Andy, who was the author?? Or what post # was that??? (As you stated that this poster also posts on here, I will address my comments thusly)
The CRB and ITAC and the board has made its decision that cannot be supported by facts and don't seem to care that they can't. They are just trying to find any reason to support their unsupportable decision. The decision to make the E36 BMW's uncompetitive was made, then they tried to find any reason to support it.
Any letter writing, etc. now will go on deaf years since they don't care that they can't support their decision. The decision was not made rationally, therefore, it won't be undone by rational argument. We already won the argument.
If you look at it another way, if we all leave, then they don't have anyone to beat up on. The purpose of screwing us was to have us stay around and become easy pickings for them and blame us for being slow and getting beat, when it was actually the SIR that did it.
They want us to stay around to just beat up on us. By racing them handicapped, we are doing exactly what they want. If they can't beat up on us now, what fun would it be for them to race each other?
I am not saying you SHOULD not run with the SCCA. I am asking you to reconsider and consider the points I made.
I would encourage all of you to consider NASA as I found them very accomidating in Texas and actually seem to want us to race with them. What a concept?[/b]
I can tell you that when I read drivel like that I am infuriated!
If I wanted to make them 'also rans', as the writer states we do, would I have spent hundreds of MY dollars and spent days of MY life on this SIR thing??? of course not! I would have stayed home and bought an X box and video game and practieced for Road Atlanta...or something that would benefit ME! No, I took part in this attempt to help ensure the fairest outcome
for all. I tied to HELP...for the FAIREST...for ALL...nothing's perfect in this world boys, but to state that this is an attempt to single one group out and treat them
UN fairly REALLY pisses me off!
Andy doesn't race in ITS, and his (part time) firm doesn't either. I race in ITA....I have no reason to desire to squash anyone in ITS. If you do due diligence, which is what a RESPONSIBLE PERSON would do before posting such paranoid drivel, you would look into the facts, and the facts are SO far from this posters foil cap world its silly.
The FACTs show that any one persons input on any board is nuetered. The FACTs show that a car that puts 205 to 210 hp down with huge torque, great trans ratios doesn't fit the process. Those are FACTS.
And the statement that the decision can't be supported by facts is a complete falsehood. How can anyone state that when we haven't SEEN all the results of the tests????
I'm on the ITAC, and
I don't know the all data that the CRB has!
There is NO proof that this 29mm SIR is the wrong size, that the top prep cars won't be able to make process power.
If there is
POST it, or your claims otherwise are complete and utter hogwash, and insulting to rational people. In other words, put up or shut up.
We already won the argument.[/b]
Nice. How has this become Us against Them????
I'm sorry, but what a bunch of self entitled internet circle jerking.
We are where we are today because a misclassification was allowed to remain in place for so long. I can assure Harry and the rest that Andy is not even close to the reason this is being pushed. I think poor Phil Clark left to keep from receiving one more phone call. The car was not such an obvious overdog until some of the other changes allowed in IT helped it a little more than most (Insert Motec, Vanos tinkering, creative factory cams) and it fell into the hands of those that had the time and resources to develope it to the fullest. On paper, on track, and any formula you want to use it is a great car and is head above anything else in the class. People built them in good faith to the rules in place at the time and got the wins to prove it. Now we are doing real changes to IT to level the classes as has never been done in the past and the mistakes of past boards are very evident. Was it lack of caring or knowledge--who knows --but we are here now and it is time to fix it. New territory but it is better to be a part of the fix and work for the best outcome rather than get irate that anything is being done. It did go on way too long for whatever reason and the BMW drivers have a right to feel picked on--now work for a solution and give it a try before you go AWAL.
decided to go in a direction that was different than what the ITAC wanted, yet Andy gets the blame. Too funny. Well, not funny, it's sad actually.
