At 10:10 AM 6/15/99 +500, Lance Schueneman wrote:
>I've read what Larry has to say and I'd have to agree with him that if
SCCA is
>going to introduce a class in one year and have it at Nationals and then turn
>around the next year and totally ignore it at Nationals is stupid. To say
that
>the SCCA has too many classes is BS. If there's so many, then why did they
add
>these? Many local regions (ours included) did not have the class last year,
>but the interest was there for it and they have since included it this year.
>In fact at the local level, the ST turnout is larger than most of the stock
>classes now. We haven't had a good showing at Divisionals and National Tours
>because most of these ST people aren't the diehard, hardcore Solo 2 people
(like
>myself), but those of us who are willing to travel to the big events are
there.
>
>I'd like to see ST run at the Nationals this year, and I'd go ahead and make
>my reservations if it is, but until I know for sure, I'm not going to move on
>it. My car was not as competitive in DS as I'd like (SOHC ACR Sedan). In ST,
>I'm having fun and doing well, which is much better than just having fun,
right?
>
>Just my $0.03 from the ST class winner @ SOWDIV Divisionals in Lake Charles.
>
>
>Lance Schueneman
>96 ACR Sedan
>
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Lance,
I talked to Howard Duncan at the Petersburg ProSolo about a Street
Touring
class at the Solo II Nationals. He said that this was discussed in a meeting
about a week earlier. The conclusion was that there was not a large enough
contingent of serious ST competitors to justify a class at Nationals this
year.
Vince Bly
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