Originally posted by Banzai240:
Norm,
Please don't confuse someone saying something "should" take place, as making it a "candidate" for ITC...
I think the Fastrack was clear that this car is NOT a candidate for ITC as far as the ITAC/CRB is concerned...
Yeah Darin, and if you recall, there have recently been other reclassification requests that were shot down, only to be approved a couple of months later.
Anyway, to answer your question regarding those results, the winning ITC cars were a 510, a Fiesta, and a Ford EXP. Other top ITC cars were Hondas and VW's (both Rabbits and Sciroccos), and I think I saw a Fiat 124 in there. Fast laps of the top 5 ITC cars are w/in a second or two of each other.
Gregg,
First off, I don't think I've ever said that, if moved, the Rabbit GTI shouldn't get some weight. Darin and Andy have both said that the model puts it in ITC @ 2250 - 2275#. Add 100# to the car, and you're probably going to see those lap times go up by .5 - 1.0 seconds. Sure makes those lap times look pretty equal. But, you're right, nobody in their right mind would (or should) make a decision based on a few cars over a couple races, at one track. But, when you start looking at data from multiple cars, w/ multiple drivers, at multiple tracks, you can see trends in the data. And with a large and varied sample, the prep level / legality of individual cars becomes an insignificant factor.
Darin,
You're right, I look at things from my perspective. That's what people do, look at things based on the information they have. Like when I call Topeka and am told that my request is not on the agenda, and has not been tabled. I'll ask you again, how would you interpret that? Thoughout this whole debate, you have yet to present any emperical or fact-based information to support anything you've said. What you have done, is make a bunch of wild claims, that when called on, you couldn't back up. You can take your arrogant self-rightousness and shove it.
Andy,
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you folks have developed an objective classification model. It should be applied to all the cars listed in the ITCS to see where they fall, vis-a-vis the model.
Also, why would a weight correction be only a one-time event? Newly classified cars can have their weights adjusted several times, why would currently classified cars only get one shot? And yes, it's true, it doesn't appear that anything has been done to speed-up any cars, in their current class. That being said, w/ the exception of the BMW restrictor plate (which was supposed to be a rare occurence), what has been done that actually required PCAs? All of the downward reclassifications w/ weight changes were already legal, pre-PCAs.
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