Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/24/02 11:43:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> lollipop487@attbi.com writes:
>
> > Actually, his car was turned down on two counts: not enough produced and
> > sold in the US of A, and it wasn't licensed for the street. Er, uh, maybe
> > because it had that magic emblem on its nose.
>
> 2 out of 3 ain't bad. The "Kelly held belief" that we discriminate against
> Lotii is flase.
>
> Charlie Davis
OK, Soap box mode is on:
IMO, "Howard the King" dicriminates against Lotus', not the SEB, If for
no other reason than the only exclusion he put on SM2, "ALL LOTUS". He
knew the car I have was not going to be eligible anyway, so I know it
was not anything against me personally.
Why he excluded them I am not sure of, it certainly cannot be that they
are too rare or expensive, since there are thousands more Europas
(9,000+) in existence than Zo6 Corvettes, and the Europa is far cheaper
to maintain and autocross. The tire bill alone for campaigning a
Corvette in SS($1100 X 4 sets/driver, so 2 drivers =$8,800)is nearly as
much as the cost to buy a Europa and prepare it. Yet he and SCCA see fit
to create a class for the $55,000 Vette and exclude the $8,000 Europa or
other Lotus' from another "New" class. Where is the "grass roots" or
"cost savings" in this way of thinking. Mind you, I am a Corvette
enthusiast, always have been, always will be. But I know how a person
can save a buck or two. Maybe someone should start a campaign for a
"Lotus Only" class like Dennis Grant did for his Street Modified class.
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