2016-17 NWFC rules and ideas (Outsiders welcome to discuss)

Beer budget,

Thanks for your input.

Obviously I want to be competitive and run where the majority run. But I really don't want to buy a pinto just to have a chance of winning a championship. I can't imagine majority of racers drive their heart out just for fun! I'm sure they all want to win and be competitive ?

I rather a zetec where I can run 5 to 10 thousand miles without a rebuild and still have near optimal power. Unlike the pinto!

It's possible that the pacific series in California is the best place for me without rules and points awarded to the majority being pintos.

I'll chat with Gavin and mitch who have ran in the nwfc and learn more from that and the best direction.

Thanks

I have a feeling we are going around in circles. A Zetec vs perfect Pinto with great drivers will be close. But with the torque advantage of the zetec as soon a the Pinto driver makes a mistake it costs him greatly where the zetec driver can make a mistake and not suffer much. So over a whole race unless the Pinto driver is perfect then the Zetec has the advantage.

If you think you can prep a pinto and win in our series pleases do. But good luck finding one of those super motors and rebuilding it twice a season.

Best drivers in our series are probably Reny running a 95ish Van Diemen Pinto, Mitch in a current VD zetec and Gavin in a current VD Pinto.

Don't sell yourself short mate.

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Originally Posted by Jacobwoo

Oddly that seems very wrong. very wrong indeed.

Buy a zetec, have a weight disadvantage over parity and have a worse chance at winning a championship.

Buy an ancient old pinto have a weight advantage ( performance gain) over parity and better chance at winning a championship.

It seems something is wrong or partly broken with YOUR formula !

Yes I still may run with your series. but who are you catering to ? the budget conscious amateur racer who just wants to have a fun time ? you say your pinto drivers have a deeper talent pool.. can you mention two drivers that ran zetecs that were fast in your series. I wouldn't mind reaching out to them and asking a few questions.

I guess I should probably try and reach out to Gavin and Mitch.. they both respectively won both pinto / zetec championships.

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The first thing you need is to review the first law of thermodynamics. The second thing you need to understand is that there is no pinto and no Ztec Champion. There is a single Champion and that is the driver that who scored the most points based on finish position in class and total numbers of cars they finished ahead of. If you cannot understand why the driver that finished ahead of the most cars in class or in a faster class won the championship, or why folks race just to race and have close competition before you have turned a wheel you need to come out and race.

I really don't understand why you are so judgemental about an evolving rule set in a successful series that you don't race in.

Jacobwoo
My advice buy the Zetec. Enger was crushing track records where ever they went. Good driver, car and crew, but they didn't win the championship due to a couple of errors. Gavin won because he was consistent and fast with fewer errors.. Sounds like parity to me

In my case I bought the best car I could afford...cleaned it up, set it up, load it up, and go racing. Am I an amateur? yup!! Its all a negative cash flow but am I having fun? YES!!! and to top that off I get to hang around people that love open wheel racing like me. I have a very short attention span with the guys at work that talk golf all day...
My "friendly suggestion" would be to stop twisting your corkscrew into NWFC rule set trying to find something juicy inside it. Its rather simple and better yet when your an active driver they listen and want your input.

Dane

Any news on series for 2017 - rules, points & schedule.

We are waiting on one more track schedule before releasing the preliminary schedule. Hopefully in the next week or two.

Anybody know where the 2018 runoffs are going to be at? They are supposed to be back on the west coast, and if they are going to be held in the Northwest (probably not), we should probably hold an event there this year.

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Originally Posted by ccoffin

Anybody know where the 2018 runoffs are going to be at? They are supposed to be back on the west coast, and if they are going to be held in the Northwest (probably not), we should probably hold an event there this year.

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I heard Sears Point? (Infineon, Sonoma, etc. etc... too many names)

Has anyone seen a schedule for the NWR SCCA?
I've only seen on the national calendar there is a major running at The Ridge, nothing else.

wrong thread

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Originally Posted by suzrm121

Has anyone seen a schedule for the NWR SCCA?
I've only seen on the national calendar there is a major running at The Ridge, nothing else.

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SCCA never publishes their schedule prior to their early in the new year meeting some time in Jan, Feb.

Jan Newsletter was sent out with 2017 rule set.

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