I think I'm moving to ASP so I can get a shot at Rob's
GT2!!
There...got in first on this great idea!!
Paul
--- jake@codeworm.com wrote:
> Awesome.. So that new guy out for his first event
> gets
> the keys to MY car? MY car that I need to drive
> home
> and to work tomorrow? And he gets to plow off the
> course on MY tires, that no matter how crappy still
> cost me $300 a set? Look at Speedring karts to see
> what your car (the one that makes up 98% of your net
> worth as a college student and that you really can't
> afford to be racing in the first place) will look
> like
> after a season.
>
> I think I'm going to start running my crappy Honda
> in
> DP so I can get a shot at that Lotus 7. :)
>
> Jake
>
>
> On Thu, 08 August 2002, Todd Stiers wrote:
> >
> > I read *all( the messages to make sure this
> suggestion
> > hasn't come up.
> >
> > Its very simple - drivers in a class don't drive
> their
> > own cars. Everyone in a class grids a car, puts
> card
> or
> > keys into
> > a hat, then proceeds to pull a card or key out of
> said
> > hat.
> >
> > The motivation to pour tons of cash into a car, OR
> to
> > bring in a total
> > wreck are limited. Any advantage/disadvantage due
> to
> > the cars/setup
> > should even out with time, and we'd all be better
> > drivers for
> > experiencing alternative autos and setups.
> >
> > Perhaps this could be done randomly for certain
> classes
> > at certain
> > events, sort of like "drug testing" the
> cars within a
> > class.
> > Any sudden or obvious changes in driver placings
> could
> > hint at "issues"
> > with a vehicle, as well open up a new method to
> improve
> > the
> > classification indicies of vehicles and/or their
> > accessories.
> >
> > Anyone in STS up for this radical approach? I'd
> likely
> > end up in a
> > random Celica, but I'd be wiser for the experience
> ;)
> >
> > Todd
> > STS #42 (Darth Rabbit)
> > freshly tuned for $ > blue book
=====
2000 Civic Si
#51 STS
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