Brad, you're right - the old AS was a fun class to
watch. I can understand and support moving the Boxster
and S2000 to AS, but why would you want to move the C4
Corvette back to SS where it will surely get hammered?
IME, the S2000 (and probably Boxster) is at least
comparable to - and probably a smidge quicker than - a
stock C4 vette on most courses.
All IMO,
Kent Rafferty
> Scott, you are correct. As I said, I was thinking of
the "good old days",
> as in pre-Boxster and pre-S2000. I do understand
that a lot of thought and
> analysis went into the classing of these cars, and I
also understand that
> new models come out that make the older ones
non-competitive, especially in
> the stock classes. But I do think that putting the
C4 Corvette into SS and
> the S2000 and Boxster into AS would permit more cars
to be competitive, such
> as the M3, 944S2/968, MR2T, 911, Supra Turbo, NSX,
etc. That's just my
> opinion. It's a tough job to set up a class
structure and properly class
> cars, and I respect the folks that do it. And I'll
have fun regardless of
> where my car ends up.
>
> I currently compete in BS (was AS) in a '97 M3.
Before that I competed in
> the same class in a couple of different MR2 Turbos.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Troyer - TestEng DRAM Repair
[mailto:stroyer@micron.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:54 AM
> > To: Burns, James B.
> > Cc: autox; stroyer@micron.com
> > Subject: Re: Thoughts on new B-stock
> >
> >
> > 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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