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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Personally I'd like to just see three "classes" with no rules for the classes. Rules and definitions are just a PITA and create too many other issues.
Pick a DATE for a cut off for an EARLY IRON class
The EARLY IRON wouldn't define "pro touring"... it's just all early cars.
Anything after that magic date is a LATE MODEL - all wheel drive - whatever...
Then have a "show car" class
I like the "Show cars" -- it's so kool to see people willing to build a "show car" and yet come out and put it at risk... they're generally not "racer" types - most are totally unprepared. Let 'em at least slug it out for a trophy against the other show cars without having to compete with real race cars.
Change the styling to what I've said in past -- "WHICH CAR WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO DRIVE" and leave it at that. That's 3 picks - one for each "class". Done. Then run what ya brung.
You could still have an OVERALL CHAMPION -- but at least there would be a "class winner" and that would put some spark back into the eyes of the early iron guys and would be fun for the "SHOW CAR" people too... you could brag that you had the fastest show car at OUSCI and have a trophy to show for it.
The fun of the early events was just to watch ALL of the cars RUN -- it was less of a competition and more of a come out and run, and while there wasn't many spectators and no TV -- it was the coolest event ever because EVERYONE just came out and did the best they could do with what they had.
I'd also like to see them hand out TROPHIES instead of checks. Checks get spent and you have no memory to show down the road. TROPHIES are for keeps and every time you see it the memories flood in and bring a smile to your face. Those $500 BF Goodrich checks they handed out would buy a pretty nice trophy and it could have a big BFG on the top kinda like a Wally..... So BFG would be forever immortalized as being a part of the event.
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I like all of this!
One other thing I'd like to see is an actual driving evaluation of the car by the judges - maybe they could drive the car a couple of laps (at low speeds) around the track, or ride along, or something, to get feel for the car's real comfort, amenities, and drivability. I think the Car Craft RSE event used to do something like this ...