- 1. Proposal: XS = eXtreme Stock or eXotic Stock (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 00:34:06 -0500
- Fact One: Many of us really love to see great sports cars driven as they were meant to be driven! I'd love to see more exotic sports cars at SCCA autox's. This is the *Sports*Car* Club of America, ri
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01120.html (9,929 bytes)
- 2. Re: Letter to SEB / ESP (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:34:03 -0600
- No, that is a misrepresentation of the arguments presented, and an improper conclusion from the results. Such logic would just as well support moving the Miata to AS or keeping a mis-classed stock M3
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01201.html (11,313 bytes)
- 3. Re: XS = eXtreme Stock or eXotic Stock (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:41:33 -0600
- Uhhh... how'd that happen? As best I can tell, the Ferrari 360 Modena is not legal in any class unless you accept that the driver will not turn on the traction control, in which case it could be clas
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01202.html (7,721 bytes)
- 4. Re: XS = eXtreme Stock or eXotic Stock (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:03:45 -0600
- Actually, unless I missed it, the proposed re-org doesn't add any exotics except the lower-end Vipers. Were any other exotics added? But I do like the stock re-org... and my proposal for an XS class
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01205.html (7,895 bytes)
- 5. Re: Letter to SEB / ESP (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:00:36 -0600
- At all *two* tours that Bob was at... not uncommon... whenever a national champ shows up at a tour, he generally wins big (unless another national champ is there also). Those two wins and Nationals I
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01222.html (10,135 bytes)
- 6. Re: M-3s in ESP (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:33:19 -0600
- The M3 has nothing in common with CSP... the cars there are 1000lbs lighter and attack courses completely differently. It just doesn't seem sporting. In BSP, though generally faster, at least the car
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01225.html (7,582 bytes)
- 7. Re: Letter to SEB / ESP (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 04:58:25 -0600
- Uhhh... that says BSP up there. This was not an argument that we should trade communities... I would never want to lose the pony cars in favor of any other community, no matter how large. The M3 comm
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01240.html (10,459 bytes)
- 8. Re: M3 in F-stock (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 05:19:20 -0600
- Yep, the new M3 is not competitive with the Z06 Vette. Way too heavy. The Z8 would be more competitive with the Z06... but of course, the Z8 was bumped right out of Stock (just as the M3 LTW was). Ch
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01241.html (8,304 bytes)
- 9. Re: Marque Clubs (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:03:01 -0600
- Yeah, its always struck me as funny how a lot of the cars that are the most fun to drive hard (Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Viper, etc.) are outcasts in the "Sports Car" Club of America Solo2 program. Some
- /html/autox/2000-10/msg01275.html (8,154 bytes)
- 10. Re: Supplemental Restraints for Small People (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 01:28:29 -0500
- The "whole tummy" -- that sounds painful. It would also be tough to make uniformly secure (since most people vary in diameter from top to bottom of their tummy). Here's the solution I use -- you need
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00405.html (9,337 bytes)
- 11. Kumho Variance (Was: kumho crack) (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 03:17:24 -0500
- Wow! What a diverse set of answers I've gotten in this thread! I asked about the crack I have in my sidewall and was told answers from "its common, ignore it" to "you're gonna die!" (well, almost ;^)
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00407.html (8,150 bytes)
- 12. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:30:52 -0500
- Depending upon the weight of your car and the size of your wheels, either Hoosier or Kumho. BFG gets honorable mention (some people still swear by them), but way too many have abandoned them for them
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00423.html (7,334 bytes)
- 13. Classing for _Fun_ not for _Times_ (Was: No win= no run) (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:40:36 -0500
- [I've been staying out of this thread for a while... so I have a number of thoughts stored up... my apologies for this long note... but I suppose its better than the ten shorter notes it almost was.
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00556.html (13,285 bytes)
- 14. Class by Weight (Was: The 'New' G Stock?) (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:46:29 -0500
- The discussions of the Type R and Celica in GS are very reminiscent of situations in other classes (CSP dominated by Civics/RX3s; BS dominated by Miatas; DS dominated by Neons; and so on). The light-
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg00489.html (8,581 bytes)
- 15. Re: Tuesday Nationals results on the SCCA web site now. (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:56:43 -0500
- Great! How about a weather report to go along with them.... some of the classes' times seem out of line with other classes. Did it rain? Brian
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg00696.html (7,388 bytes)
- 16. Class Dominance and Weight (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:42:37 -0500
- Is the dominant cars in each class also close to the lightest in each class? What are the weights of the following cars? And are there any cars in their class that are significantly lighter? SS - RX-
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg00822.html (7,077 bytes)
- 17. Re: The Daddio factor, or how can anyone be that fast? (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:46:31 -0500
- And I'll argue that point... ever so slightly. Even after 9 runs, I'll often be saying "Damn, I am still 1.2s off, what should I do different?" But let me ride with John Thomas driving my car in runs
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01323.html (12,825 bytes)
- 18. Nationals on Asphalt? (Was: rolling cars in autocross) (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 08:40:02 -0500
- Perhaps this is a good time to ask: why not have Nationals on asphalt? Points for asphalt: 1) It is easier on tires -- less expense. 2) It is easier on the cars -- less expense and less likelihood o
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01482.html (10,142 bytes)
- 19. Two half days >= one whole day (speaking of participation (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:44:54 -0500
- Here's a way to up participation: Split day-long events into two half-day events, where half the classes run in the morning and half in the afternoon. In that way, you get the same number of runs, bu
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01491.html (7,660 bytes)
- 20. RE: new debate question, 1K in 2K? (score: 1)
- Author: Brian M Kennedy <kennedy@i2.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:44:28 -0500
- Phil, Some of us (though I am sure not all of us) might argue that the Texas Region has more than they can handle. The autox's take all day, each driver gets only three runs, no fun runs, less opport
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01492.html (9,025 bytes)
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