At 12:47 PM -0400 4/2/01, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
>I have come to realize that a great many people out there in SCCA-land are
>completely unaware of just how big the whole sport compact scene really is.
>I'm immersed in it, so I tend to take it for granted that everybody knows
>just how important these guys are to the SCCA. I've been finding that
>there's a rather large group of people who are just now starting to see
>what all the fuss is about.
Every region should realize that it is only a matter of time before
they start seeing an increase in the Street Touring crowd as a direct
relation to the increasing popularity of the sport compact car scene.
Just look at the magazine section at any Borders/Barnes&Noble and you
see the auto section littered with sport compact specific titles --
Max Power (US and UK versions - UK version is more fun), Sport
Compact Car, Import Tuner, Turbo & Hi Tech Performance, etc.
At our first event in Chicago Region last weekend we had:
SM 18 entrants (not exclusive to sport compact scene, but most
cars in this class were sport compact based)
ST-S 16 entrants
ST-R 2 entrants
Our total number of entrants was 140, so participation in the "newer"
classes was just over 25%.
Also, there were an additional 39 entrants in our Street Tire Classes
(some of whom will be moving to Street Touring soon as they start
modifying their vehicles).
Complete breakdown:
AS 5
ASL 1
BS 3
CS 5
DSL 1
ES 5
FS 3
FSL 1
GS 3
GSL 1
HS 1 Total of 29 in Stock classes
ASP 1
BSP 3
CSP 2
DSP 1
ESP 9 Total of 16 in Street Prepared classes
BP 1
CP 3
CPL 1
FP 2 Total of 7 in Prepared classes
AM 2
CM 2
F125 1 Total of 5 in Modified classes
IC 3 (Instructional Class)
ST 37
STL 2 Total of 39 in Street Tire classes
STS 16
STR 2
SM 18 Total of 36 in Street Touring classes
Our event results at at this URL:
http://www.scca-chicago.com/solo/event3.html
Note: We use TS and TR to designate STS and STR respectively as to
not confuse timing/corner workers. We use ST for all Street Tire
classed entrants.
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