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Re: was Is A-stock soft? now BS?

To: Joe Goeke <teamnet@hedlygoeke.com>, David Hedderick
Subject: Re: was Is A-stock soft? now BS?
From: Steven Volpp <volpp@netdoor.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 18:37:25 -0500
I agree with Joe.

> From: "Joe Goeke" <teamnet@hedlygoeke.com>
> Reply-To: "Joe Goeke" <teamnet@hedlygoeke.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:11:15 -0700
> To: "David Hedderick" <davebs14@yahoo.com>, "Burns, James
> B."<James.Burns@jhuapl.edu>, "autox" <autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: was Is A-stock soft? now BS?
> 
>>> To me, the data from this year's Pro and Tour events
>>> show that the S2000 is
>>> an overdog in BS.
>> 
>> Good point. On most courses I feel that the S2000 is
>> th car to have. On some courses I think the rest of
>> the feild can be in the hunt. Maybe it's because the
>> S2000 is such a hard car to drive fast?
> 
> I think it's mostly course dependancy.  Yes the S2000 is tricker to go fast
> in, but that make's it more fun also :-).  Andy Mckee and I both have
> expereince in both, and while we like the S2000, we both know the Boxster
> can kick it's butt at some courses like at nationals ;-).  Just look at
> Andy's results from last year and most of the time he was smoking fast in
> the Boxster.  So why now an S2000?  You have to remember the S2000 is a lot
> cheaper to buy and own, easier to align and change, a good pro car (the
> Boxster sucks...), and it has a higher "fun factor", so you to can see why
> we are choosing this car.  Not because it's a lot faster.
> 
>> Same question as above...However, if you move both of
>> those cars up, then the 968 will be winning again I
>> think (with the MR2T and M3 fughting it out for 2nd?).
>> I've had the opertunity to drive the fastest stock 968
>> on many occasions and I think that if the S2000 and
>> Boxster get moved up then the 968 will be the next car
>> to beat.
> 
> This is VERY true.  Look at what the Kazlak's did in the 968.  This car is
> way underated, and can easily run with the S2000 and Boxster.  The data
> shows it.  With this, you have three top running cars for the class, and we
> have good pariticipation.  Just what is broken here?
> 
> ---JHG
> 206-295-3269
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