Joshua Hadler wrote:
>
> Paul Foster wrote:
> >
> > Before the 1.8L 'R' Miatas came along the 1.6L Miatas were dominating BS
> > and they were faster than CS. How is that going to be different now?
>
> Beg to differ there Paul, but the 1.6's were gettin' out run by a
>bunch
> of 20 year 914s. Ask Steve Compton, Byron Short, Jeff or Stacy Reitmier
> how they feel about a 914 vs. a 1.6 Miata. The 1.8 Miatas however, took
> a commanding lead over the class, and the 914s went by way of every
> other older sports car in SCCA. They went either to the higher
> preparation levels, the garage, or to the Marque clubs.
>
> > Sounds like CS is doing pretty well without an apparent overdog. It just
> > looks to me like Miatae will now be winning 2 classes instead of 1.
> > Looks like another Neon deal from my perspective...
>
> I don't particularly see the 1.6 Miatas taking over B-Stock. It's
> possible, but the current crop of C-Stock cars are pretty darn quick,
> and the baby miatae might just have a tough time keeping up.
In that case never mind! I stand corrected. I was getting the 1.8s
confused with the 1.6s. So then why in the world were the 1.6s put in
BS???
Paul Foster
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