>At best they exchange sets of
>evils, and I'd rather stick with the evils I'm familier with.
So stick our head in the sand and do nothing to improve competition/reduce
barriers ($$$) of entry in our sport?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
To: "autox mailing list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: 10yr Stock Class Ruling
> Howdy,
>
> On Thu, 2 May 2002, Alan Dahl wrote:
> > I think there is a misunderstanding here. The intent is not to eliminate
> > anyone but rather to have different preparation levels for cars less
> > than 7 years old and built in 2004 and later (totally bone stock except
> > for race tires) and more than 7 years old or built in 2003 or earlier
> > (like today with perhaps a couple of extra mods thrown in and street
> > tires). That should not cause anyone to leave the sport, everyone would
> > have a place to play and it would keep expenses down for everyone, both
> > Nationally and Regionally.
> >
> > So to sum it up:
> >
> > Cars built in 2004 and later and less than 7 years old: Showroom Stock
> > with race tires
> >
> > All vehicles built in 2003 and earlier or more than 7 years old
> > (starting in 2011): Like Stock is now with the addition of springs and
> > air boxes running street tires (just like ST).
> >
> > I think this could work. Whether we want to try it or not is another
> > question however...
>
> As someone recently said here... this seems to me to be a solution looking
> for a problem.
>
> A critical difference between roadracing and autox is that when you
> roadrace you nearly always have a dedicated vehicle. The overwhelming
> majority of stock class competitor vehicles are also in some form of
> street driver status, even at the national level. This also meets the
> stated goals of making autox a very low barrier of entry sport.
>
> Leave it alone. None of these "solutions" (including the oem shock
> proposal) make the situation any better. At best they exchange sets of
> evils, and I'd rather stick with the evils I'm familier with.
>
> Mark
>
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