Rules

Purpose

The goal and purpose of SOVREN shall be restoration, preservation, and competition with pre-war, vintage, and historic automobiles. This goal and purpose shall embody the “Vintage Spirit” of authenticity and integrity in preparation and good sportsmanship in competition.

SOVREN’s Rules for Car Eligibility and Competition are subject to change by a combined vote of available board members, competition chairs, and run group committee chairs who hold a current SOVREN Competition License. Anyone presenting a current SOVREN competition license may submit a rule change proposal for review and a vote. These proposals should be submitted to the SOVREN E-Board and will be distributed to the competition and run group committee chairs for review, research and discussions 45 days before a vote will be made. Proposals should detail what section of the rules would be changed or added to and include both the old rule and the new rule as proposed. Each proposal should also include a PRO statement detailing why the proposal should be incorporated into the rules.

Any driver or entrant found to be attempting to or deliberately circumventing rules or not acting in the spirit of the SOVREN rules and goals may be excluded from participation in SOVREN events and activities.

Rules and regulations

The Membership Handbook contains the complete list of rules describing vehicle categories, eligibility, and preparation standards. Updated Handbooks are available early each year.

Formula cars are as allowed by the Monoposto Register rules: through 1963 for Formula Jr., pre-1976 Formula V as long as they meet the pre-1969 rules, pre-1970 for Formula B, Formula C, and Formula II, pre-1973 for Formula Ford, 1973 thru 1981 for Club Ford, and thru 1966 for Formula 1. The class specifications to which cars shall be prepared may be found below.

At certain events, SOVREN allows an EXHIBITION class for distinctive racing automobiles which are too new to fit in the above categories but were produced before Dec 31, 1989, such as Formula 1, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Indy cars, etc. Purpose built racecars and replica cars regardless of the year of manufacture may be presented to the Competition Chairs for consideration.

The Competition Committee is responsible for ensuring that all cars racing with SOVREN are legal per the established rules.  This is accomplished by using the Car Registration Form (CRF) to document cars so the committee can ascertain compliance with the rule set. Cars can then be placed in the appropriate race group.

SCCA production car specifications (PCS)

The following documents contain the regulations for production cars prepared to SCCA “point-in-time” standards.

Monoposto specifications

The following documents contain the specifications for accepted monoposto vehicles.