July 2006 FasTrack

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July 2006 FasTrack: link

New proposed minimum weight formulas for StreetMod, pages 33-34. BIG BIG changes. READ THIS if you care at all about SM/SM2. New formulas for turbos (even lower weights, boo!), rotaries (boo on all loud-@ss rotaries anyway), and new formulas for FWD/RWD/AWD - something more akin to XPrepared formulas. Haven't run the numbers yet, but at least these make more sense. There's also a "maximum minimum" weight of 3100 pounds (if that makes sense, heh). Some of their logic makes sens with regard to Forced Induction formulas - they are trying to remove the perceived dominance of small displacement turbo cars (they get too little weight before) so maybe this is a good thing. I wish this wasn't in PDF so we could copy it here... lemmie screen shot the pages.

Some XP clarificaitons (nothing big, it seems)

Street Touring clarification on page 32 (you can remove plastic engine covers, yay for RX8 owners, but big whoop)

Proposed: Moving all E36 cars from DSP to BSP on page 32. Combine non-M with M3. Move non-M E46 to same. More cannon fodder for the unlimited boost turbo buggies!!! BIG MISTAKE. Letter time... They are moving all of the current DSP cars to BSP (where they will be slaughtered). Who are they clearing out DSP for????? Teucci sold his car at the right time.

There's also the first open, fairly complete asset statement sheet (for 2004 and 2005) that I've ever seen from the SCCA. Of course SCCA Pro Racing is the Net Loss Leader for the club.

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Re: July 2006 FasTrack

Their massive PDF is too hard to link into and discuss. I broke it out into relevent secitons. Please feel free to cross-post these document images (they are tiny) for discussion elsewhere.

XP Stuff:



SP stuff:



SM stuff:

[Redwood]

Re: July 2006 FasTrack

There are turbos in BSP?

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Re: July 2006 FasTrack

There are turbos in BSP?

They just moved the EVO and STi into BSP this year... and gave them unlimited boost.... All of the old BSP cars (namely the E36 M3) were toast (or should be given a well prepped AWD boost buggy and driver). So, you'd think that the less powerful DSP E36 entries would also be even more toasted, right?

I do not get this one.

[Paul]

Re: July 2006 FasTrack

Terry,

When reading a .pdf file, if you want to cut and paste something, use the "select" button to highlight the text in question and then right click the highlighted area, this will allow you to copy to clipboard.


example from Fastrack:

Class SM
A. Eligible Vehicles:
All sedans/coupes (models which were originally equipped with a minimum of four seats and four factory seat belts).
B. Excluded Vehicles:
Porsche, all. Lotus, all. Nissan/Datsun X car 2 + 2, (Pre '90). Honda CRX. MGB GT. Triumph, all.
Class SM2
A. Eligible Vehicles:
1. All two-seat cars not excluded below.
2. All SM eligible sedans/coupes excluded from SM.
3. All SM eligible vehicles.
B. Excluded Vehicles:
Lotus, all except Elise, Exige, and Esprit
Minumum Weight
A. Engine Classifications
1. Four-stroke cycle and two-stroke cycle, naturally aspirated internal combustion engines will be classified on the basis of actual piston
displacement.
2. Turbocharged or supercharged versions of the above engine will be classified on a basis of adding 1.4 liters to the actual piston
displacement.
3. Rotary Engines (Wankel): These units will be classified on the basis of a piston displacement equivalent to 1.8 liters plus the volume
determined by the difference between the maximum and minimum capacity of the working chamber, times the number of rotors.
B. SM Minimum Weight Calculations
All listed weights are without driver.
FWD: 1550 lbs + 125 lbs/liter
RWD: 1800 lbs + 200 lbs/liter
AWD: 1800 lbs + 275 lbs/liter
- Cars with engine located behind driver: +25 lbs/liter
- Regardless of the weight formulas above, no car will be required to weigh more than 3100 lbs.
C. SM2 Minimum Weight Calculations
All listed weights are without driver.
FWD: 1350lbs + 125 lbs/liter
July 2006 SPORTSCAR F-33
RWD: 1600 lbs + 200 lbs/liter
AWD: 1600 lbs + 275 lbs/liter
- Cars with engine located behind driver: +25 lbs/liter
- Regardless of the weight formulas above, no car will be required to weigh more than 2900 lbs."

[Paul]

Re: July 2006 FasTrack

OK, this one has to be stopped.
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SOLO STREET PREPARED CATEGORY
- The SPAC is seeking member input on combining the Nissan Sentra SE-R and NX2000 listings in DSP onto one line, effective 1/1/2007.
- The SPAC is recommending the following class change proposal package, effective 1/1/2007 and published here for member comment (ref.
06-096):
- Re-class the following cars from DSP to BSP:
- BMW 323, 325 & 328 (E36 chassis); combine with M3 (E36), M3 Lightweight listing in BSP on the same line
- BMW 6-cylinder (E46 chassis), except M3
- Lexus IS300
- Re-class from DSP to CSP, BMW 325 and 328 (E30 chassis), on separate line from M3 (E30)
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WTF? Keep the 325/328 e36's in DSP please.


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