Some of the 1st gen RX-7 owners/drivers are so bound to get reclassed to ITB when they wouldn't have any better normal chance to win in ITB than they do in ITA or IT7 from my humble observations. Do ya think that a person who finishes 5th through 10th within a group of ITA 1st gen RX-7's is going to win in ITB?

David,

If "slow RX7's" are not competitive in ITB should we put them ITC? At what point does some of a car's competitiveness becomes the responisbility of the car owner/driver?

Speaking only of my situation in the MiDiv this move would have nothing to do with collecting easy class wins. For example, while I finshed 1st or 2nd in every IT7 race I was in last year - 6 wins and 2 second place finishes in class. Only ONCE in any of those 8 races did I finish ahead of the winning ITB car. In that one instance I think Mr. Albin was just being nice to me (thanks Chris, that was FUN).

So, speaking for myself, It wouldn't seem like I have all that much to gain. Why would I want to be moved to ITB????

#1 My car - which is a good car that is sometimes driven okay - cannot compete with the fast cars in ITA. Not in MiDiv and historically not at the ARRC race. You can look at the ARRC results to see that this is true.

#2 IT7 - Which was invented BECAUSE of #1 - cannot be expected to grow into Spec Miata. So, It's survival is dependent on the popularity of 1st Gen Rx7's. In 04 we had 9 cars registered in the Divisional Points Championship - not bad for us. However not that many of the drivers were active and 3 of my 6 race wins were unapposed. What happens when the subscription in this class goes down and IT7 is eliminated? I am back in ITA

#3 ITB has a greater chance for growth as new cars are classed. Wow, a chance to race against cars in my class. What a concept.

It is not about becoming a dominate car in a class. It is about quality compettion on a consistent basis.

To that end, I would be happy to run in ITA if PCA's were passed that made the POTENTIAL of an RX7 the equal of an Acura, Honda CRX, Nissan 240SX etc.

But this is just my opinion.



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Scott Peterson
KC Region
IT7 #17