Let's see, I started when I was 4 (tall for my age, and could reach the
pedals).
It's really not a competition to see who's been autocrossing the most years.
But, one thing I have learned is that more the things stay the same, the
more they change. (Or is it the other way around?) Maybe it won't be 10
years, maybe 20, like the span of time from SP to the new "Street" classes,
that we'll see another generation come along. Probably by then the need for
Prepared will be gone, and new technology will require a new class set.
Subtract one and add another.
--Pat K
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>From: Smokerbros@aol.com
>To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Round 6 results are posted
>Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 8:03 PM
>
> In a message dated 12/10/02 11:42:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> lollipop487@attbi.com writes:
>
>
>> OTH, we did see a 'no holds barred' car show up in DM this last weekend.
>> The guy hasn't read the rulebook, for sure, with that wing. It's an AMod
>> car, not DMod. There are some who do like to build a car from scratch...or
>> modify their car far beyond what the manufacturer ever thought of.
>> None of my remarks were meant as slams on the new folks, they were
>> observations after watching the sport develop and change over the past 40
>> years. I hate to admit to that autocross life span. :(
>
> In my "mere" 28 years of autocrossing ( I started when I was 6, and moved to
> California when I was 12...) :-) I've run in Stock, SP, P, M and STS. STS
> and SM make a lot more sense than SP for streetability, require WAY less
> commitment than Prep or Mod, and allow you to make the car more fun than
> Stock. I doubt that another level between S and STS, or between STS and SP
> will be needed. I can see more STS/STX type of classes, and SP classes
> possibly decreasing in popularity in the future.
>
> The category that has taken the hit is Prepared... There are too many
> options for today's young folks that don't include taking a vehicle and
> making it unstreetable. Overall that's a good thing.
>
> I raced in STS this year with kids 1/2 my age (those are the older ones...)
> in a car that I drove on the street every day, and I didn't even have to
> change tires to run!
>
> Back to CP...
>
> CHD
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