In my opinion, some cars are not stock. Perhaps the WRX and Elise
should be part of that group. Perhaps there could be a listing or
wording that would exclude such cars from the Stock, and maybe even SP
list, but allow them to run in Prepared and Modified, since both
categories need some new "blood" added. Few of the Prepared- and
Modified-classed cars are driven on the street anyway. Hmmm, there is
one DM 7 in San Diego that is, most every day, very fast.
But I'm not a rule writer...
--Pat K
Dave Whitworth wrote:
>
> I don't have the rule book handy, but aren't the very first sentences in
> Stock and Street Prepared categories something about vehicles being produced
> for sale as street legal in the US or something like that?
>
> If you eliminated that wording, then wouldn't you open up the stock classes
> to all types of cars that aren't produced for the US? Then they would fall
> into NOC categories and you *MIGHT* really shake things up with a car like
> the really high HP Subaru WRX that isn't available here.
>
> Just wondering and not trying to argue....:)
>
> Dave Whitwoirth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> To: <Smokerbros@aol.com>
> Cc: <dave@wcsllc.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Need help classing Lotus
>
> > Non-streetable only in the U.S., Charlie. Puritans that we still are.
> > Omitting the "non-streetable" part of your sentence, the $60K cost
> > certainly isn't a classing factor, nor should it be. Look at the
> > Ferraris and Porsches that are running. The Elise looks like a bargain
> > to me.
> > --Pat Kelly
> >
> > Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 6/2/01 7:58:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dave@wcsllc.net
> > > writes:
> > >
> > > > A member here has brought this up also - and please don't take this
> > > > wrong....but there is no question in my mind that the car has a class:
> AM.
> > > > It is certainly meets the track, wheelbase and width rules, doesn't
> have a
> > > > wing to even measure so what is the problem? What am I missing :)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Dave is right. It's an A/Mod car. I can also see the club's reticence
> to
> > > class a $60K (before modifications) non-streetable car in a grassroots
> > > motorsport.
> > >
> > > CHD
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