Steve --
I wasn't picking your car apart... rather - just stating an opinion from a observers point of view of a diffiniton.
Here's the thing that I think is important.... it's the TOURING part of "pro touring"....
So when I look at it that way - the car would need WIPERS - A/C - Radio - and heater.... because if you want to TOUR and do Power TOUR - you might need all those things - or some of those things to be COMFORTABLE.
Comfort being an entirely different "debate".
I wanted to add too -- that my comments somewhat come from a few years spent doing NCRS (National Corvette Restorers Society). That entire process is about "VALIDATION"... The judging has everything to do with validating that your car meets the specs. It's a tough competition - because it directly relates to your wallet size. If you want MAXIMUM points - then you need NOS wheels (10 grand) and NOS tires (6 grand) and you need NOS coils (300 bucks)....
WHAT THE OUSCI did -- was like NCRS used to do -- it was validation that your car could actually perform as advertised. It also could be used (El Toro falls into this as well) to give a guy a "list" of what needs to be improved. The way I used judging sheets from a national NCRS meet. I went home and worked on all the deducted points. Since there are multiple 'tests' of the cars systems, you end up with a list of what COULD be better. Todd - Steve - Dave/Mary - are shining examples of those "A type" people that use that info and go home and improve their cars and sort out the weakness. But to me - here's where there is a MAJOR difference..... nothing wrong with this difference - I'm just stating the obvious (I think).... STEVE and POZZIS want to WIN.... and will do what is required to WIN - Second place is not an option. Todd (Vegas) and or Matt - might want to win - but are unwilling to compromise their overall satisfaction with their cars. By this I mean - Matt might be unwilling to damage his paint in the interest of all out charge in the cones... But he's happy as a clam to participate - and he should be proud of his performance.
So -- in this vain -- I think we all agreed that the COBRA probably didn't really fit the description of a "pro touring" car... I loved it - but I wouldn't like it on a Friday afternoon on an LA freeway... But I'd love to drive Todds or Matts... or Bad Penny.
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