This is my understanding as well. Aside from the cars being real and era correct, there is a bit of a vetting process as far as what drivers they will let in the vintage T/A group. If you have been involved in incidents, they will definitely look twice at you. Part of their deal is to put on a good show for the crowd.
At first read that sounds a little uppity, but then no one wants some hot dog with a souped clone rubbing fenders and showing off against a classic, and then it makes sense.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
