We will not accept a street tire index! I know you guys are desperate, but
you can't just go creating things that don't exist:) PAX may not be fair to
everyone, but it's the only index we all go by. And before you argue too
much with us, may I point out that Andy, Derek, Teresa, and Kevin McCormick
all have short hair. And none of them are on our team. Yet.
:):)
Peter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Merritt [SMTP:cmerritt@ati.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 4:52 PM
> To: 'Scot Zediker'; 'James Creasy'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Team Rules (RE: TLH Tears it up in Marina)
>
> > > (BMW snobs pulling out and forming their own team?) since
> > > they are much bigger than TLH.
> >
> > That would work for me.
>
> Yeah, but we should probably wait to hear from them.
>
> OTOH, they seem to be stalling for time on this issue until the results
> are
> posted, rather unsportsmenlike of them eh?
>
> > > The easy way to get this index is take Street Touring and
> > > subtract Street Touring S's index from it and you get .027
> >
> > I think a better approach is to DIVIDE the STS index by that
> > for STR. I
> > came up with a "street tire multiplier" of .967, which
> > changes your Z's
> > index to... well, to .795. So there! :-b
>
> Yeah, whatever... =P
>
> > But then the problem we run into is, are these people
> > claiming to be on
> > street tires actually on street tires? For instance, I could
> > lie about
> > running my streets yesterday at Marina.
>
> Yes, but we could lie about many things, like running SM cars in ESP, or
> BSP
> cars in VSP, etc...I think we have to trust people or it'll all get really
> messy and be tied up in the courts for weeks while the public anxiously
> awaits a victor.
>
> > > average indexed time for each team and apply a handicap
> > > modifier so that...
> >
> > I don't really like this idea. It just mucks things up too much.
>
> Yeah, that was the point ;-). The rules must be complex enough to
> perpetuate an argument through Superbowl Sunday to sustain our fighting
> spirit until the start of the new season.
>
> > This is a good start, though. We can probably come up with a workable
> > scoring system about the time they finally decide who will be
> > President ;)
>
> Uh...that would quite specifically be December 18th, the day after the
> next
> event. We should be able to figure out how to doctor the rules in our
> favor
> by then...especially of all the Sloths stay quiet and let us make them up.
>
> -Carl
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