One of the reasons I don't read the wheel2wheel email list, is the
constant banging of the 'SCCA Inc.' drum. If the members don't like the
way the club is going, it is up to them to change it. It's happened
before, it will happen again. Live with it.
Let's get back to racing.
Bob
EPRacer@aol.com wrote:
> Amici:
>
> I feel the need to interject my couple of cents........
>
> SCCA, Inc. is still a club, very much so, but the current leaders want to
> play with the big boys and SCCA Pro Racing, which is a separate group from
> Inc. has bled the club dry so they can continue to play. The leadership of
> SCCA has made loans to Pro racing for more than $1,700,000.00 in the last few
> years that are "non-performing" as the bankers say, yet SCCA, Inc. continues
> to carry them as an asset to make their books look good to SCCA membership.
> (Does the word Enron, Adelphia, or Tyco sound familiar?) The reason they can
> get away with this is that SCCA members don't care as long as we can go race.
>
>
> As governor of our district, I have listened to our Board of Directors tell
> us how wonderful everything is, but I wonder if it really is. The clear cut
> direction for SCCA is to more "Spec" type cars. SCCA Enterprises (the makers
> of the Spec Racer Ford) have made a number of proposals to the Board about
> new cars lately. The one that seems to be solidifying is a single chassis
> that can be raced as an open wheel or closed wheel car depending on how you
> purchase it. Now let's think about this for a minute, I don't know about in
> other areas of the country, but in Florida we always seem to have a hard time
> fitting in all the races with the number of classes we have now. If we will
> have two new types of cars, that could likely grow to be their own classes,
> what do you think will happen to us Production people? Draw your own
> conclusion. Again, I do not know about other parts of the country, but in
> Florida the Spec Miata class has gone from not existing a few years ago, to
> being so big it is it's own class now.
>
> As long as we (SCCA members) continue to elect the Board of Directors by a
> few hundred votes when thousands are eligible to vote, do not expect to have
> a voice in how things go in SCCA.
>
> If I want to keep racing my TR7 for a long time then I have two choices, find
> another sanctioning body, or let SCCA know the Club side is paying for all
> the of the fun and games Pro Racing and Enterprises are having and we are
> through with footing the tab.
>
> I did not want to keep silent, and sure don't want to rant, but this how I
> see the direction of things.
>
> Lyn Pollock
> EPRacer@aol.com
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