I am a member of NYR, and for the most part, its true, we don't have more than
60 - 70 entrants in our events. That is not to say that there is no competition
in NYR. For such a small group, I think we have a high percentage of quality
drivers. Folks like the 1999 FS champ Pat Salerno, Ken Porteous, and Bruce
Bellom, just to name a few.
I can honestly say that there is plenty of competition here. This was my first
year with the SCCA, (second year autocrossing) and thanks to the level of
competition here (and McKamey Autocross School), I was able to improve faster
than I thought possible. I tried my first ProSolo in Virginia this year and
took first place in DS. I ended up taking the win in Topeka also, and the
championship with it.
Even though I don't run against too many other Neons, we compete using PAX, and
there tend to be some pretty heated and close battles at any given event.
I guess my point is; SIZE DOESN"T MATTER.
Tim Dennison
'99 ProSolo National Series DS Champion
Proud to be NYR.
Steve Ostrovitz wrote:
> Well, you conveniently disregard my second point, which is that even at
> small clubs throughout the Northeast, the quality of the drivers that I've
> run into tends to be high. This, of course, is opinion, and not fact, which
> some people on this list tend to get confused about.
>
> Also, as the second largest SCCA region (I believe), NER drivers make for a
> large portion of Northeast drivers.
>
> New England Region drivers are also a very mobile bunch. On any given Sunday
> NER types are off to New York and other locales outside the NER.
>
> I just don't see any support for the argument that this part of the country
> is weak, in any respect.
>
> Steve Ostrovitz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
> To: Steve Ostrovitz <ostrovi@gateway.net>
> Cc: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com <Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com>;
> team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Crappy Northeast Drivers
>
> >Steve Ostrovitz wrote:
> >>
> >> You're making the same mistake: Your sample is poor. A small NER regional
> >> this year was when we had to cap entries to 125 on a couple of small
> lots.
> >> Otherwise we've hovered around 200 drivers.
> >
> >And how many other SCCA regions in the NE attract that kind of crowd?
> >Methinks _your_ sample is small...
> >
> >Paul Foster
> >
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