Josh Sirota
ITR '99 BMW Z3 Coupe
Interesting.... Probably a good move but I am not a fan of the name "Majors". I would rather see a series sponsor name followed by SCCA Championship Series or similar. The name doesn't matter though,
Should be interesting to see what happens to "National" events when they become just another SCCA event. My guess is some places such as NER/NHMS will have a decreased number of people traveling to events from afar when so many other events are available throughout the year to race at.
Raymond "I hope the Majors tour hits the pavement at every track in 2014!" Blethen
Raymond
RST Performance Racing
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All 1st gen RX7 'S will be brought into the paddock under cover of darkness for a Major/Rational, as to not spoil the image of higher level racing for the "MAJORS".....LOL.
Why doesn't Topeka just refer to Regional racers as "minor league" players since that is what they evidently think of us.
I think that is the most important sentence in the whole article. One could interpret that to mean that IT may actually get a shot at the Runoffs. If not, it will be interesting to see how they dance around it.Originally Posted by Jerry Wannarka
SSM, SM2, ITE, SPO or SPU are not "eligible classes" they are local classes
Jerry
NER South
I'm interested in what happens with licensing. National Licenses are different requirements (albeit not too burdensome) than "Regional" licenses.
Will they now just issue licenses and what will be the number of finishes, etc. required to renew.
According to Dick Patullo, IT will also not be invited as its a regional only class. Majors is just a new name for Nationals and is run by Topeka instead of the regions. Its a way of decreasing the # of national events to increase per race participation.
Chris
Last edited by zchris; 10-20-2012 at 08:53 PM.
Been in the Minors so long...don't think my bitchin' arm would make it the Majors anyway.
Ed Funk
NER ITA CRX, ITB Civic, ITC CRX (wanna buy a Honda?)
Smart as a horse, hung like Einstein!
This is the best description of it I've seen so far.
I just wonder if some regions will be able to get enough support for regional only races. If it's at RA or Mid Ohio, no problem. But races at the "less desirable" tracks could be in trouble with 50 or less entrants unless tracks are willing to re-negotiate their prices.
It sounds like a good start, though.
Congrats to the SCCA for finally taking the plunge in a major reorg of the Club Racing scene! Long overdue...
I won't claim that this is the perfect answer, I'm sure it'll need tweaking, but it's the first realistic, significant step towards cleaning up the mess.
I haven't yet heard from any National drivers who are against, if that tells you anything...
I hope that we do away with the restricted qualifications for runoffs. IMHO we should all be able to go and try to qualify. Just like any other race /race series, etc. Having just the rich guys allowed to go, sux.
The National level prod guys( all 20 of them) are not overly happy with racing with us little guys. There seems to be quite an elitist mentality that the National license has granted. IMHO.
Mike Ogren , FWDracingguide.com, 352.4288.983 ,http://www.ogren-engineering.com/
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