I wanted to break this away from the GP thread and just talk about the 24 national class limit mystery plan. Part of me has a feeling that this plan is already done and mostly set in stone but the CRB is asking for responses. They plan on talking about it on the national convention (Schedule shows - "New Club Racing Program" on Friday March 2nd and then 2 hours of club racing town hall meetings on Saturday March 3rd). The only way I can see racers effecting this is to be vocal to the CRB, Ad Hocs, and at the convention.
Currently in the 2012 GCR there are 8 Formula, 4 GT, 3 ST, 3 Prod, 1 AS, 3 SS (SSB, SSC, B-Spec), SM, 4 Sports Racers (CSR, DSR, S2, SRF), and 3 Touring for 30 classes.
For 2011 these are the class that fell below the "old" 2.5 rule: GTL - 2.3, S2 - 2.3, SSB - 2.2, CSR - 2.2, GT2 - 2.1, T3 - 1.9, SSC - 1.9
Just throwing ideas at the wall to start a discussion:
6 Formula
3 GT
3 Prod
3 Super Touring
3 Touring
2 Sports Racer
1 SRF - Spec Class
1 AS - Spec Class
1 SM - Spec Class
1 B-Spec - Spec Class
I would also like to see a 3 to 5 year freeze clause in the new plan so this does not change during the next BoD elections and also a plan for if a class is not at a given level at the end of the freeze what will happen to it. This needs to be a firm freeze with no option of change at the wimp of BoD. It has been the past BoD that created this problem and now they are making the racers and CRB deal with it.
One thing I worry about is what the plan is for regional classes if they will be rolled into the national classes groupings. I say this since the new focus appears to be for "rational" type races only.
Again this is just to get discussion started as a whole 24 class limit and to get people's feelings.
Currently in the 2012 GCR there are 8 Formula, 4 GT, 3 ST, 3 Prod, 1 AS, 3 SS (SSB, SSC, B-Spec), SM, 4 Sports Racers (CSR, DSR, S2, SRF), and 3 Touring for 30 classes.
For 2011 these are the class that fell below the "old" 2.5 rule: GTL - 2.3, S2 - 2.3, SSB - 2.2, CSR - 2.2, GT2 - 2.1, T3 - 1.9, SSC - 1.9
Just throwing ideas at the wall to start a discussion:
6 Formula
3 GT
3 Prod
3 Super Touring
3 Touring
2 Sports Racer
1 SRF - Spec Class
1 AS - Spec Class
1 SM - Spec Class
1 B-Spec - Spec Class
I would also like to see a 3 to 5 year freeze clause in the new plan so this does not change during the next BoD elections and also a plan for if a class is not at a given level at the end of the freeze what will happen to it. This needs to be a firm freeze with no option of change at the wimp of BoD. It has been the past BoD that created this problem and now they are making the racers and CRB deal with it.
One thing I worry about is what the plan is for regional classes if they will be rolled into the national classes groupings. I say this since the new focus appears to be for "rational" type races only.
Again this is just to get discussion started as a whole 24 class limit and to get people's feelings.