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mazdagt3
01-29-2004, 12:41 AM
The following is a letter submitted to the comp. board, BOD as well as Steve Johnson.

For several months I have noticed a complete lack of effort on part of our comp. board. Time and time again I see their responses in Fastracks to member input only to hide behind the usual excuses.

For example, "the comp. board does no have time to address this issue and it will have to wait to be included in the 2005 GCR".

"Car would be too fast if classified down from one class to the other because the rules do not allow weight adjustments."

"Against the philosophy of said class to allow a certain part."

C'mon people, wake up and do something. There a many cars classed wrong, there are parts available that you refuse to allow yet there are no performance advantages, and you keep hiding behind the fact of certain rules not allowing adjustments.

I am writing as a concerned SCCA member to all, that our ENTIRE comp. board needs to step down and I call for their immediate resignation period.

We need new blood, thought and ideas to take SCCA into the next century.

With that in mind.... I propose the following.

1. Reclassification of the Dodge/Plymouth Neon from ITS to ITA. For years you have recieved letter upon letter asking for the right thing to be done.

THE CAR IS NOT FAST IN ITS. I drive an ITS car and can tell you that a Neon will never be competitive. Change the improved touring rules to emulate the showroom stock/touring rules.

Throttle restricters and weight penalties are allowed and used for certain vehicles in the showroom stock/touring rules.

Move the Neon NOW. If Neal Sapp can get a 2001 Prelude classified for SSB in the MIDDLE of the season, there is no reason you cannot make this change immediately!

2. Allow threaded collar shocks in improved touring and production. As a shop owner who constructs vehicles, I can attest that there is no difference wheather the adjusting collar sits on a perch or is part of the shock body.

This would allow members to have the chance to choose from additional manufacturers for shocks/struts for their particular car. This would be in the best interests of the club.

3. Open the showroom stock ecu rules to be exact like the touring/improved touring rules. We all know that some people unfortunately cheat. SCCA has gone on record to say that tech officials cannot police the showroom stock ecu rules effectively. That being the case, allow modifications to the original ecu within its original housing.

4. Open the brake rotor rules for showroom stock. There is no difference in braking effectiveness from one brand to the next. As long as dimensions are exact, they should be allowed to save members money on purchasing parts.

5. Decrease the opening of the throttle restrictor of the SSB BMW Z4 an additional 10mm. A comp board member got this car classified under everyone's nose. The car is too fast and has allready won nationals WITH EASE on both sides of the country.


marc cefalo
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Knestis
01-29-2004, 10:33 AM
Not that I don't agree with some of the points you make (rotors, sleeves, and ECUs), Marc, I get nervous any time I see a narrowly focused policy proposal (restrict the BMW) embedded in a set of broader proposals (e.g., reconceptualizing IT to allow true competition adjustments).

Each proposal should be considered individually and on its own merit, starting with the big ones.

K

ITSRX7
01-29-2004, 11:25 AM
See my reply in the General discussion area.

It doesn't help anyone that this is in 4-5 sections of the Forum.

AB

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Greg Amy
01-29-2004, 12:11 PM
Go here:

http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum...TML/000707.html (http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum1/HTML/000707.html)

Peter Olivola
01-29-2004, 01:42 PM
Remarkably insightful, Greg.


Originally posted by grega:
Go here:

http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum...TML/000707.html (http://forums.improvedtouring.com/it/Forum1/HTML/000707.html)

Banzai240
01-29-2004, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by Peter Olivola:
Remarkably insightful, Greg.



This is making me dizzy... http://Forums.ImprovedTouring.com/it/eek.gif

01-29-2004, 08:47 PM
Cabin fever, sheer boredom , silly season, there are many names for it, "the shining " was made about it. everyone east of the rockies should race snowmobiles while left coasters should be racing karts during the off season to ward off "Keyboardamous Insanous Ranthymouthamous". The only known cure is a immense flood of adrenylin into the viens and a lungfull unburned gasoline mixed with carbon monoxide while rubber dingleberrys pelt your chest. the phrase "Shut up and Drive" was coined by someone that just got his medicine im pretty sure.

Knestis
01-29-2004, 09:28 PM
Mmm. Ice racing would be good right about now...

K

gran racing
01-29-2004, 10:54 PM
How many places did you post this? It makes it pretty difficult to follow "one" discussion when it is in so many places!

Just an f.y.i., everyone checks the various areas so it won't be missed.

Greg Amy
01-29-2004, 11:07 PM
Dave, follow the yellow-brick road (look up 6-7 posts...)

GA

Geo
01-29-2004, 11:28 PM
Originally posted by gran racing:
How many places did you post this?

Perhaps he's schitzophrenic and didn't know he posted it in the other places?




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George Roffe
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92 ITS Sentra SE-R occasionally borrowed
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