Ummmm, uhhh, Can't you just put the *original* pinwheel you took off in
the first place back on? How does that relate to gobs of money?
Just wonderin ;-)
sbw
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:00 AM
Subject: re: Turbo guys get screwed again
>GH Sharp wrote...
>> Yes, there is no evidence that the DSM cars are dominant in ESP.
>[snip]
>> Until this happens, you're right.... the SEB doesn't know, and neither
>> does anyone else, and no amount of arguing over HP and quarter-mile
>> times is going to change that. So the SEB is left with trying to make
>> two dissimilar cars equally competitive, one of which is pretty much at
>> the end of its development curve SP-wise, and the other one that is
>> still being developed. And we have no meaningful National results on
>> which to base any of our decisions.
>>
>> The DSM guys go off in a huff because they feel they're being treated
>> unfairly, and the ponycar contingent in ESP is afraid that if the DSM
>> cars are allowed too much freedom under the rules that a
>> National-caliber driver will seize the opportunity to build one and
>> dominate a popular class. It's a no-win situation for everyone,
>> including the SEB.
>
> [Disclaimer: I appreciate the volunteer labor that goes into running
>Solo2, and don't mean be ungrateful. Also, I have no dog anywhere near
>this fight. ]
>
> So, to sum up, the SEB had no evidence of a problem, but it went
>ahead and wrote a rule aimed at one car that will cost a bunch of members
>a whole wad of money, based on the suspicions of their competitors, which
>in the end, helps no one.
>
> Hard to imagine why the DSM folks are upset.
>
> I thought cars were supposed to be reclassed if they were dominant, not
>the object of custom rule-making. Wouldn't it be cheaper just to write a
>rule that requires DSMs to bolt in a hundred pounds of ballast?
>
> I just don't understand this decision at all, but I really don't like
>to see members chased off, and if I drove a turbo-charged car, I'd be
>long, long gone from SCCA.
>
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> D a v i d H i l l m a n
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