Seven-year obsolescence rule for stock classes, announced three years ahead of
implementation. I'll just keep saying it until it sinks in. Maybe I'll even
post it over on Chris' forum. ;)
KeS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Jamie Sculerati
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 16:21
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: BSM/SM2
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rjohnson@friendlynet.com>
> >
> > I have absolutely no problem with F125, SM, STS, STR, FP, OSP or any
> > of the other alphabet-soup classes run in various parts of the country, so
> > long as there are sufficient entries to warrant National status.
> > If this means that some of the older, established but yet
> > diminishing-number classes have to go away or consolidate or have
> Regional-only status, so
> > be it.
>
> There's the rub, though, isn't it? Solo II classes are like old military
> bases -- it takes an act of Congress to eliminate one, and the hard feelings
> afterwards pretty well squash the possibility of doing so again in our
> lifetime. The whole AP/FP wrestling match is the model -- and inevitably,
> it's the "real race car" classes that will take the hits first, since in
> general, they tend to have fewer participants per class than the "street
> car" classes.
>
> The fact is, if Solo II is going to try to provide competitive ground for
> every four-wheeled vehicle that's not an SUV or armor-plated, we're going to
> see the number of street car classes creep up as automotive technology
> advances. The alternative is to deliberately write off particular cars in
> those classes as cone fodder. Or come up with some monsterous mathematical
> equalization factor for each car that no one will like anyhow.
>
> Jamie
> '92 Prelude Si
> Speed Demon Racing
> http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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