Optima
Now I know why Jody runs this board
He can post one question and get us going 4 pages in one day... love it
In Sf region of SCCA and also American autocross series they started
many years back two classes that are and maybe still unique to their
region... Open street prepared... anything goes but is has to have interior
and be registered.. they also took the old vettes out of the class and added Vintage prepared- spec tire- Nascar tires... these two things gave
some of these guys a place to run
First there needs to be some rules and I think Optima and SCCA are
trying to make things fair- not too many
I ran Optima last year and one of the best days of my life... I ran my
Pantera Saturday at Good guys (almost all the fast guys were in Vegas
except Mary) and placed 3 overall with 66 cars. but I was running
Dot road race tires.. more grip but harder to heat up with a car
that I cross once every year or two... my point is I had fun
and everyone loved the car.... everyone loves the old cars
Mary opened her hood and a group formed quickly.. look under the
car and the changes including the IRS are great
Our sport needs to have the old cars run but a guy like Kyle,Brent, etc also
need to show what they can do for the new cars otherwise they
may not be selling anything down the road...
Our sport is about improving what we have with the ways and means
we have.. someone is always going to be faster..... we all just want
to be faster than before and enjoy doing it
my two cents-Panteracer
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