I agree with you on most of that there. Why can you not have a street tire
class along with the usually race tire classes. Will earth fail to have
gravity because of it or will the sun not come up any more. I see if the
car were dead slow and it took for ever to run the cars, but there no
slower the some of the stock classes on race tires. I think if people show
up for the class and run it. They should be a class. But I guess being
the SCCA they let a group of people set cars up for a class then kill it
off, or do some sort of silly class reordering. The other ting is here
locally we have been getting tons of STS people would probably never come
back to run if they run in some SP class. The best thing is after a while
some of them start coming out to CenDiv events then they try a national or
Pro.
Dan Bettis
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Johnson" <rjohnson@friendlynet.com>
To: "A-Team.Net (Group)" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 10:58
Subject: STS Tire Rules
> If you believe that the "success" of STS is due to the
> incredible foresight of SCCA to tap into this burgeoning
> market of car enthusiasts who happen to drive the
> cars we have classed, you might as well stop reading now.
>
> If you believe that this "success" is primarily a result of
> the restrictive tire rules imposed, then we might agree.
> The proof is exceedingly clear: If we hit the market,
> then STR would be far more popular than it has been.
>
> IMO, there has been for some time a latent desire for
> a class/classes that use real street tires. STS meets this
> need far better than any other perceived benefit of the class.
>
> However, the long-time hue & cry to do away with "R"
> type tires (seen annually here on the net for the last 5-6
> years) has always been answered with reference to the
> impossibility of policing such things as treadwear.
> IOW, if a manufacturer wants a National win badly enough,
> they will build tires to get it. With the necessary treadwear
> label of 140.
>
> For years, this has been the stated reason for keeping "R"
> tires, and suggesting 'street' tire classes at the regional level.
> Has this reasoning disappeared with the inception of STS?
>
> Hence, I feel that there can be no possible place at a National
> event for street-tire classes.
> Or else all Stock classes should have street-tire rules.
>
> Take your pick - can't have it both ways!
>
> Roger 2
>
> [Sorry for the delay. RJ is having trouble with plain text messages.
mjb.]
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