I do believe the R stands for Rookie, as in new to the National scene, or
maybe they put Novice on their entry. This has occurred on many of the
results from the various tours and pros this year.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: "Tibbals, Paul" <PHT1@pge.com>
>To: "Autox (E-mail)" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Atwater questions
>Date: Wed, May 14, 2003, 3:51 PM
>
> The question has been asked, "Why have STX as a separate class from STS,
> given that local times are generally about the same?" At the Solo2 Tour,
> only one person in STS, Katie, would have trophied in STX. Conditions in
> the first run group were generally about as bad as in the second on
> Saturday, it may have been wetter at the end of the 2nd than at the end of
> the first. STX cars can have turbos which, all else equal, may have a
> horsepower advantage particularly on courses with long straights where they
> can stay on boost.
>
> In the Atwater results at
> http://www.scca.com/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/2003/atwater/atwater.pdf many
> classes but especially STS had a noted "R" next to the 2nd line in some
> drivers' listings. What does that mean?
>
> PaulT
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