<VV> Seats - Autocross Classification

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Thank you all for your comments. Yeah - I re-wrote the newest version of  
the rules. I had suggestions coming at me at about the same rate as bricks 
were  being thrown. Please remember that the Autocross "Class" rules are for  
classification, not car preparation. They were - and are - intended to be 
used  to help folks put their car in the appropriate class when they show up 
at a  Corsa (oriented) Autocross. Yes, you can use them to prepare your car 
for a  certain class or category, but that isn't their first role. Beyond the 
letter of  the rules is the spirit of the rules. That is the reason for 
allowing first: the  "enhancements" in stock class, which were intended to help 
the cars survive  autocrossing without damage, and encouraging more than 
one or two cars to  run in the class at the National Convention. That is the 
reason behind allowing  taller (but not wider) tires into the class. That is 
what people actually run on  their otherwise stock cars. Of course, you 
could use the Corsa rulebook to build  that Killer Stock-class car that Bruce 
describes. Be sure to include that heater  delete option to keep the weight 
down! And you will get to run it at one or two  events a year under Corsa 
rules. (WTF?) The spirit of the rulebook is to  place a car where it should run. 
If you put nice soft, comfortable, aftermarket  seats into an otherwise 
stock Greenbrier, the spirit says "Insignificant!"  and the car runs in stock 
class. But if you build the "Stock" class car of  Bruce's dream and put on 7" 
wheels, instead of 6" - you would be moved  into Improved Stock - That is 
where the letter of the rules confirms the  spirit of the rules. The most 
useful feature of the Improved Stock/ Street  Modified points count method is 
to allow cars built for other types of  competition - or just built as 
fast/fun street cars - to compete with other  cars of the same performance 
potential at Corsa events. The serious guys will  always be the serious guys. They 
will build to the limit of the rules (just, I  hope) and even remove a part 
to drop into a lower category. As I said, they are  serious.  But even the 
non-serious guys need a fair place to run. And that  is what the spirit of 
the rules is all about. - Seth Emerson
 


Seth Emerson

C's the Day! -  Corvair, Camaro, Corvette




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