The SEB can and did reclass a new model car within the first year without
member input. The reclassication request was made by the sole competitor at
Topeka who finished 16th, 5 out of the trophies with a car that he had owned
less than 3 months, only driven in 2 national level events that was totally
showroom stock except for tires and cat-back. The request was acted on by
the SEB in < 30 days after the event. I didn't expect the classes to stay
static, but I also didn't expect the SEB to dump an obvious overdog into the
class. The second place finisher @ Topeka in HS with a base Mini would have
placed 7th in GS, a mid trophy position! How could anyone NOT think the S is
an overdog for GS???
Re: Our prep costs: shocks - $3K
5 sets of racing tires, mounting and balancing - 3.5K
3 sets of racing wheels -1.6K
5 alignments -.5K
entry fees, travel costs, lost income, T&T schools, etc. to get enough seat
time to get familiar with the car through the 2002 season for 2 drivers >6K,
so actually 10K was an underestimate.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: Madurski, Ronald M <ronald.m.madurski@lmco.com>
To: Patrick Washburn <washburn@dwave.net>; Charles <cfgold@intrex.net>;
<bburns37@att.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:04 PM
Subject: RE: New Car Classing
> I was wondering the same thing. I haven't spent half of that on my Red
> Devil (FM 440) in 3 years and that includes buying the car :-)
>
> Ronald M. Madurski
> Lockheed Martin Information Technologies
> 304 625 2269
> ronald.m.madurski@lmco.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Washburn [SMTP:washburn@dwave.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:25 PM
> > To: Charles; bburns37@att.net; autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: New Car Classing
> >
> >
> > BTW, I'm curious: what you do to a Stock class car that consumes 10
> > thousand
> > dollars in prep costs?
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