Oops, I knew I forgot something. Eric is right, the new index will matter in
the local Street Tire class. If I were thinking of competing there, a new ES
MR2 would probably do very very well.
As far as the C5 staying with the Z06, I believe some of the thought process
there was that even base C5's would be getting significant hp/torque increases
soon. It's also a loose policy to class cars by Best of Breed, which for the
C5 is the Z06. I say "loose" because it is not always applied (Boxster S -
Base Boxster, MR2T - MR2, Miata 1.8 - Miata 1.6, etc.).
-Andy
--- EGangloff@aol.com wrote:
> Andy,
>
> One area that PAX really DOES matter is in the Street Tire class. With a
> decent PAX system, people in very different cars can compete against one
> another on a reasonably level playing field. In some regions (for example,
> the Reno region), the Street Tire class is by far the most heavily attended
> class with many regulars as well as "newbies." Without a reasonably accurate
>
> PAX index or the equivalent, there will be certain "cheater" cars that will
> be hard to beat regardless of driving skill, making the competition less fun.
>
> In addition, many regions have heavily contested PAX championships, with all
>
> drivers in all classes in the running. For a driver in a poorly represented
> class, the PAX chase makes the season more fun as well. I'm all for changing
>
> the system if it does a better job of leveling the playing field. BTW, the
> non-Z06 C5s are still in SS with the 60-HP more powerful, 300-LB lighter Z06.
>
> Since the later model year C4 Vettes are about equal in performance with the
>
> base C5, I wonder why they didn't also move the base C5 to AS with the C4s?
>
> Looking forward to next season,
>
> Eric
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> << Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:16:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: Andy McKee <andrewmckee@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: 02 Pax
>
> Darren,
>
> Remember that the BS becomes the new CS. My (BS) index for 2002 will be
> .015
> harder than the new CS (Miata 1.8's), necessitating I beat them by over a
> second on a 60s course to stay even on the index. I think I'd have to be
> exceptionally "freaky" to do that on any kind of a regular basis.:-) As it
> stands, I think the 2002 index (assuming it stays as is) has alot of big
> problems, probably more than this year's PAX. Doesn't really matter, as we
> don't base anything on those factors except bragging rights. On a national
> level, ProSolo uses an index for the ladies class, but that index is
> Howard's
> creation.
>
> I did want to point out that Navid is making the right choice with his new
> car.
> By running it in SM instead of SS he gets a softer index!:-)
>
> - -Freak >>
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