[Spridgets] Midget 50th Autocross Classes

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Nope!  I don't know how it works in the USA but in the UK the issues  are 
around insurance as well as licence grades.  I'd guess that if the  event was 
fully legal etc then I could work as a trainee!  I could look  into how 
this works if I knew exactly what the status of the event was  etc.
 
Regards
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
In a message dated 26/09/2009 04:58:41 GMT Daylight Time,  
72spridget at gmail.com writes:

Daniel,
Are you licensed in the USA? ;-)

Frank,
That is  almost the list of classes from LotO. Think you can get a 948
to sign  up?

What I would like to avoid is having 75% of the cars in one class  and
having a bunch of classes with 0 or 1 car in them. NO 948  engines
signed up for the LotO autocross.

I rather like Trevor's  suggestion of a checklist of mods with points
assigned to each. Your total  would determine your class.

Tires under 140 treadwear = 2 points  each
Aftermarket cam = 2 points
Header = 2 points
Non-stock front ARB  = 1 point
Rims wider than 4.5" = 1 point per inch of additional  width
Displacement over 1200cc = 3 points
Total novice = -3  points
etc.

A class for under 3 points, a class for under 10 points,  etc. I can
guarantee my Midget will land in the top class. As you say,  Trevor,
that just means less competition ;-)
Ladies class would, of  course, be voluntary, but we might have to
assign points for lady  drivers,judging by their LotO results ;-)

Larry,
I have never had  more than three cars on the track at once with this
system... well maybe it  was four. It handles that well, but it gets to
be hard on the operator,  especially when someone screws up. It can
also handle having each car  trigger the start and/or the finish light
multiple times. With a group of  people like this, it is generally best
not to have multiple cars on track  at one time.

Bill,
Thanks for volunteering!

Neal,
I would  have to think that we could run that one in the novice class
and still not  worry about having to give it an award. Might do better
at the car show  ;-)
David L