Lloyd Loring writes:
<< Solo is NOT racing. It is autocrossing. It is precision driving. It is
competition. But it isn't racing, no matter how often the Heartland Park folks
say it. No
matter how long the owner has been an SCCA member. >>
Yes, Lloyd, it is racing. It is a contest of speed, just as one at a time
downhill or slalom contests on skis are racing.
<< And no matter how often our own Chairman of the Board says it (July
SportsCar page 8).
Or our SCCA President says it. (August SportsCar page 8). This kind
of talk, especially in public, is dumb. >>
Exactly how "public" is Sports Car? It's a little club publication that
some of the members, and essentially no one else, reads. I would not call
this
talk "public" or "dumb."
<< When we say we are racing, but we mean solo, we are suggesting to lot
owners that we want to race on their parking lot. Like wheel to
wheel? Like NASCAR? This kind of talk is a good way to lose the few
sites we have. I object. You should too. >>
Yes, we should be careful with whom we use the "r" word. We need to be
explicit in describing what we do, and don't do. But when you describe it to
someone, without using the word "race", they say "Oh, a race!"
Charlie Davis
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