As of 9/4/2000 there are 1108 entries. Of those 374 are in classes
dominated by V8s or big HP cars. That's 33.75% of all the entries.
--So logic and 5th grade math tells me that the remaining 64.25% of cars are
"the tiny car nimbly dancing through the cones" and thus, still the
majority.
And remember, those are 4 angry little cylinders!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Thatcher <bthatch@juno.com>
To: <solo2atlanta@topica.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>; <bspvette@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: The HP nationals trend
> It seems that autocrossers are increasingly falling in love with big
> torque and big cars. Take a look at the entries for Nationals in 2000.
>
> As of 9/4/2000 there are 1108 entries. Of those 374 are in classes
> dominated by V8s or big HP cars. That's 33.75% of all the entries.
>
> In the Stock classes the biggest class is BS/BSL (Miata spec class) with
> 70 drivers. However, SS/SSL (Corvettes and RX7s) are in 2nd with 69 and
> FS/FSL (Pony cars) in 3rd with 65. The SS and FS crowd makes up nearly
> 29% of all stock drivers.
>
> Go to Street Prepared and we find even more of a shift to big cars.
> BSP/BSPL (Corvettes, Datsun 2xxZs, and Nissan 300 turbos) has risen from
> the dead with 51 drivers and ESP/ESPL (Pony cars with a strong stirring
> in of the BMW M3s)has 47. This makes a total of 41% of open class Street
> Prepared and 46% of ladies class Street Prepared are driving the big
> cars.
>
> Prepared is totally dominated by CP/CPL (Pony cars) with 77 drivers. Add
> in BP/BPL (19 drivers mostly in Corvettes or Turbo Nissans and Turbo
> Rotaries) then the big motored cars make up an astounding 55% of open
> Prepared drivers and 45% of the lady Prepared drivers.
>
> Modified is a bit fuzzy as EM is the only class that is really close to
> the concept of a big motor in a big car. With a 1500 lb. minimum weight
> these cars aren't exactly large. However, 46 mod cars are in EM which
> makes up 24% of open class drivers and 19% of Ladies class drivers.
>
> What this shows to me is that even though many in SCCA think of our sport
> is ideal for the tiny car nimbly dancing through the cones while, in
> fact, a large number of us prefer the brute force a high horsepowered car
> lets us play with. There's no substitute for massive torque!
>
>
> Ben Thatcher
> Apex Benefit Services & Motorsports
> Stockbridge, GA
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