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Re: Racing Tigers/Alpines On TV?

To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Racing Tigers/Alpines On TV?
From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:00:45 EST
Steve,
       I bet if you went to the Tiger list archives you would find a number 
of postings by Barry Shoenberger regarding SCCA and Tom's Tiger.  Barry came 
to Seattle two years back and we held a special Pacific Tiger Club dinner 
meeting where he spoke about the situation and about his own racing efforts 
in SOLO and roadracing.

       Quite simply it is a matter of politics and money.  Toyota is 
continually spending cubic $$$ developing a GT-2 car to WIN races and SCCA 
does not want to lose their entries or their advertising money.  An 
independent like Tom, winning the Championship, makes them look bad.  

       They have lobbied SCCA to change the rules in their favor, effectively 
writing Tom out of the winners' circle.  This is not unlike what happened in 
the 60's when the Corvette lobbyists were successful, rules were changed and 
among other things the Tiger was no longer allowed to use a 4bbl carburetor 
and the Corvettes gained 8" wide wheels.
Jim Leach    Pacific Tiger Club     Seattle

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