You make a very interesting point, one that many have thought of in the recent
past. I can tell you that officially that the SCAC (Stock Class Advisory
Committee) does NOT consider Pro Solo when recommending to the SEB a class for
cars.
I am 99.9% sure that Howard is responsible for these classifications and even
though it may not be appropriate for the SCAC to get copied on these types of
letters, (meaning they may have come through but I just haven't seen any) I
haven't seen any requests for Pro Solo-specific class changes. It just may not
be 'worth' the added confusion, especially seeing as how the Pro rulebook and
the Solo rulebook are integrated into one now.
AB
Jason Saini <speedyj73@yahoo.com> on 05/30/2000 12:26:33 PM
Please respond to Jason Saini <speedyj73@yahoo.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net
cc: (bcc: Andrew Bettencourt/FIELD SALES/Kingston)
Subject: AWD cars at ProSolos
Ok, I am doing my first full year of ProSolo... For those of you out
there, I am the guy with the Green Corrado. I have been trying to
prove that the Corrado can be a competitive car, and I have been doing
OK so far. I am still learning, but I truly think the car can be there
with a little more teaking(me and the car). But, I think the car car
*only* get there at National Tours, or regular SoloII events. GS is
home to AWD iron... and in not-so-many words: I think that's not fair.
At Petersburg, GS (McIver, whom I have nothing against... he's very
nice, and has been nothing but nice to me. He's a great driver and a
great competitor) BEAT the following classes... ES, FS, DS, CS, and
BS. At Peru, he BEAT the follwing ES, DS and CS, while placing 4th in
FS and 3rd in BS.
ProSolos are inherenly different events than SoloII. The launch adds a
different performance element to the list of important factors. Things
like handling, tire size, weight all become less important. Why
doesn't ProSolo have a different class structure than SoloII? It's a
different event, with different performance parameters. Maybe ProSolo
should have different classes, based on ProSolo results, while the
SoloII classes should be based on SoloII results?
Either that, or the AWD cars should be classes differently within the
current structure. Put the Eclipse, TT, A4, S4 and into their own
class... Combine AS & SS or BS & CS, leaving a class for the AWD cars.
I know I sound like a typical whining car-class weenie, but I really
don't expect any of this to happen. I am simply trying to bring to
light something that doesn't make sense in my mind, and that is AWD
cars lining up next to 2WD cars at the ProSolo line.
-Jason Saini . Chicago, IL
-'93 Corrado . GS Sleeper
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