OK, I feel the ZO6 Vett is legal for SS this year, and this is why.
The C5 vett has been classed in SS for three years now, with changes to the
car every year, it is listed as "Corvette, 97-+"
So here is my point, the ZO6 is not a new car, though it has many changes
over the previous coups, it is the only way you can get a coupe now, the
coupe is all ready classed!
this car is designated as being of a model year later than the current year
as stated before (and in 3.1 of the rule book) but it HAS been specifically
classed ( Corvette 97-+) it doesn't say except coupe if they make it too fast!
so, to keep this car out of the running, it would have to be separated from
the rest of the Corvettes by reclassing it as it is all ready classed, its
not like the Boxster "S" or the Camaro SS, as these cars are an option
package on a model of a car, the Corvette coup is only available with this
new package so it is a change to an already classed car, a huge change, but a
change, not a new model, so the car may need to be reclassed. now the tricky
part.
As a lot of people know, Dan and I have been trying to get the Ferrari 360
classed, what we ran into was "cars will not be classed after July" from the
SEB , which I can see, that's fair as not to end up with the problems of the
past few years. BUT this is the other side of the coin, now here is a car
that really CAN dominate SS, but its after July so it cant be reclassed.
DISCLAIMER this is not a rank on the SEB, I have no problems with these
guys, they are friends and fellow competitors and I appreciate the time and
effort they put in to make this whole thing work, this is just a comment on
how I read it, and I have been wrong before once or twice =)
Curt Ormiston
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