"Hope to see all my HP friends at ALL future Runoffs. Jerry"
Jerry You might hope but I would not bet on it for very long.
I read the press release too but since all my contact with SCCA is in litigation my interest in this is just curiosity and not with any thoughts of participating.
I have seen something like this before come down from the mountain and it wasnt good for the production cars [ goodby G/p] and I suspect it wont be good this time either,
I took note of the statement
"Over the years, considerable time has been spent researching, analyzing and talking with/surveying competitors, stewards, volunteers and others about the Program."
I have no doubt they have done just that , I just don't believe that it will have any impact on their decisions, The SCCA CRB and BOD will do what they want and justify it however way they want to. Just keep in mind that their goals are probably not good for prod-car racing or it's future in SCCA no matter what is said in public. The CRB and BOD have been working to get rid of the whole A to H part of the racing for years and replace it with more current cars , cars that are named Mazda and cars that SCCA manufacturer.. I had a member of the CRB tell me in a fit of anger and rare candor 30 years ago that " 75% of the problems we deal with at the CRB are with prod-cars issues and I wish we had gotten rid of all of you years ago" I believed him then and I believe him now.
" Actively manage class evolution in support of the other elements of this proposal, with some less-healthy classes being consolidated and some being removed from the Super Tour, Majors and/or Runoffs events."
I had a Board member tell me years ago that I should support class consolidation because there will be more cars in a group after consolidation and that will make for better racing. As an example there are 15 cars in H/p and 15 in G/p and there for there will be 30 cars in the new combined class. The problem is , it doesn't work out like that because people don't just want to go to the races , they want a chance to be competitive, some even want to win. There are limits to what cars can race in the same class together and everybody have a fair chance of being competitive. Only so much can be done to equalize different cars with weight and I think it has gone beyond common sense right now. Therefore many one time good competitive racers just quit.and many racers have just been left out by the club. And so you get less than the total of the two classes racing in the combined class and the total number of cars is less per weekend. And that new reduced total is used by the BOD to further show how Prod car classes are under subscribed and need to be consolidated. Kind of a no win situation.
" is to create space for an additional run group. The only way to create that space is to remove something from the current structure."
I predict, H/p this means you. they have wanted you gone for years and this is their chance, I also predict that it will be done regardless of the numbers in the classes removed and the classes retained because of the
"growth potential,"
clause,
this is the fall back reason that will be given so they can do whatever they want.. SCCA already knows what classes they want to see survive and who they want gone. This is just window dressing.
"Beginning in 2025, invited classes will be based on event type. Conference Majors will include all Majors-eligible classes while Super Tour events will include a subset of the Majors"
and lastly, I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. , but if it means that in the future some classes will have national championship races and others wont,,, well,, I have no doubt how long the classes without a race at the runnoff's will exist in the racing program of SCCA
rick haynes
