Tomato, tomato. There may be a preferred usage but I can see how both could be applied to mean the same thing. I've seen them interchanged before and always thought that it was a US English vs. UK English thing.
Real racing is labor intensive. The cars are usually built very stout but they require frequent servicing and rebuilding. I shudder to think what it takes to run a modern GT team, let alone a top-level vintage race car. I used to pit crew for a family friend who had a McLaren M8C. It was fun being invited to all the Can-Am reunions and meeting famous race car drivers but Gary ended up selling the McLaren when it was going to take another $250,000+ to get it ready to vintage race for the upcoming season. You need to completely disassemble race cars and have them checked over meticulously on a routine basis. Old racecars require this even more so. You don't want a suspension member to fail at 190mph at Watkins Glen or anywhere else for that matter.
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