Charlie,
I hear you, butI know I desire a Lotus Seven or Elan, and there
are plenty who do. Those cars are available for around
$10-15K, not nearly as much as a new Mini, for example, and
readily available. Wouldn't the Kellys and Rich Urschel
and Jesus (assuming he gets some kind of Lotus engine)
and Patrick (assuming he gets a Toyota engined model)
fit into a demographic that SCCA is interested in
reaching with, say, SM2?
And, is the Honda S2000 a ringer? Looking at the BS results
one might be led to that position. Let the best car win, I thought
that's behind racing all over, but what do I know?
I am shutting up now, but perhaps you can see why I
think there is some political stuff going on that seems to me
to be inappropriate to a competitive sport open to ALMOST
all the vehicles out there.
Jerry
Jerry Mouton '64 E Type FHC "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Davis" <gt40d@yahoo.com>
To: "Jerry Mouton" <jerry@moutons.org>; <ba-autox@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: Lotus
> --- Jerry Mouton wrote:
>
>> Charlie,
>>
>> Gee, wouldn't that apply to, like, Honda S2000s and
>> a
>> number of cars... seems like a poor reason to
>> exclude
>> a car.
>>
>> The fact that a car is a good autocrosser should be
>> a
>> reason to INCLUDE it, not exclude it. The wholesale
>> exclusion of Lotus smells bad to me, and I'm sure
>> I'm not the
>> only non-Lotus owner who thinks so. Sounds like
>> scheming to
>> win by "political engineering" rather than
>> competition on
>> course.
>
> It's a good idea to include cars that are good
> autocrossers if they are also desirable and obtainable
> to the intended target demographic. The Lotus cars
> don't fit that description. Class a perceived ringer
> in the class, and if it's not desirable, obtainable,
> affordable, then it will kill the class.
>
> Charlie
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