I really appreciate the constructive comments on street tire classes, as its
a pet project for me and one that San Diego Region has expressed an interest
in exploring more fully. It's clear that it can be both popular and draw
new players.
Richard Nichols
rnichol1@san.rr.com
86 Mustang SVO TII 1C: ESP/FSP/?
72 Pinto Sedan 2.0 3J - Original Owner, Restored
On display at the San Diego Automotive Museum,
June 99 through January 00
-----Original Message-----
From: DUELRACER@aol.com <DUELRACER@aol.com>
To: Autox@autox.team.net <Autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:31 AM
Subject: Street Tire classes
>Here in the Kansas City area, we have had the Street Tire Class for about 5
>years now. It was a way for the Crown Autocross Club and the KCRSCCA to
get
>new people to our events and sign up, without being scared to run with all
>the regulars that had Yoko's, BFG's, and Hoosier's. It has worked out very
>well for us, so good in fact that Crown has gone to a more structured class
>system. Last year out of our 8 events we had 180 in the street tire class.
>But out of all of those, only 30 had been in three or more events and only
9
>had been in 5 or more to qualify for a trophy. It was suggested to us that
>with this many in a field that we could get more to keep coming back if we
>broke the Street Tire class down to smaller fields. So, by following the
>Arizona region's lead, we now have three classes.
>
>Novice Street Tire, to be eligible for this class you must have been in
four
>or less events in the past two years. Once you have entered in this class
>you can stay there for the entire season, but no trophies are awarded, you
>can move to the open Street Tire classes and carry your points with you.
>
>Street Tire 1, for the horsepower classes, and Street Tire 2 for the
handling
>classes. We had our first event out at a pretty large site this past
Sunday
>and had 85 entries. Out of those entries we had a total number of 31 in
the
>Street Tire classes. 13 of those in Novice, 10 in ST1, and 8 in ST2.
>
>Our problem was getting the new guys to come and race, get hooked and then
>come back. We seem to have fixed that with this new system and a lot have
>said they will be back. We give 5 runs to all first time Autocrossers and
a
>50% discount to those that have never raced with Crown before. So, instead
>of paying $20, they pay $10. Also to help get things started in the first
>heat we offer 5 runs to all that have signed up for heat 1. After the end
of
>our season I will let you know the statistics of the Street Tire classes
and
>how many decided to come back.
>
>Paul "to the floor" Poore Secretary Crown Autocross Club
>visit our website at Http://members.aol.com/crownac/
>
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