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Originally posted by Bill Miller:
Darin,
I don't see how it's "dooming" ITC. You talk about adding 100# to ITB cars going to ITC. Isn't it a bit premature considering that PCA's haven't been implemented? I didn't see any weight adjustment on the A3 Golf 2.0 8v when it was moved to ITB.
Nope... unless I'm reading the rules incorrectly, the SCCA doesn't NEED PCAs to do this type of move. Please note the following:
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GCR 17.1.11. Change of Specifications -
"Specifications on cars classified for the first time, or reclassified, may be changed on thirty (30) day's notice during the first year of competition if the advanced estimates of performance are grossly inaccurate."
So, we (the club) has a year to make any adjustments to these reclassifications...
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I do agree though, that a clearly defined, transparent classification process needs to be in place before either a new class is added or the existing classes are shuffled.
I often wonder if this is really the case, or if we just need to take the initiative and follow the rules we have more acutely? The ITCS rules state the following:
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ITCS 17.1.4.B. INTENT -
"Entrants shall not be guaranteed the comptitiveness of any car, and competition adjustments, other than reclassficiation, are not allowed."
This gives the avenue to perform the reclassification, and, when combined with the statement from the GCR above, the process by which to make the weight adjustments.
NOW, if there was just some practical, somewhat inclusive way to trigger the change and to calculate the need for weight, then the shuffling we've been talking about would require almost no adjustments to the current rules to accomplish...
Just some food for thought...
(Bill... thanks for the well thought out response... I like this type of dialog much better, as I'm sure you do to... http://Forums.ImprovedTouring.com/it/wink.gif )
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Auburn, WA
ITS '97 240SX
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[This message has been edited by Banzai240 (edited October 16, 2003).]
[This message has been edited by Banzai240 (edited October 16, 2003).]