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Message text written by "Rocky Entriken"
" Yepper. Once the car was classed in GT1 for club racing (which happened
earlier in the year) it was at that instant classed in AP. All the SEB did
in that Sept. 2 letter was confirm the weight it had to carry, in response
to a direct query by the driver.
--Rocky"
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You, Sir, are incorrect.
The Solo Events Board can put any car any place it wants for Solo
II Competition. It does not matter where the Comp Board put the Porsche 911
RSR 3.8 liter.
If what the Comp Board and the National BoD actions on a road
racing classification is all that mattered, our F Production Lotus 7A would
long ago have been put back in D Prepared for Solo II.
This past summer, Craig Chima of Akron, OH, attempted to
re-classify his Lotus 7A from F Production into G Production. In September,
just the week before the Solo II Nationals, the National BoD decided the
car would stay in F Production for road racing.
Chima qualified his Lotus 7A on the F Production front row at the
Mid-Ohio Valvoline Runoffs this past October and then raced to third place
behind two (2) 1275 Spridgets ( i.e. the pole winner and the third
qualifier).
In case the above isn't clear, the Lotus 7A is competitive with
1275 Spridgets and that's where the car belongs in Solo II as well. What
neither the Comp Board nor the SEB seem to care to understand is horsepower
increases on an inclined plane as displacement increases. I.e. a 2000 cc
engine delivers considerably more than twice the hp of a 1000cc engine. The
power is increased on a curve as the displacement goes up.
The Lotus 7A is a 1000cc displacement car (either 948cc Sprite or
997cc Ford).
The Lotus Super 7 (same chassis) uses 1340 or 1498 pushrod engines.
Until the Super 7 was hit with a 200 pound weight penalty, it could compete
with Elans and Europas.
We already have two (2) GT1 classes: BP and CP.
A Prepared has been for the speedy small displacement cars, i.e.
Porsches and Lotus.
3.8 liters is not in the came range as the other Porsches in the class,
i.e. various 914-6s. (Footnote: The Cobra and its rubber chassis are also
in AP since most have never figured out how to put the power on the
ground.)
--John Kelly
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