[chichirone]

Best car and best driver will win in any class or set of rules a governing body attempts to design. We can all try to create a "fair" set of rules, but just like life, nothing is "fair". Run what ya brung. Keep it simple. I personally like the proposed rules from Dave for those reasons. Amy and I run with Mike Dusold often. We get shellacked but do we care. No. We have a blast. He is an awesome guy and teacher. Our times improve as his times improve.

If you don't like it don't run it. I personally do not run SCCA events. Not because of rules but because of the 5-7 minutes of track time I get for the 12 hr commitment. I'll go to USCA events, pay the registration fee, and get 10,000x's the amount of track time and instruction ALL DAY long. The classes need some tweaking for safety reasons as others have pointed out but other than that, let builders and drivers innovate, design and bring whatever they want. I really don't care about rules as long as they do not compromise safety.

Another concept is, If you don't like it, design your own. A group of us have worked with our local auto cross coordinators (Equipe Rapide) to set up private auto cross and speed stop events. We get to do 20+ runs and with the addition of speed/stop it will be closer to 40+. We pay for course workers so participants DO NOT work the course. Ride along with other participants. We provide lunch and we have had some generous sponsors such as Speedtek, Firewheel Classics, West Bend Dyno, H&H Racing Engines and others give us a little money or discounts to help pay for the track rental and have some giveaways after the dust settles.

In 2015 we are looking to do 4 events. All run what ya brung. Maybe adding a drag strip element to it since most of the participants are not comfortable on a road course. We have 3 classes similar to Good-Guy's. Pro, Experienced, Novice. The primary difference is we recognize more than just the fastest participants. We take a podium approach and then have a few fun awards. Fastest noob. Slowest award. Cone killer award. Most entertaining wipeout. The list goes on but you get the drift. We want to highlight camaraderie. We recognize achievements for great times and performance, but we also know we have to keep it friendly for everyone. We do our best to recognize the differing levels of ability. Something missing from the USCA IMO.

I don't envy Jimi at all. He and the USCA will never make everyone happy. The greatest issue with PT cars is they don't show up. A lot of energy is put into designing a PT rule set but where are all the cars?

My .02!