Amen. I wouldn't touch Prepared with a 10 foot pole. That they have been
able to make such huge changes take place while not doing too much to impact
the current competitor is impressive. Way to go guys.
Dave Hardy
89 SM
DILYSI Motorsports - Drive It Like You Stole It!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mari Clements (home) [mailto:mlclements@charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:17 AM
> To: Evolution; autox
> Subject: Re: [evolution-disc.] Re: Prepared proposal update
>
>
>
> Pat and others--
>
> What transpired with the BoD is that several SEB members went to their
> respective BoD members and asked why the approval for the proposal was
> rescinded. From those discussions, several "dealbreakers" were
> identified.
> The weights--both mimimum and the ratios--were clearly key. The
> BoD did not
> say, "change this, this, and this to that, that, and that" (thank
> goodness--that degree of direction from the board would, I
> believe, be truly
> unfortunate), but they did let us know what they saw as the
> critical bones
> of contention. After receiving the PAC's input on all this, we
> spent quite
> some time discussing those items on our last conference call (with some
> additional input from one of our BoD liasions), before forwarding the
> revised proposal back to the BoD.
>
> While I'm on this whole subject, I'd like to publicly acknowledge
> the hard
> work of the PAC this year. One need not agree with every piece of the
> proposal to recognize the effort the PAC has put into ensuring
> that Prepared
> will be a viable and strong preparation category. They have had a truly
> thankless job as they have accepted the dual challenge of 1) suggesting
> changes to be phased in (e.g., fuel injection, wheel sizes,
> unlimited carbs)
> to make Prepared a more attractive destination for those who
> would like to
> modify the cars they are running today while 2) maintaining a place where
> existing competitors can still run. Whether or not you agree
> that they have
> fully met both sides of that challenge, their work has been
> remarkable, and
> I think we are lucky to have those men working for the club.
>
> mlc
>
>
>
>
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