I don't see the big problem with the classes we have now. I do think that
some of the new classes have popped up with out going through the proper
channel. SM, F125, come to mind they are not bad things but it seems that
they just appear overnight. I think SM will be interesting...I will be
amazed if over the next 2 or 3 years someone does not open the money flood
gates and create a class killer. I don't know exactly what it will be but
their are potentials out there. (A Subaru world rally car comes to mind)
To propose that classes with 20 or fewer people at nationals be done away
with, (IMO) was about the...(mom always said if it isn't nice don't say
it)... thing I have heard in some time. The vast majority of regional
events total 30 to 50 competitors for the entire event. With only 3 or 4
to a class...with this in mind rolling into Topeka and running against 18
or 20 others in your class, that arrived from all parts of the country is a
big deal. If you do away with all of those that are 20 or less we will
only have like one prepared class and one 2 mod classes. IMO a real
backwards step for the sport. I suppose we could combine AM BM into CM.
We will just make the BM guys put in 300 pounds of ballast, and the AM
people have to take off the wings and add 200 pounds. Or let CM run wings
and Cosworth heads, or maybe make the AM cars run snow tires. We can put
DM and EM together they are fairly close already. (No kevlar bodies though)
And we could then put FM and F125 together but the f125s all have to carry
a live pig around in their laps for extra weight. (about 265lb) In the
prepared ranks I say why not determine the surviving class with a demo
derby...The last cars running keep their class. My money is on the 3000lb
ponies.
While I'm at it, street tire classes seem good too...but how many are
spending money on chemicals to doctor tires and such? If it aint being
done now, it will be.
It always seems to me that we make these things really hard. I just want
to have fun, and I am doing that!!
Jeff Christianson
#65 EM
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