> HS (considered the slower class ) often beats ES in major events. I don't
> see the rationale for having them separate.
OK, so I've checked out some results as Alan suggested. The evidence before
me absolutely supports what he's saying. I looked at the 1999 event results
in the New England Region (www.ner.org). Consistently, the top driver in HS
(usually Cliff Strout in a '97 VW Golf) beats the top driver in ES. Often,
the second place HS driver also beats #1 in ES. The rest of HS is
competitive with the rest of ES. I won't post the actual stats here,
because they're already on the NER site for all to see. I find myself
having second thoughts about what I said earlier about keeping ES and HS
seperate. I see no injustice in leaving them as they are, but given the
stats I looked at for New England such a merger may not be as unfair as I
thought. Though I still stand by the differences in cars I compared
earlier, the numbers show that they don't seem to be as much of a factor as
I thought. In the hands of the right driver, a VW Golf in HS can
consistently beat Integras, Neons, and *gasp!* a Saturn SC2 in ES.
- Justin
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