It may have something to do with watching rules changes in this class, or
lack of them, we have a lot of issues that never seem to have resolve. take
a look at the fasttrack issues, there are pages and pages of rule changes,
rewording, alternative equipment for other classes that are having problems
finding parts etc. meanwhile in 500 you have to have the entire class on
paper complaining and very little is happening, its not very appealing to
someone coming in. Every other class in the scca has had many rule changes,
additions ,approval of alternate equipment for hard to find parts that are
getting scarce etc. 500 appears to have had only the necessary changes
made to even stay in existence. For "some reason" and we all know what it
is, this class is purposely held back from growing or adjusting as
necessary!
look at the back issues and the topics of change in the past scca
fasttracks, all you have to do is look at the amount of action discussed in
all the classes , you really have to dig for a line or 2 on the 500's.
dan
From: "Louis A. Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [F500] racing car counts
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:50:20 -0700
A big "Thank You" to Stan for compiling participation data.
Let's first...find out WHY F500's are less appealing to the masses.
SM. has way more mass appeal and will naturally attract more attention and
interest from people newly exposed to racing.
>From a dollar perspective, if you want to be halfway competitive, my past
"prod" (always chasing rules changes) and F500 experience has me firmly
believing the only thing cheaper then F500 racing is RC racing.
Our participation problem/s may not lie with the car but with people. If
it's the latter, then don't "fix" the car you "sell it, sell it, sell, it".
A free atta boy to first one to guess who used that phrase!
Lou Schultz
Philly Region
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Novak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: [F500] racing car counts
> I think that several classes are in trouble with car counts. Obviously
> costs have increased a lot in the last few years & certainly this is a
big
> factor. However it is interesting to note that Spec Miata races are
seeing
> anywhere from 25 to 40 car fields at many races. These cars probably
cost
> about the same to run as an F500. I suspect that additional restraints
on
> car counts has to do with prep time as well as the $$ to race.
>
> In F500 we need to do everything we can to help car counts and to
improve
> our cars from a cost perspective. With the SCCA increasing classes &
then
> limiting the Runoffs to the top 24 classes thing will get tougher in the
> future for classes with marginal counts.
>
> In the last 4 years out car counts have gone from about 7.5/race to
about
> 5.5/race. This is not a good trend.
>
> Let's start a dialog on how we can improve F500 car counts.
>
>
> Thanks ... Jay Novak
>
>
>
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