Dennis,
Your scenario seems to keep forgetting the two rules for OSP (or the "real"
StreetMod, as CalClub has called our OSP class for many years before it was
even a twinkle in your eye - hmmm, maybe we should ask for a royalty for
using our name :-)), ya gotta be able to license it and it has to run on DOT
tires. That may limit some of the "unlimited" things people would do. I
know, some parts of the country may be more liberal in what they will
license. Money and fame? I suppose you could get your picture on the cover
of SportsCar, which gets seen by what, 50,000 people, of which what
percentage cares? Yes, I know, fame among your peers does count. And the
prize money may cover your costs of going to Nationals. I'm not saying
there isn't a place for your SM, I applaud what you have accomplished and
wish you continued success as it develops, but don't know that I agree there
couldn't be a national OSP (not that there should be necessarily). Between
SFR, CalClub and San Diego alone, we could probably field quite a few cars.
Just IMHO.
Rick Brown
FP 240Z
> Imagine someone building a Bug or Starlet using a lot of Indycar parts,
> carbon fiber, and other really expensive bits, and doing a lot of
> engineering work. Wind tunnels. Suspension modeling. Test facilities.
>
> Like, say... imagine TC Kline deciding that he wanted to win SFR OSP at
all
> costs, and devoted all his resources to it. OK, that's unlikely enough.
> Possible, but unlikely. But what if SFR-style OSP was a National class,
and
> paid a lot of money, and got a lot of press coverage, and carried with it
a
> lot of prestige... now it's not so unlikely. How many autocrossers could
> compete with a suitably motivated TC Kline with room to use those
> resources?
>
> Or maybe not TC. Try Roger Penske instead.
>
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