I agree, only lets just handy cap the drivers. GRIN
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> From: washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
> To: Steve Sucsy <ssucsy@nts-online.net>
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Classing by Potential
> Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 5:31 AM
>
> Steve Sucsy wrote:
> >
> > Being a new S2000 owner, I'm a little distressed that the car is
already
> > perceived to be a match for the C4 Corvette, the
> > M Coupe and Roadster, and the Boxter S, even though the new 217 hp
Boxter
> > has won the lion's share of AS Tour and Pro events this year. I'll
grant
> > that Gary Thomason in a well prepared S2000 is an ominous force, but
let's
> > not reclassify the car because of one driver.<snip>
>
> I stopped reading right here. Like it or not, car classing is based on
> the potential performance, and is blind to who is driving. If even one
> person can make a car perform to a certain level, than logic tells you
> that the car has the potential for that given performance. The fact
> that only one driver can do it is irrelevant. Look at the DS, or should
> I call it the Daddio, PAX number. Basically set by one person. The
> fact that we mere mortals have yet to perform to this level is our
> problem, not the SEB's. The car will do it, that's been proven, so how
> can we argue that the car is mis-classed or that the index is off?
>
> Pat Washburn
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