Awesome.. So that new guy out for his first event gets
the keys to MY car? MY car that I need to drive home
and to work tomorrow? And he gets to plow off the
course on MY tires, that no matter how crappy still
cost me $300 a set? Look at Speedring karts to see
what your car (the one that makes up 98% of your net
worth as a college student and that you really can't
afford to be racing in the first place) will look like
after a season.
I think I'm going to start running my crappy Honda in
DP so I can get a shot at that Lotus 7. :)
Jake
On Thu, 08 August 2002, Todd Stiers wrote:
>
> I read *all( the messages to make sure this suggestion
> hasn't come up.
>
> Its very simple - drivers in a class don't drive their
> own cars. Everyone in a class grids a car, puts card
or
> keys into
> a hat, then proceeds to pull a card or key out of said
> hat.
>
> The motivation to pour tons of cash into a car, OR to
> bring in a total
> wreck are limited. Any advantage/disadvantage due to
> the cars/setup
> should even out with time, and we'd all be better
> drivers for
> experiencing alternative autos and setups.
>
> Perhaps this could be done randomly for certain
classes
> at certain
> events, sort of like "drug testing" the
cars within a
> class.
> Any sudden or obvious changes in driver placings could
> hint at "issues"
> with a vehicle, as well open up a new method to
improve
> the
> classification indicies of vehicles and/or their
> accessories.
>
> Anyone in STS up for this radical approach? I'd likely
> end up in a
> random Celica, but I'd be wiser for the experience ;)
>
> Todd
> STS #42 (Darth Rabbit)
> freshly tuned for $ > blue book
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