Sounds a lot like the Miata is starting to come down with a case of
Lotus-itis...the only real "resemblance" to the Elan...
Charles Cox
mailto:charles@coastalbay.com
#42 Miata DP/CSP/SM2...wherever I can play...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:49 PM
Subject: Miatas and A Prepared
> Here's a rumor I heard:
>
> I asked a D Prepared competitor what would happen if the MG Midgets and
Sprites could indeed drop their weights to be more competitive with the
Miata. Well, I don't even know if these cars can drop their weights without
sacrificing the car's structure, but anyhow, I thought I'd just ask.
>
> And the response didn't touch that at all. Instead what I was told was,
"No, because the Fiat X 1/9s can't."
>
> Then I went looking in the results at the Miata Massacre. Boy did the
Miatas clean house. See for yourself:
http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nationals/2002/results/dp.html. Holy
smokes, that's a .5 second margin of victory with one whole other Miata in
the the trophies in a class otherwise dominated by Midgets, Sprites, and one
Fiat.
>
> Then I noticed that there is only one Fiat in the whole class.
>
> So, I guess the idea is that if you move the Miata, still in production,
out of D Prepared, this will keep the doors wide open for all those Fiat X
1/9s currently in development?
>
> Anyway, you can't get mad at me for asking questions.
>
> Katie Kelly
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