Here's an idea. Just buy a NEW Shelby Cobra and then it won't be a kit car.
You could even run it in the stock class then (where it will probably run a
LOT more competitively than a typical Factory Five or ERA kit car running in
AP or EM).
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com
[mailto:Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:54 AM
To: Mark J. Andy
Cc: autox
Subject: RE: Help needed in classing a Cobra Kit Car.
I guess my point is that menutia like wheelbase and track are items that
could
bump you out of Prepared if they weren't spot on the original car. And I
can
tell you that not many kit manufacturers are within those specs, mostly
because
they use existing chassis.
AB
"Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com> on 09/06/2000 09:48:46 AM
Please respond to "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
To: autox <autox@autox.team.net>
cc: (bcc: Andrew Bettencourt/FIELD SALES/Kingston)
Subject: RE: Help needed in classing a Cobra Kit Car.
Howdy,
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com wrote:
> While Greg is correct to the letter of the rules, one would seemingly have
to
> have a copy of the rulebook and the GCR in front of them while building
thier
> kit car. The very notion that it is a "kit" tells me that the
construction
> method and design has been mapped out. The odds that any kit in the US
fits
the
> stringent criteria for a respective Prepared class seems fairly
impossible.
> Anything is possible I guess.
Huh? That's why the rule about replicas got added to the Prepared section
isn't it? You take a 10% weight penalty and run away. Don't forget to
check the weight required for whatever motor displacement you have. With
the recent changes to AP, worst case you should go there. Its certainly
not hard to check track and wheelbase...
Mark
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