While the price was amazing, discussing the true costs of racing with my buddy really scared me away. Hell, I would have to still be working if I bought that car.
My car would not fit into our local SOVREN (Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts) classes due to its 3.0 liter motor. At least it didn't used to, with a hard 1969 cutoff year for the longest time, then revised to 1974 or something. They now have a floating 35 year rule, so I guess it would be allowed. I would not have to do much to it from here - front half of the roll cage, fire suppression, electrical shutoff are honestly about it. But there is the cost. And the risk of wheel-to-wheel, even in a "gentlemen's" series like SOVREN (they have, and enforce, a "13/13" rule, wherein contact and general ass holery is "rewarded" with points - score 13 and you sit out for 13 months). Still, things happen when racing...
So, I dunno. Like Terry says, we have our somewhat locally infamous Alfa club. They actually do get more than two running Alfas to rub together these days, with the new C4 available. It used to be they counted on us - Porsche, BMW, Corvette, and other drivers - to fill out the field. They have always attracted older, smaller, slower cars, but they typically only run once or twice a year. There were many years (before the C4) were they did not run at all. I always go to their track days. Lots of fun with mostly similar cars, but like I said, they are somewhat locally "infamous". Pretty loosey-goosey with some of their requirements, rules, oversight, and all of that. Kind of refreshing, in a way, actually. At least compared to the (corporate liability) anal PCA. I just wish they ran more often.