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Re: "new" scca logo

To: quad4fiero@webzone.net
Subject: Re: "new" scca logo
From: "David Shreve" <ls1_1le@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 00:35:45 -0400
>Just keep in mind that there are other clubs out there that autocross
>besides the SCCA. Some use the SCCA classing, others don't.

I realize that, but do any of them offer national competition on the scale 
the SCCA does?  What about locality?  I know of no other clubs with 
well-developed rules/classing structures available in my area.  IMO, marque 
clubs don't satisy the well-developed classing structure with a multitude of 
classes for their marque and an X class for everything else

Team.Net is not
>just an SCCA list, but an autocross list that any autocrosser can subscribe
>to. Some even allow true Sports Cars to play. (BTW, what IS the name of the
>SCCA magazine - the Daily Driver?)

I've never seen a true sports car turned away from an SCCA event provided it 
was safe.  It seems to me that BS is composed of modern sports cars in the 
classic sports car spirit.  Then you have SS...sports cars or grand touring 
cars?  Or do you mean classic/vintage sports cars?What about ASP?  DSP?  
FSP?  DP?  AP?  DM?  EM?

>So get angry if you must - your club has abandoned it's roots. Although it
>calls itself a Sports Car Club, sports cars are not given a snowball's
>chance in hell to win, simply because of it's classing structure. I have
>stated that fact often, and contrary to what your letter suggests, I have
>accepted that fact.

Hmmm...ASP, DSP, FSP, AP, DP, FP, DM, and EM all seem to be classes where 
the vintage/classic sports cars can do well with the chance to win.  If I am 
wrong here, please enlighten me, because if vintage/classic sports cars are 
doing well in those classes, your argument appears flawed.  I guess that all 
depends on how you define classic/vintage sports car.  You'll have a tough 
time telling me, and I'd wager most other folks, that the old Loti, LBC's, 
Porches, etc. aren't classic/vintage sports cars, though.

I am not trying to attack you personally.  I just want to understand your 
reasoning and facts.

-dave
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