06-29-2006, 07:46 PM
.RJ Wrote:You're right, the SCCA guys who came out only did 2 or 3 weekends a year, at most - they're looking to fill the schedule, I suppose. You say it is not important, but it happens all the time with spec miata - how many "scca guys" come out to the nasa events at summit? at VIR? Its not worth ignoring in the least.I dont think its something to ignore, just not something to run the organization around. I simply dont think that they are reliable repeat customers. If they are going to do more than 2 races they are going to need another set of tires anyway, and SM toyo takeoffs are cheap.
Quote:Its much easier to get that customer and retain them,see my above comments. in this scenario, I strongly disagree. they are already someone else's customer and unless something is very busted with SCCA, they arent going to leave. Just look at how pitiful the SCCA crossover was with the IT classes in PT.
One of the best parts of racing is the ongoing season battle. You dont get that when 70% of the field doenst get enough races to qualify, or you win the title just by showing up to the most races.
In SM we have what looks like (so far) at least 10 guys who will reach the max number of races, and its great.
Quote:Thats why I said "one of" not "the most". The counts are similar to AI and SM, and there isnt anything else out there with as many entries as those 3.im pretty sure 944 had the biggest turnout of all the past couple years. Not sure about GTS but it seems like there are quite a few of those too
Quote:Yeah, but this is club racing. Spec tires work when the cars are spec and everyone uses the same size... not so much for a series when there are a dozen different chassis tire sizes being used.Nasa is for-profit. Just like SCCA-pro. label it how you want, but the economic drivers are the same. Im not saying its "right" just that we all should have seen it coming.