Mr. Sirota jogged my memory. Yup, his father's Boxster showed
that it could be competitive. R.L. and Polly Mitchell ran one in
'98, too. I remember hearing that at one of the early season Pro
Solo (we gotta start clarifying "Pro Solo" from the "PRO events")
that the doors shook or moved as it was launched. Then there was
the matter of the 968s and M3s. Both pretty dominate at the time
and relatively affordable in comparison to the oh so hot Boxsters
that dealers were still getting MSRP. It wasn't until about 2000
that GH Sharp and Rob Faulkner started showing what the Boxster
variants could do. Sort of like the first person to ever eat an
artichoke, someone had to be first, but everyone wanted someone
to be the first. Also 2000 was when the S2000 and Gary Thomason
won A Stock, even though Pat Salerno was stepping into the
Boxster at that time, too.
The 350Z might have the same path, except some quality
autocrossers have already bought or taken possession of the car.
Matt Murray
Have a Happy New Year!
mattm@optonline net (the "dot" is missing to reduce data mining)
203-856-3703
mattmurray@weichert com
203-226-5100
----- Original Message -----
To: "'Stephen Hui'" <shui68@hotmail.com>;
> A question for those who have been doing this for longer than I
have --
> why did no one field a stock class Boxster at the national
level until 2000?
> With the base Boxster being one of the cars to have in the
current B
> Stock, and the Boxster S purportedly being a class killer in A
Stock, it seems
> awfully strange to me that no one ran them when they first came
out. I
> can't find the results for the 1997 Nationals, but it seems
that not a
> single person ran a stock Boxster at the 1998 or 1999 Nats.
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