The street tire issue, if you use R tires, isn't really all that big a deal,
at least locally. The R tires are heavier than a genuine slick, but I'd bet
the stick is close to the same as a slick (said inspite of the fact I'm not
a tire techie). Take a look at the AP entry lists. Not large, for sure. An R
compound tire on an FFR would be more than enough to squash a little AP
Lotus. :) AP could be made up of all FFR cars... even in other regions AP
has little participation. Even Tours and Divisionals, there are next to no
entries in AP; even at Nationals I think there were 11 entries.
--Pat K
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>From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
>To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>,
"Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
>Subject: Re: question about SM2 rules
>Date: Sat, Nov 2, 2002, 9:28 AM
>
>> Uh, no. It doesn't follow.
>> OSP is not really a Street Prepared class despite its name.
>
> ok, thanks for the clarification. i field a lot of questions from cobra
> owners (im the nor-cal FFROG contact) about what class they can drive in,
> and OSP is not satisfying for them for some reason. i guess they dont want
> to get whupped by some 70's econo boxes. still wish i had a better answer
> than AP which pretty much excludes street-driven cars due to the tire issue.
>
> -james
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
>> -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
>>
>> Message text written by "james creasy"
>>
>> "so if the San Francisco Regions adopts the SM2 class as an optional
>> regional
>> class and OSP is also an SF regional class, then it follows that my car is
>> legal for SM2 because our region has expanded the Street Prepared Category
>> to include my car.
>> "
>>
>>
>> -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
>>
>> Uh, no. It doesn't follow.
>> OSP is not really a Street Prepared class despite its name.
>>
>> --John Kelly
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