I'm not talking about cheating here. I can obey all the rules you set fort
and still show up in my race car and compete. On the other hand, I can put
4 R tires on the backseat of my daily-driver sedan and change tires at the
event and be penalized. I'm penalized because I drive my car too much and
can't drive around on Kumhos on the street?!? And that's "True Street"?
You don't need to catch me cheating, because I won't be participating. It's
great for people with occasionally-driven 2-seaters that can't carry tires
and run on R tires all the time. But please don't call it "True Street".
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james creasy [mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: Navid Kahangi; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Read ONLY if you have a "True Street" autocross car!
>
>
> i dont think it will be as much of a problem as you think.
> cars are pretty
> much one or the other- there arent very many 'gray area'
> cars. the few that
> are i will keep an eye on.
>
> there are plenty of ways to cheat or gain an advantage in
> regular Solo II
> that people dont bother to use, so i cant see why anyone
> would cheat here.
> you can try to cheat, and see if i can catch you! :)
>
> -james
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Navid Kahangi" <navid@interwoven.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:38 PM
> Subject: RE: Read ONLY if you have a "True Street" autocross car!
>
>
> > James,
> >
> > I applaud you for thinking out of the box. The idea has
> merit, but I'm
> > afraid it has some significant flaws:
> >
> > Any rule that cannot be enforced is not worth the paper
> it's written on
> (or
> > the html tag that surrounds it :)). Examples:
> >
> > "Car driven to the event". What about towing to the near
> parking lot and
> > driving to the event?
> > "Driver can't change cars in wet weather" Changes cars?
> From last event?
> > From the car you drove in with? Can you leave and come back with a
> > different car?...
> > "Between each event (or at least once a week) car must be
> used for at
> least
> > one of the below:
> > a. Commute to work
> > b. Grocery shopping trip, or similar (drive through fast food?, etc)
> > c. 100+ mile drive "
> > Who is going to enforce this? Are you going to follow me
> home or meet me
> at
> > McDonnalds drive through for my weekly check?
> > "Car competes on DOT tires used to drive to event (if you
> change tires for
> > an event, there will be a penalty adjustment added to your
> time of 1%)
> (DOT
> > means DOT-R also- no slicks)" Are we talking spec Kumho
> series here?
> Never
> > mind, I guess you can always tow a car with Hoosiers to a
> nearby lot :).
> >
> > If you want a "True Street" class, all you need is 2 simple rules:
> >
> > 1) Registration & Insurance.
> > 2) More than 12,000 miles on your odometer from the beginning of the
> season
> > to the end.
> >
> > Both can be inforced.
> >
> > --Navid
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: james creasy [mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net]
> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 7:17 AM
> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Read ONLY if you have a "True Street" autocross car!
> >
> > Announcing a Concurrent Race Series called the "True Street
> Autocross
> > Series" in the San Francisco Bay Area
> >
> > As the name implies, "True Street Autocross Series" is for
> cars used as
> real
> > cars- no trailer queens or race-only cars need apply!
> >
> > Winners declared in "Raw Time" and "Pax Time" divisions.
> The series is
> > dedicated to the idea that there is a fundamental difference between
> street
> > cars and race cars, and cars that are "True Street" should
> be recognized
> > separately.
> >
> > *** Why True Street? ***
> >
> > Cross class competition
> > ------------------------
> > "True Street"s PAX Time division lets drivers from different classes
> compete
> > against each other. Remember the old PAX class? Now, beat
> up on your class
> > competition AND other hotshoes at the same time!
> >
> > Baddest Street Cars
> > ---------------------
> > Formerly banished to OSP, the most fire breathing and wild
> street cars are
> > free to cut loose without losing to pure-race trailer cars
> in the RAW Time
> > division!
> >
> > Fewer Events
> > --------------
> > With only 12 events and 3 drops, run just half the number of events
> required
> > in SFR SCCA and pick up a trophy!
> >
> > Get the details and rules at: http://thevenom.net/truestreet.html
> >
> > Thanks, and see you Sunday!
> >
> > -James "True Street" Creasy
> > OSP #74
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