SEB recommends '94-'97 Miatas for E Stock
Well, it's one step closer to becoming relality - Ron Bauer released the following this morning on the SCCA forums:
Quote:
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
• 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• The following previously-published class change proposals have been withdrawn: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• The following previously-published class change proposals have been withdrawn: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.”
Some interesting developments:- '94-'97 Miata could be a player in E Stock. Then again, E Stock was faster than C Stock at Nationals this year, so maybe it's time to buy a '93 hardtop MR2 instead? :wink:
- The 2.0L S2000s go up to A Stock to join their "big block" brethren - this could make interesting competition - technologically bereft, torque rich, ground pounding '80's sports cars from Kentucky versus high-revving, torque-challenged, techno-wonder roadsters from the land of the rising sun.
- '05 Mini Cooper S - the one with the new limited slip diff - goes into G Stock. Say buh-bye, crash-bolt Celicas. Of course, Minis have no camber and eat tires - could this be a secret plot orchestrated by tire manufacturers? :mrgreen:
- The "rally cars" are now official in ESP, which is really going to make some live axle pilots nuts. They may not have won the show this year, but I predict with a year or two of development that the pony cars will be all but extinct in Street Prepared. I don't even think it will take that long in ProSolo, where the rally cars can cut mind-numbing 60' times all day long, and in any weather... as long as their drivetrains will take the abuse.
Interesting, indeed. :twisted:
Re: SEB recommends '94-'97 Miatas for E Stock
Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
"Then again, E Stock was faster than C Stock at Nationals this year..."
I fully expect the 2005 PAX Index to reflect this fact. Imagine... now 1.6 Miatas have to beat the '99s straight up. :twisted:
All-in-all, I think it's a very bad idea to move the 1.8NAs into ES, as it will make the 1.6NAs completely obsolete in that class. But I suppose most of them can go play in STS2E3RFEQZ (shoulda been named ST2, and stayed with the three-letter classing). Of course, it will just mean more cars in CS, which may mean I can finally get a trophy (trophies going down further in the ranking... where I usually hang out :roll: ).
