oh joy, another run group

[Lotus7]

EDIT: deleted, sorry I brought it up;
apparently the majority of responders are ok with the 29 (?) or more classes these days and the reduced track time for higher entry fees.

[BeerBudgetRacing]

https://racer.com/2023/09/19/spec-mx-5-challenge-expands-to-scca-national-class/

while I appreciate all they've done for club racing over the years, lets just face the truth and rename the 'scca' as the "Mazda motorsports club of america"

I didn't see where it said a new run group. Just a class. So I suspect they will run in the current SM group.

[John Nesbitt]

SCCA announcement, which is a little more specific, here: https://www.scca.com/articles/201773...-class-in-2024

Basically, SMX has been a class at SCCA events for some years, but becomes a Runoffs class for 2024. From the SCCA announcement: "SMX will be integrated into existing run groups like Spec Miata, Touring, or Super Touring® during Hoosier Super Tour and U.S. Majors Tour events, but will have its own race at the Runoffs."

In some degree, a natural evolution of SM, which combines several generations of Miata. Equilibrating engines has always been a challenge.

[Jim Nash]

No new run group. Click-bait post title.

[Steve Demeter]

If it is run with SM what is the problem?? Another presumably healthy class is good for all of us., IMHO

[Lotus7]

If it is run with SM what is the problem?? Another presumably healthy class is good for all of us., IMHO

EDIT: deleted, sorry I brought it up;
apparently the majority of responders are ok with the 29 (?) or more classes these days and the reduced track time for higher entry fees.

[JoshuaJustice]

Unless participation in this group gets seriously out of hand it'll either be grouped with SMs or with the catch-all slow tintop group. (T4, STL, etc.) Why would you expect it to get a run group of its own?