Is this deja vu all over again? In a nutshell: for 2001, the
overdog Supra is legal in SM, the 944 isn't. The 944/968
(and even the 928) might be included in SM next year
(2002) but that's idle speculation at this point.
Matt, is this your version of "if I go down you're going
down with me." :-)
Kent Rafferty
SM Supra (still legal)
> Is the Supra still being allowed to run in SM, or is it going to join the
> 944 in that it doesn't fit the SM profile? Or is the 944 going to join SM,
> since it is very similar in profile to the Supra? DG?
>
> Matt Murray
>
> mattm@optonline.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Aside from a cat, what makes the CSP cars illegal?
> > My main point is that during the development of a class, you must err on
> > the side of caution. That is clearly not the case in SM. You take a
> > 'mid-pack' CSP Civic and send it in against SM and you are in the hunt
or
> > on top - currently. With more preparation, that should change - but
when
> > does that preparation change? Is it going to take a year of a well
> > developed SM car killing the PAX to reset it for the FOLLOWING year?
Who
> > does that hurt? Everyone but SM. Let SM feel the pain for right now
and
> > then the majority doesn't suffer.
> > Besides, if you set the PAX artificially LOW, then how do you know when
> you
> > are where you need to be in terms of development? Granted, it is a
> > 'best-guess' deal with a new preparation level but you at least have to
> > start ahead of where we have already established history - like CSP
> > factors.
> >
> > AB
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