"Ellingson, George A (MED)" wrote:
>
> Or could it be that many of them are mediocre drivers and don't like
> getting their clocks cleaned by someone in a lesser car? (not pointing
> to anyone in particular and am also not saying ALL of the
> BMW/Porsche/Ferrari/etc. are bad drivers) And please don't deny that
> this happens. Many of these people believe that if they're not winning,
> it's because the car is misclassed.
That is definitely part of the problem but I don't think it is as large
as the underdog issue. Let's face it. A-type people like to win. If you
can provide a forum where that is a possibility they will be a lot more
interested in coming out than if it is not the case.
Not to mention lots of serious autocrossers change cars as often as I
change my underwear. I kept my NA 944 for 8 years and put over 100K
miles on it. It was originally classed in DS and I thought it was
competitive. But it got moved to CS along with a lot of other RWD cars
to clear the way for the Civic Si to win DS. That was in '90. I kept
autocrossing. I also kept bitching. Big surprise.
>
> I'm going through something similar to this in Midwest Council where we
> do Solo I type events on a race track (Blackhawk Farms). Some people
> believe that my 99 Camaro 1LE (F-stock legal) is the class overdog
> against LT-4 Vettes (including Grand Sports), Porsche 911's, 928's,
> Boxter S, Supra Turbo's, RX-7 TT's, NS-X's, Saleen Mustangs
> (supercharged or 351), most Ferrari's, all BMW's except Z8, and Shelby
> Cobra 427's!!!
>
> Yeah right.
You must run in an awfully small region for you and your 1LE to dominate
all those cars. Try SFR sometime. Back in '89 there were over 15 cars in
DS alone. There were usually over 200 people at every autocross. There
were sometimes 250.
Yeah right.
Paul Foster
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