Another idea regarding imposing "fairness" is to include longer
"disclaimers" when listing drivers and their cars.
Already in my AutoX magazine reading, drivers are always listed with
their class,car model and year as some sort entire "name". SO why not
extend this to include the controversial specialty equipment onboard the
car *ESPECIALLY* in the "stock" classes.
Sample:
Jake, 92 Honda-Del Sol, H-Stock (Hoosier Stick-O-Matic Rubber, Super
Duper Koni 8-way adjustables, big huge chrome exhaust tip and Neuspeed
cupholder)
vs
Jake, 92 Honda-Del Sol, H-Stock: Generic Sears tires, original shocks
with 80k on them
This approach would help force new classification or indexing for
"stock" by putting the reality of the situation out on the table,
perhaps shaming some and providing shopping list material for others...
-Todd
PS: response to below:
The point IS you bring a car, share a car but within a
class. Its like a "classed" pot-luck. No sane person would dump money
into shocks/rubber or bring a Porsche unless they felt they could get a
similar vehicle in exchange.
The point I was attempting to make is that as long as drivers
are tied to their own cars, autox (like life) won't be fair.
Pat Kelly wrote:
> Don't forget Joe's 996tt. :)
> --Pat K
>
> ----------
>
>>From: "Paul S \(#51 STS\)" <ibisbike@yahoo.com>
>>To: jake@codeworm.com, tas@darthracing.com
>>Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Radical, Original Solution (was Re: Stock Shock Chalk Talk)
>>Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2002, 10:53 AM
>>
>>
>
>>I think I'm moving to ASP so I can get a shot at Rob's
>>GT2!!
>>
>>There...got in first on this great idea!!
>>
>>Paul
>>
>>
>>--- jake@codeworm.com wrote:
>>
>>>Awesome.. So that new guy out for his first event
>>>gets
>>>the keys to MY car? MY car that I need to drive
>>>home
>>>and to work tomorrow? And he gets to plow off the
>>>course on MY tires, that no matter how crappy still
>>>cost me $300 a set? Look at Speedring karts to see
>>>what your car (the one that makes up 98% of your net
>>>worth as a college student and that you really can't
>>>afford to be racing in the first place) will look
>>>like
>>>after a season.
>>>
>>>I think I'm going to start running my crappy Honda
>>>in
>>>DP so I can get a shot at that Lotus 7. :)
>>>
>>>Jake
>>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, 08 August 2002, Todd Stiers wrote:
>>>
>>>>I read *all( the messages to make sure this
>>>>
>>>suggestion
>>>
>>>>hasn't come up.
>>>>
>>>>Its very simple - drivers in a class don't drive
>>>>
>>>their
>>>
>>>>own cars. Everyone in a class grids a car, puts
>>>>
>>>card
>>>or
>>>
>>>>keys into
>>>>a hat, then proceeds to pull a card or key out of
>>>>
>>>said
>>>
>>>>hat.
>>>>
>>>>The motivation to pour tons of cash into a car, OR
>>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>>bring in a total
>>>>wreck are limited. Any advantage/disadvantage due
>>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>>the cars/setup
>>>>should even out with time, and we'd all be better
>>>>drivers for
>>>>experiencing alternative autos and setups.
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps this could be done randomly for certain
>>>>
>>>classes
>>>
>>>>at certain
>>>>events, sort of like "drug testing" the
>>>>
>>>cars within a
>>>
>>>>class.
>>>>Any sudden or obvious changes in driver placings
>>>>
>>>could
>>>
>>>>hint at "issues"
>>>>with a vehicle, as well open up a new method to
>>>>
>>>improve
>>>
>>>>the
>>>>classification indicies of vehicles and/or their
>>>>accessories.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone in STS up for this radical approach? I'd
>>>>
>>>likely
>>>
>>>>end up in a
>>>>random Celica, but I'd be wiser for the experience
>>>>
>>>;)
>>>
>>>>Todd
>>>>STS #42 (Darth Rabbit)
>>>>freshly tuned for $ > blue book
>>>>
>>
>>=====
>>2000 Civic Si
>>#51 STS
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