First off... I am just stirring Poo Poo here.... to provide some food for
thought... I have No say in the Organization what so ever.... I just live
by the rules once they are established.... John Beckett asked my opinion
and I proposed that we pitch it out here to see what you folks thought....
I have talked at length to Bill Mackey and John on this subject and the
final Points is going to be very similar to the means you suggested Mayf...
or that is my understanding....
The Class Jumping.... well I am kinda with all of you on a single engine a
single class.... but then Money is Money and if changing classes allows
more records.... well it brings in more money.... and an organization
doesn't run without funds....
I guess I need to restate a Position here to.... without the ECTA and John
Beckett and lots of other folks who volunteer to make this happen.... I
wouldn't be coming to Bonneville this year with a race car... and for this
John has gone out on a limb to provide us a venue to race at... lots of
work on his part.... Personally again I want to thank him.... for the
opportunity to race here on the EAST Coast....
Keith
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> From: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield <lemay@hiwaay.net>
> To: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; JAMES CANNON
<dr.piston@worldnet.att.net>; Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield
<lemay@hiwaay.net>; Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: More Points computation ideas
> Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 9:20 AM
>
> Keith, you started this thread..How you gonna put it all together? You
> gonna summarize it or what?
>
> I am still opposed to class jumping. The rule book we all live by
prohibits
> it: see I-2 "All vehicles will run ONLY in the lowest primary
> class/category for which they are legal."
>
> I don't buy the argument that class jumping to set records brings more
> people to the event.
>
> I agree that bikes and cars should be separate with regards to points and
> championships.
>
> mayf (with less than 2 cents worth!)
>
> At 10:45 AM 11/29/99 -0800, Dick Jurkowski wrote:
> >Lots of good ideas, but don't limit a car to one
> >class only. Let it run in any class the
> >driver/team wants to put it in (displacement wise
> >I mean - if you want to run a "C" motored car in
> >"B" - then do it). Don't establish minimum
> >records either, this is a new association - all
> >of the records will be filled soon enough and
> >they'll start getting harder and harder to set.
> >If a guy goes through all the trouble and expense
> >to build and prep a car and get all the safety
> >equipment to run against an open record - that
> >effort entitles him to have that record if he
> >makes it to the finish line. For one thing, with
> >an eye towards association growth, it will
> >attract a lot more new drivers if they look at
> >the book and say: "Darn, my car is pretty fast
> >and I can make a record in that class!" You're
> >not as likely to attract that first timer if he
> >has a decent 140 mph car and looks at the record
> >book and sees that it's an open record but he has
> >to do 203 to earn that record - know what I mean?
> > And for the 200 club - don't set minimums! 200
> >is 200 - period!! I also like the idea of some
> >kind of points for other than setting a record.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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