[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

At the end of the day what is it that we want to achieve by actually using the cars we build?? We want to see if all the hard work and $$ and late nights actually pan out with a build that can perform (within all the limits of budget and talent and intent).

What have the good folks that run these events done for us? They've created a venue (several venues) in which there ARE NO RULES except some pretty basic ones - mostly safety... that are pretty "open" so that we can build "X" car and have a place to run it.

The beauty of track days is that a guy can go run and have fun with his buddies... There are plenty of these in every section of the country every weekend.

If a guy wants to be "competitive" within some class structure -- he can build a car to compete in whatever association he chooses. SCCA - NASA, or some other organization.

Isn't the beauty or the USCA/OUSCI events the fact that it's probably the only place that we can see so much diversity?

When I go to these events I know in advance that there's very few driver/car combos that can "win".... Hobaugh / Finch / Tucker / Mathews / Stielow / Maier / Pozzi / Popp.... They have the cars and the talent. While it's fun to watch these "pillars" duke it out... I love to see the other guys just out there pounding on their stuff - struggling - breaking - mending - meeting new friends and running on tracks they'd never ever get to drive on.

Why would we want to change that just to be able to declare someone the "winner". Aren't all of the participants winning in their own way?

You so right Grasshopper