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Re: Thoughts on new B-stock

To: "Burns, James B." <James.Burns@jhuapl.edu>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on new B-stock
From: Scott Troyer - TestEng DRAM Repair <stroyer@micron.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:53:58 -0700
I don't know if you noticed or not, but this years BS is pretty much the same
class as last years AS with a couple of additions (SS Camaro, WS6 Firebird, ..).
So are you then saying that last years AS was also a spec S2000 Class? I
believe a Boxster won at Nationals. A lot of thought went into where the
S2000 and  Boxster S cars would be classed for this year. I have heard the
SEB is considering moving the S2000 to AS in 2003 but haven't seen any
concrete proof of this. I personally would prefer this didn't happen but before
we get all up in arms here, why don't we give it a chance and see how it
works out this year.

By the way James, what car and class do you participate in?

Scott Troyer
93 Vette, #171 AS

"Burns, James B." wrote:

> In looking at the Pro and Tour events results so far this year, it looks to
> me as if this class has been ruined by the decision to put the S2000 into BS
> instead of AS.  It looks to be almost a spec S2000 class now with a Boxster
> or two thrown in.
>
> Maybe I'm just reminiscing about the good ol' days, but I remember when the
> old AS class was one of the most diverse classes in Solo2.  There were
> MR2T's, 944S2's, 968's, 911's, old Corvettes, and M3's, and any one of them
> could contend for the trophies on a given day.  I really enjoyed competing
> with that diverse mix of makes and models, so I hate to see it become
> another spec class.
>
> I thought the idea to put another class in between the previous SS and AS
> classes was a good one.  I envisioned a class where "in between" cars like
> the Supra Turbo, NSX, and Porsche 996 could compete against each other.  The
> S2000 would fit in nicely with these cars.  The 3rd gen. RX7 and the C4
> Corvette were pretty closely matched in SS (with the RX7 usually having a
> slight advantage), so I think they should have both stayed in SS, even
> though neither one can compete with the Z06.  A spec Z06 class seems to be
> unavoidable (as long as you allow it in stock class), but I think that we
> could have had an AS and BS that allowed a variety of sports cars to be
> competitive.  What we now have instead are two spec Corvette classes and a
> spec S2000 class.
>
> Flame gently.
>
> Brad Burns

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