FWIW, the final tally of competitors who actually RAN, was 1073 -- of which
165 were in Ladies classes.
IMHO, Paula's point of "until the letters are signed by Ladies participants"
is valid. Philosophically you may not see the need, but the presence of
another class somewhere else in the program does not really impact YOU in
YOUR class [generic "you" there].
The existence of DP Ladies does not hurt me in DP. (Heck, it may help --
three DPL drivers spanked me this year, Paula included! But they ran in the
afternoon and had warmer concrete. Yeah, that was it!). So I may think
philosophically there is no reason they could not run open, I also see no
reason to force them to do so.
"You could run HS or DSP, why do you want to run STS instead?" Because they
DO! And it attracts more drivers. Ditto Ladies. Leave them alone!
As for your Regional programs, do whatever works for you. The rulebook class
structure is NOT mandatory at Regional events.
--Rocky
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Whitney <pwhitney@shamroc.com>
To: miket <miket@interaccess.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: Ladies classes
>Out of the 1097 entries at this years Nationals, 171 were in Ladies
classes.
>I am sure that if there were no ladies classes, a percentage of those would
>have run open class but some would have just stayed home. Just as in the
>open classes sometimes the entry level is low, but on the whole ladies
>classes have been a success, since there introduction years ago. I believe
>that until the letters written to do away with ladies classes are signed by
>ladies participants or the number drop, leave it alone.
>
>paula whitney
>
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