On a related note... Can we (the karts) run King Howie's index too :)
Sometimes it's good to have the dictator on your side! :)
--Darren "PAX roadkill, unless I'm driving CS" Madams
At 08:14 AM 3/22/00 -0800, Pat Kelly wrote:
>Jerry
> On any controversy on the STS index:
> What Andy McKee was upset about last night was the index that Howard
> Duncan
>was using at the San Bernardino Pro, which is quite different from the one we
>use generated by Dave Beck. Once Dave gets if PAX indices figured, he won't
>change them until 2001, and neither will I. Howie plays his own games, makes
>his own rules, some of which we need to pay attention to, like his classes
>(Kart, STS, STR, SM--all Howie's), but I'm not changing the PAX index just
>because Andy says Howie is playing with numbers. I finally made the clear to
>Andy last night after the meeting. Andy prefers the PAX (Dave Beck) ratings
>over Howard's, at least they're based on some real numbers.
> Thus, no controversy.
>--Pat Kelly
>
>Jerry Mouton wrote:
>
> > The SCCA STS Class will be run as a SFR Regional class starting in Round 3.
> > It will run in the same run group as Street Touring (R tires) class, which
> > in Round 3
> > is run group 7.
> >
> > STS entrants will count Rounds 1 and 2 as drops -- so they will get
> only two
> > additional dops this season. Sorry, but that's the best way for us, and
> > anyway
> > STS has its own class.
> >
> > STS cars running in Rookie class or Street Tire class will be indexed using
> > the
> > STR index for fairness to other competitors (If you don't understand why,
> > email
> > me and I'll clue you in). Since Rookies must run street tires, there is no
> > difference
> > between ST and STS Rookies - -they are all ST-R Rookies
> >
> > STS cars running in PAX class (where street tires are not required)
> will use
> > the
> > STS index FOR NOW. Be advised that there is some controversy and this may
> > be changed in the future, retroactively. The controversy is based on the
> > idea that
> > some competitors have that there is no good empirical basis for an STS
> index
> > this year.
> >
> > MARKING YOUR CARDS:
> >
> > Check out the item about Street TIre on the web page:
> >
> > http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/news.html
> >
> > It says: Street Tire entrants mark your car clasas on the card followed
> > by -Street Tire
> > spelled out, NOT the letters ST. That's because of the confusion with the
> > Street Touring classes. The addition of STS class makes this even more
> > important.
> >
> > If you are running
> > - Street Touring on R Tires, mark your card with class ST
> > - Street Touring class STS, mark your card with class STS
> > - If for some strange reason you want to run Street Touring in Street Tire
> > class,
> > mark your card with class ST - Street Tire (Spelled out!)
> > - Street Touring in Rookie Class, mark your card with class ST-R (You must
> > run Street TIres)
> > (There is no difference between ST and STS Rookies.)
> > - Street Touring in PAX class, mark your card with class ST-X
> > - STS in PAX class, mark your card with class STS-X (You
> > must run Street TIres)
> >
> > Confusing, ain't it. Well get it straight how you need to mark your card
> > and
> > do it right. Otherwise there is a good chance you get NO points, no place
> > in
> > the results.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
> > rouler!
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