> The small, fast CSP'ers remain in CSP -- the slower ones in
> CSP go in a new DSP
Brain,
I take it that the Miata will remain in CSP then....
===
Derek Engelhaupt
Customer Engineer
Hewlett Packard
'97 White Mazda Miata
Odenton, MD
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver
five minutes longer.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
---Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com> wrote:
>
> Eric Linnhoff wrote:
> >
> > Howdy all.
> >
> > Since I have yet to receive my Sports Car mag, what's the big
shakeup in
> > SP? Is it more rules changes (anti-de-embolizer type rules) or car
> > class changes?
>
> Car class changes. Roughly speaking, they're breaking up CSP into
two classes
> and making BSP into a class for fast but large sportscars (rather
than just a
> Corvette class). -- the current DSP becomes ESP and the current ESP
> becomes FSP. A few of the faster but larger CSP cars (E36 M3,
Porsche 928/968,
> non-turbo 280ZX/300ZX) are being moved to BSP as are some of the
slower and
> larger ASP cars (Shelby Cobra 289, Mitsu 3000GT turbo, and turbo
280ZX/300ZX).
> Also the Supra Turbo (was ESP?) was put in BSP.
>
> There were also various other jugglings of uncompetitive cars that
all seemed
> reasonable.
>
> Even though my car, E36 M3, is being moved to a slightly faster
class, I think
> the changes are very good. I really have very little in common with
most of
> my current competitors (tiny CRX's, RX-3's, and RX-7's) -- and I
often feel a
> bit cheated when I am beaten by them as they attack courses
completely different
> than I can. Even though BSP is faster than CSP, I'll enjoy being
beaten by
> Corvettes, 300ZX's, Porsche 968's, and such larger sportscars much
better.
>
> One question: Why doesn't the 99 Porsche 911 show up? Surely over
1000 have
> been sold. And then where's the Porsche Boxster? Or is nobody
willing to
> Street Prepare those cars?? ;^)
>
>
> Brian
>
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