06-24-2021, 11:57 AM | #701 | |
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have you ever known a Pax to be the same or not change in a year? My guess with Tony Raw timing AS at most his event this year BS Pax will get harder. Besides its PAX, who cares.
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06-24-2021, 02:13 PM | #702 |
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The really sad part about this is getting the new blood into the sport. The SCCA fails miserably at this. Every local event I try to get 10-15 new faces into the lot. Most have a ton of fun as you can imagine. Then a few will want to venture a little deeper until they look at the rules lol. Try to explain PAX to a novice. Or try to explain why a 3200lb C6 Z06 is classed the same as a 3800lb Z/28. Orwhy a 300hp Civic Type R is classed alongside a 2005 BMW 325 with under 200hp.
They just get confused and never show up again.
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06-24-2021, 02:25 PM | #703 | |
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Everyone I meet someone new in my class, I make sure i talk to them, "hey welcome" ""are you having fun?" Things like that. Also explain to them that i have been doing this for years and when i was new I wasn't as fast as i am now. Just go out and have fun with your car and enjoy the company of others who enjoy this goofy sport. 9/10 I see them back, and some go so deep as to get into a better classed car. Rather than complain, be an ambassador for the sport.
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06-24-2021, 03:24 PM | #704 |
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To be fair, the SCCA has begun to embrace the more "catch all classes" with CAM and now extreme street. In my area, CAM is probably the most popular class or right there with the Miata classes. At the Charlotte Pro-Solo this year, there were 30 some CAM cars. The worst part about the sport are the confusing classes. CAM and XS are combating that.
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A 1st timer with an LS or LT1 Camaro is in the same class as an SLE? Base Mustang vs GT350R? And the rules prohibit using wider wheels? This doesn't seem like a good idea.
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06-24-2021, 04:19 PM | #706 | |
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But that's not how FS is going to work...
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06-24-2021, 05:49 PM | #707 | |
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I've also noticed how "cliquey" some of you guys are.
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Cam is awesome and its bad. Cause its great to have that catch all yet at the same time its kinda the reason Fs is in this situation. I know if I were building a cam car Id get a base SS or turbo 1le.
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06-24-2021, 06:11 PM | #709 |
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If you're going to have street classes that don't allow mods the only thing that makes sense is to group them by times and not types.
If you allow mods then types make sense. CAM-C is both popular and very competitive. Seems easier to just get rid of FS as a type class and move FS cars into whatever classes make sense for their times. Just a steady progression from SS to HS, seems simple, easy and fair...
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However, right now I do see a problem where there is no truly competitive class for any version of any pony car. That is not a situation SCCA wants to continue, because they need a place for relatively affordable and fast cars to compete. There was a time not that long ago when F Stock was the biggest class at national events. I'm not saying we can or need to get back to that, but there needs to be a place where pony cars compete well. Quote:
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I think you're missing the tweak. Let's have a JCW mini cooper in FS with a stock 6th gen SS. Put the Civic Type R in with the Mustang PP in CS or whatever. Right now they don't mix any FWD into RWD as far as I know. Also the PAX numbers don't get progressively tougher. F E and D have a valley.
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06-25-2021, 08:50 AM | #714 |
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Short of each car having its own class, there's always going to be a "ringer" especially in street classes. There are always more cars and options coming out that can make a car faster, but not warrant a class change.
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