James,
I applaud you for thinking out of the box. The idea has merit, but I'm
afraid it has some significant flaws:
Any rule that cannot be enforced is not worth the paper it's written on (or
the html tag that surrounds it :)). Examples:
"Car driven to the event". What about towing to the near parking lot and
driving to the event?
"Driver can't change cars in wet weather" Changes cars? From last event?
>From the car you drove in with? Can you leave and come back with a
different car?...
"Between each event (or at least once a week) car must be used for at least
one of the below:
a. Commute to work
b. Grocery shopping trip, or similar (drive through fast food?, etc)
c. 100+ mile drive "
Who is going to enforce this? Are you going to follow me home or meet me at
McDonnalds drive through for my weekly check?
"Car competes on DOT tires used to drive to event (if you change tires for
an event, there will be a penalty adjustment added to your time of 1%) (DOT
means DOT-R also- no slicks)" Are we talking spec Kumho series here? Never
mind, I guess you can always tow a car with Hoosiers to a nearby lot :).
If you want a "True Street" class, all you need is 2 simple rules:
1) Registration & Insurance.
2) More than 12,000 miles on your odometer from the beginning of the season
to the end.
Both can be inforced.
--Navid
-----Original Message-----
From: james creasy [mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:17 AM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Read ONLY if you have a "True Street" autocross car!
Announcing a Concurrent Race Series called the "True Street Autocross
Series" in the San Francisco Bay Area
As the name implies, "True Street Autocross Series" is for cars used as real
cars- no trailer queens or race-only cars need apply!
Winners declared in "Raw Time" and "Pax Time" divisions. The series is
dedicated to the idea that there is a fundamental difference between street
cars and race cars, and cars that are "True Street" should be recognized
separately.
*** Why True Street? ***
Cross class competition
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"True Street"s PAX Time division lets drivers from different classes compete
against each other. Remember the old PAX class? Now, beat up on your class
competition AND other hotshoes at the same time!
Baddest Street Cars
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Formerly banished to OSP, the most fire breathing and wild street cars are
free to cut loose without losing to pure-race trailer cars in the RAW Time
division!
Fewer Events
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With only 12 events and 3 drops, run just half the number of events required
in SFR SCCA and pick up a trophy!
Get the details and rules at: http://thevenom.net/truestreet.html
Thanks, and see you Sunday!
-James "True Street" Creasy
OSP #74
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