In a message dated 5/25/02 11:17:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jesvilla@gte.net writes:
>
> 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.
So, you think that if we allow 1400 lb Europas or Elans, or 1000 lb Lotus 7s
in SM2 that ANYTHING will have a chance? I don't.
Let's face facts. When classing all the cars in the world with the number of
classes we have, sometimes you have to choose who you're going to make happy
and who you're going to piss off. I'll always choose to piss off the fewest
number of people, in order to make the largest number happy.
Charlie
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