What would a USCA pro-touring class look like??

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by chetly

What you may or may not realize is the amount of modifications to the cars your kicking out of CAM may put them in classes that require r-comp tires, not street tires. Maybe those people don't want to run race rubber, or can't run nationals on certain days.
I don't see where your classes are anymore fair than the current classes. The time difference between 1st and worse is still in the 9-10 second range. You in fact drop one position. Until SCCA starts seeing a heavier participation of the CAM classes then they will more than likely stand with the current.

Those late model cars came to CAM because it was easy picking considering the classes they were running in before. I had to race my car in Street Modified the first year I ran, against Evos on Slicks. See the difference?

[chetly]

Originally Posted by SSLance

Those late model cars came to CAM because it was easy picking considering the classes they were running in before. I had to race my car in Street Modified the first year I ran, against Evos on Slicks. See the difference?

That's the facts of life with autocross, people are going to always want to go where it's going to be easier to win. There are people all over the US that are changing their cars yearly based on what cars are in what class. It happens.

[indydave]

Originally Posted by chetly

That's the facts of life with autocross, people are going to always want to go where it's going to be easier to win. There are people all over the US that are changing their cars yearly based on what cars are in what class. It happens.

That's not entirely true. In our Region, the influx of late model cars in CAM was due to the open nature of the rules and the ability to be competitive. The classes where a late model Mustang or Camaro falls on street tires in the normal SCCA structure puts them up against all wheel drive cars like the Evo and STi. And that's given that the mods on the muscle car doesn't push them beyond that and into race tire classes. To a man (or woman) competitor I've talked to with late model cars in CAM are there because they like not having to worry about rules.