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Jake,
Glad to see someone so aligned with my thoughts with a much longer tenure in the IT community.
Good point about TV coverage. It would cost a fortune. Who would pay for it?[/b]
Sponsors, of course! We'll need to find them and sign them up. Mr Baker would kick a few bucks in IF the SCCA would lighten up on this whole SFI thing, but it will take deeper pockets....
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About making IT national: the introduction of a new IT class is a great time to try an experiment with the concept without disturbing the status quo.
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Agreed....there are a few options...make them ALL national...it's actually the 'pure' way...treat the category as a whole. Would ITC make the numbers needed? Doubtful. OR, try it with ITR. But guess what...ITR won't make the show either...it (if approved) will be brand new. ITS and ITA certainly fit the bill, lots of good quality cars. I would lean to making them all National and let the laws of natural selection run their course.
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I'm also saying this selfishly, because I'd like to be in IT (I think it's a great ruleset, and with some really interesting cars listed), but I'd also like the opportunity to compete for a National championship.....[/b]
I think you are like a LOT of guys. I hear comments like that again and again.
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It would be SO much more beneficial to the club to make a fairly cheap new National class than any of the other National classes being proposed right now. And I can't disagree that it would put on a better show than a few classes we've got at the Runoffs now. EverI've already written my letter to both the CRB and the BOD -- I hope others will do the same.
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There are other possible benefits. As it stands, many National races are jokes with guys going out and running the absolute minimum distance then pulling off the track, just to make it to the show. Why? Because there isn't enough competition to make qualifying a challenge. Does the club want guys who run half races and pull over? I don't. Having hungry guys in big classes means that classes with no compettion need to get it together or vanish. Better racing across the country.