I still say give AS time to develop. Seems like most of the people complaining
about
AS aren't in AS (you are the exception Dave). I agree with you in that I too
think the
M coupe and roadster along with the Supra could compete with the C4 vettes.
What I
think we need is more participation from the other cars in this class besides
the C4's.
I know they are out there. We just need to let them know they have a place to
play.
So far mainly only C4's show up, and as Ben pointed out, these are people who
previously
owned them, not people who purchased them to run in AS. Yes, there are a couple
of exceptions
(Charlie Shelton and Scott McHugh) but for the most part people are afraid to
make the
financial commitment to a class which could be gone next year.
AS is not broken, it just needs some time to develop and thats not gonna happen
unless there
is some assurance it will be around for a while. Also, many C4 vette owners
have found other
places to play. We need to let them know we have a good spot for them in the
SCCA again.
Scott Troyer
AS#71, 93 vette
"David W. James" wrote:
> >------- Start of forwarded message -------
> >Why not make AS the ES of the big cars. Make it an old car (affordable)
> >class. Stay with it and see what develops in the long run.
> >
> >Ben Thatcher
> >http://ApexBenefits.biz
> >C4 driver in BSP/SM2
>
> Be carefull what you ask for, you just might get it. I think
> that the M-Coupe and Roadster can run with and beat the C-4 (yes,
> even with our suspension handicaps). I suspect that the older 911s
> that should run in the class can too (if they ever come back from
> playing their own games.) I am not that worried about the 3rd Gen
> RX7tt, and that seems to be a car that worries C4 owners (and fits
> perfectly with what you are suggesting.)
>
> The Boxster S I'm not sure about. Rob's performance at
> Nationals shows that it *can* run with the Z-06 (beating most of
> them), but most drivers can't get that level of performance out of
> it. But then I didn't think that we were classing cars based on
> their performance in 'average' hands, but on their theoretical
> performance. If we had as many Boxster Ses competing at Nationals as
> Z-06s, we would probably see a Boxster win it; one of those 'good'
> drivers would do it. 1 or 2 vs 20-30, on the other hand, simply
> means that the odds of the Boxster driver making a small mistake and
> one of the Corvette drivers making a smaller one goes up. Corvette
> dominates, though the Boxster is its equal.
>
> David
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