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Howdy,

http://www.scca.com/_FileLibrary/File/06-5-fastrack.pdf

Dave lost his appeal. Can't remember if that was posted here or not. Interesting that the CRB or appeals group or whoever apparently talked to a bunch of competition shops and was told that the track number was correct.

The SEB also issued a request for feedback related to Prepared... Cars have forever been able to use the factory OEM wheel without penalty. They now want the weight penalties for alternate wheels to apply to those too...

For instance, used to be that a z06 could run 18x11 wheels on the rear without penalty. If this rule change goes through, they'd need to add 100 lbs of penalty weight.

This, to me, is absurd. A bone stock car running in Prepared should not be getting weight penalties.

Further, I think penalties due to diameter are freaking insane. Competitive tires will remain the 16" slicks they've been (unless someone pops up and starts offering qualifying tires in bigger diameters). Meanwhile everyone with a c5 brake kit or whatever gets all bent because they gotta take a 200 lb (in CP) penalty for their 17" wheels. In Modified, guess which tires everyone runs? That's right... 16" (or smaller), the same as Prepared.

Personally, I'd rather Prepared went to unlimited wheels. Its the last remaning thing in P that's more restrictive than SP. It'd be nice to have that progression completely done.

Write to seb@scca.com if you have an opinion.

Mark

marka View Member Profile	Apr 20 2006, 08:48 PM Post #1
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,936 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Youngstown, OH Member No.: 896	Howdy, http://www.scca.com/_FileLibrary/File/06-5-fastrack.pdf Dave lost his appeal. Can't remember if that was posted here or not. Interesting that the CRB or appeals group or whoever apparently talked to a bunch of competition shops and was told that the track number was correct. The SEB also issued a request for feedback related to Prepared... Cars have forever been able to use the factory OEM wheel without penalty. They now want the weight penalties for alternate wheels to apply to those too... For instance, used to be that a z06 could run 18x11 wheels on the rear without penalty. If this rule change goes through, they'd need to add 100 lbs of penalty weight. This, to me, is absurd. A bone stock car running in Prepared should not be getting weight penalties. Further, I think penalties due to diameter are freaking insane. Competitive tires will remain the 16" slicks they've been (unless someone pops up and starts offering qualifying tires in bigger diameters). Meanwhile everyone with a c5 brake kit or whatever gets all bent because they gotta take a 200 lb (in CP) penalty for their 17" wheels. In Modified, guess which tires everyone runs? That's right... 16" (or smaller), the same as Prepared. Personally, I'd rather Prepared went to unlimited wheels. Its the last remaning thing in P that's more restrictive than SP. It'd be nice to have that progression completely done. Write to seb@scca.com if you have an opinion. Mark