Explore other options-Time to look elsewhere
I'm hoping this decision gets reversed before it gets implemented (Write to the SCCA and make sure they are aware that a decision has been made to negtively impact your class). If this does not get reversed, I hope people reliaze there are other options to race your Formula Car at Summit Pt & other Region Tracks.
www.formulaproracing.org (an EMRA Club) pulls fairly large fields of winged cars. As previosly mentioned they will be racing this weekend (Main Track), so you can come check out the run groups yourself and meet some of the competitors.
FRCCA also races at Summit, but thier fields for the last few years have been largly CF/FF cars (If this passes, will they be the next banned class?). I believe, in 2006, thier Summit races have been exclusivley on the Shahdoah Circut.
I hope this decision (If it does not get reversed) does not cause the following:
-- Winged cars do fewer events
-- Drivers garage thier cars (due to fustration or longer tows)
-- Drivers sell thier cars and get out of sport
-- Drivers sell their winged cars and move to a Tin Top (Like SM), where now they get more track time.
Isn't this why we have QUALIFYING?
Dirt track guys have issues with this sort of thing frequently. They might have midgets, sportsmen, and sprints on the same card. Not everybody can race. That's why they have QUALIFYING!!
If a class is oversubscribed then split practice into two short qualifying sessions. 60 cars and the track only handles 50? Slow guys, crashers, and guys that don't prep go home early. It happens every weekend across the country. It's a powerful incentive to do good car prep, get fast faster, and by all means, drive clean.
Yeah, dirt is a little different, they have four run groups instead of eight or more, and they run all day and under the lights (but they usually don't start at 0800!). But it's not that different.