Why not listen to your constituents, Charlie? Seems as if you are
representing the SEB to us, rather than the other way around. I know we
didn't elect you, but I'm sure many Lotus owners and others would hope you'd
listen and carry their thoughts to the SEB. I'm hoping it's not a top-down
set-up, entirely.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: Smokerbros@aol.com
>To: jesvilla@gte.net
>Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Loti
>Date: Sat, May 25, 2002, 9:05 PM
>
> 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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