other reason its such a great idea to co-drive an already competitive car.
drives in my OSP car available for next season! it should be outclassed in
OSP,
but it did manage to win some trophies this year anyway. write to me if you
are interested.
-james
OSP - One Snake Place
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
> >Anyway, for regional-only folks, basing the classes on nationals is
> >of limited meaning.
>
> Yes, classing is based on national level results. But would it be more
fair
> to base it on regional results? If so I'm afraid you'd be way more
screwed
> than you are now. In many regions a driver of your caliber would PAX #1
at
> every event in your horribly underprepared Del Sol, so you would probably
> end up in SS with those Z06s you are competitive with.
>
> The current system isn't perfect, but at least it tries to base the
handicap
> on the car. The very top of each class at most national level events is
> fought for by drivers who can consistently get closer to the potential of
> the car under the rules as they are written than you or I could. I just
> don't see how classing cars based on local results would be more fair than
> that. What if I were a new guy under your scenario and just plunked down
> $16k that I had saved up over 5 years of summer jobs for a new MINI. I'm
> not mr. nationals guy, but I do lots of regional events and I don't suck
> that bad. Is it now fair to me that I have to compete in SS against
vettes
> or CS against Miatas just because some ringer guy named Jake showed up and
> PAX'ed 5th in a MINI?
>
> Maybe that's an exaggeration, but my point is that when you only have 9
> stock classes to represent the hundreds of different models out there,
there
> can only be 9 levels of absolute perfomance at which a car is truly
> competitive. If you pick your car to meet other needs (utility,
financial,
> emotional etc) as most people who don't have a lot of time and money to
> invest in the sport do, the probability of hitting one of those 9 levels
is
> very, very, very small. There is just no way that everyone can be happy
and
> competitive, I'm afraid.
>
> Now, if you feel there are enough people who want a regional-only class
that
> better suits your needs, there are provisions for that. Lots of regions
> have regional only classes. If there are enough dissatisfied civic/del
sol
> drivers who feel there should be an SFR K-Stock class (I use K because the
> next two letters after H are horribly ironic, as in I-Stock like me stock
> and J-Stock like Jake Stock:) then it could happen.
>
> Anyway, this is all just my opinion and absolutely meant as healthy debate
> and nothing personal. Insert smileys where appropriate:)
>
> Peter
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