Here are the minutes showing the classing decisions everyone has been waiting on.
SOLO EVENTS BOARD
The Solo Events Board met by conference call September 29th. Attending were SEB members Colan Arnold, Marcus Merideth, Ron Bauer, Chris Dorsey, Mark Sirota, Mari Clements, Mark Sipe, and Andy Hollis; and Bob Introne of the BOD. The following minutes are presented in topical rather than chronological order.
SOLO II GENERAL ITEMS
• The Southeast Division and Northeast Division positions on the SEB will be vacant at the end of 2004. Interested applicants should send their qualifications in writing to the SEB and BOD via the National Office.
• Nominations from the membership are requested for the following awards: Driver of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Solo Cup, and Driver of Eminence. Descriptions of these awards may be found in Appendix K of the National Solo rule book.
SOLO II STOCK CATEGORY
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Per the SAC, the following class change proposals (effective 1/1/2005) have been recommended in the form below to the BOD:
ITEM 1: Move from BS to AS: Porsche Boxster non-S, Honda S2000 (’00-’03), BMW Z4 (all)
ITEM 2: Move from CS to ES: Mazda Miata 1.8 (’94-’97), BMW Z3 4-cyl
• The following previously-published class change proposals have been withdrawn:
Move from CS to ES: Porsche 914 1.7, 1.8, 2.0
Move from GS to DS: Mini Cooper S (‘02+)
• The proposal to remove the Porsche GT3 from the Stock exclusion list and add it to SS is still under discussion.
SOLO II STRET PREPARED CATEGORY
• The following previously-published class change proposals have been withdrawn:
Move from ESP to BSP: Mitsubishi Evo, Subaru WRX Sti
ITEMS REFERRED TO THE APPLICABLE COMMITTEES
• SAC: Possible DS to GS moves
• STAC: ST front/rear wings, rule wording
TECH BULLETINS
1) Stock: The following new listings, effective immediately upon publication, are added in Appendix A:
Mini Cooper S (‘05+) GS
2) Stock, Errors and Omissions: the correct form of the new Saab Aero and Linear listings is as follows:
Saab 9-2X Linear GS (ref. 04-582)
Saab 9-2X Aero DS (ref. 04-582)
3) Street Touring, Errors and Omissions: The previously published proposal to amend 14.2.F has been corrected to read: Add to 14.2 F. "The total surface area of all spoilers and rear wing may not exceed 8 square feet as seen from above.”