Howdy,
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Kevin Stevens wrote:
> How is the Z06 a "factory race car"? Certainly not more so than a Cobra
> with a fuel cell. It is more general purpose than an RX7 - it's just
> better/faster.
Just FYI, the "cobra with a fuel cell" is the Cobra R, which is excluded
from stock classes IIRC. The "regular" cobra is a mildly breathed on
street car.
> The entire purpose of the "new" SS class was to provide a place for the
> upper echelon sports cars to play, which have been excluded from the Stock
> class for a long time. If there's no competition for the Z06 then put the
> AWD Porsche back in there, and the Viper ACR. Let's not screw up that
> step FORWARD after one year.
No argument there (and I was the one that originally said that another
option was to bump the z06 outta stock).
I personally don't have a problem with how things are right now. However,
it seems like folks are concerned that the gap from AS to SS is too large,
which will create classing problems with cars like the RX8 and 350Z, and
that AS and BS seem to be very similar.
My suggestion would be to let it continue to shake out for a year, then
look again. I do feel that the S2000 and Boxster are likely good
competition for the C4 without domininance on either side, so maybe that
opens up BS a bit, but its too early to tell IMHO.
Mark
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