"Mark J. Andy" wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> > CP is case in point. Somebody with a lot of money, access to the right
> > people, and the will to do so could build a car that would likely
> > _decimate_ CP (look very, very carefully at the rules. A
>"proper" CP
> > car is something very much like a modern Trans Am or GT1 car - how
> > many cars in CP even *approach* that standard? - with construction
> > costs much on par with what it would cost to build a modern Trans Am
> > or GT1 car)
>
> You know, I'm getting pretty sick of hearing comments like this, and
> especially my buddy's Jeff's.
I agree that it must be tough when the objective numbers shout down your hopes
so loudly.
> How about you guys actually _build_ a car and come _decimate_ CP and
> _then_ talk about how easy it was? At least one hotshoe driver last year
> tried to jump into the class. As I recall, he didn't fare too well.
So using ONE DRIVER proves it can't be done? <ROFL>
> I think you'll find that the top 5 to 10 cars in CP are built pretty
> damned well right now. Can they be better? Sure. Can that be said for
> _any_ class that allows modifications?
Well, I wouldn't want to cloud the issue with facts<s> ....
but looking at the PAX performances of this year's NT and Nationals entrants at
NT's, Pros
and Divisionals and just taking the top 10 cars ...AS YOU SUGGEST....
RANK CLASS PAX Total NT and Nationals Entrants
1 SS 85.837 99
2 GS 86.234 90
3 ES 86.303 78
4 FS 86.465 69
5 CS 86.576 93
6 ESP 86.626 53
7 HS 86.671 59
8 ASP 86.759 58
9 DS 86.784 67
10 BSP 86.843 38
11 STS 86.914 90
12 CSP 86.968 59
13 BS 86.980 99
14 AS 87.003 45
15 SM 87.417 103
16 FSP 87.495 47
17 FM 87.505 33
18 CP 87.546 66
19 F125 87.553 23
20 DP 87.857 24
21 DSP 87.994 49
22 FP 88.100 20
23 CM 88.367 46
24 BM 88.513 25
25 AM 89.350 19
26 EP 89.872 29
27 STX 90.377 25
28 EM 90.852 22
29 BP 90.911 12
30 SM2 91.681 31
31 DM 91.792 18
I can excuse the classes with a couple dozen entries for not having on average
a great Top
10 PAX #. That leaves DSP, CM, EP and SM2 as the only classes having worse top
10 entrants
than CP.
Class entry average, class entry average for those that entered an NT,
Divisional or Pro,
Top 10 drivers... every time I narrow the filter to make it more favorable for
CP's cause,
the answers keeping coming out the same.
CP is a soft class.
Deal with it.
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