![]() “This donation will allow the LSU SVM Equine Health Studies Program to continue our mission of providing state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for critically ill and injured horses in Louisiana and surrounding areas,” said Frank Andrews, DVM, DACVIM, director of Equine Health Studies Program and head of the LSU SVM Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department. This is about the FIA being the regulatory body but also a key member of the historic community taking a lead as only an international federation can in striving for the best possible future.BATON ROUGE-Daniel Hughes, CEO of Robin Lane Thoroughbreds, LLC, in Montgomery, Ala., gave a $30,000 gift that will provide general support to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Equine Health Studies Program. In doing so we will actively engage with everyone who shares our interest in the future of all forms of historic motorsport. The Historic Commission now has to put those strategic directions into a workable framework. The working group report set some key strategic directions. We should provide leadership in all of these areas.įinally, we should look at how the work of the FIA in modern motorsport can be beneficial in historics, in particular in fields such as circuit safety, materials testing and driver safety aids. The FIA also has its traditional governing body role including safety, circuit and car standards, driver licensing and sporting calendars. Also, people need to be trained to work on these cars and we should work with universities to help provide the skills. The FIA will build stronger links to manufacturers with a motorsport history, to work with them in preserving their and our heritage. I would like to see cars run close to their period specification and to avoid them being so overdeveloped that they become just another ‘silhouette’ series, be they on circuits, rallies, hillclimbs or regularity events. It’s about providing a level playing field for drivers wanting to race internationally as well as a useful tool for event organisers. We need to continue to improve Appendix K as the framework for organisers to use and for owners and entrants to want to use. Heritage is a much bigger theme that we need to build on, where the FIA is informative, provides guidance and also leadership: the database forms just one part. We must move ahead with this so much of the knowledge is in the heads of people who are sadly growing old and one day won’t be with us. I recognise that this is an expensive and lengthy project, one for which we must find innovative sources of financing. Our intention is to work with various stakeholders to assemble the database the FIA is uniquely positioned to do this work. I believe it’s important that we create a comprehensive database covering historic international competition cars as a tool not just for the FIA, but to benefit the historic racing community at large. For me the key issue is to protect our heritage while also recognising individuals’ desire to compete. I believe that it’s critical to understand that the historic world is different from modern motorsport. Having been recently elected president of the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission, and having chaired the working group on historic motorsport set up by the World Council last year, I appreciate the opportunity to share some views. The newly elected president of the FIA’s Historic Motor Sport Commission outlines how the federation will safeguard the past for the future
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