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Offline dw230

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new body class - I/GT
« on: June 15, 2018, 01:31:47 PM »
Discussion abounds concerning the addition of a new body class in the GT/MS area.

How about a Improved GT(I/GT). Same rules, kinda as Altered and Gas Coupe. Engine swaps allowed, OEM or fabricated spoilers, air dams, splitters. Pretty simple. Bad news - require GT cars to run the engine the car came with, no more swaps, i.e. Chevy for Chevy, Ford for Ford as now allowed. GT will go back to Production Category, I/GT will be come a stepping stone to Mod Sports in Modified Category.

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2018, 01:38:37 PM »
Wouldn't it be A, B, C, etc./IGT (not I/GT)?

How many years would it take to institute that?

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2018, 04:43:06 PM »
Dan endorsing a new class....  I haven't looked outside is Hell getting colder?

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2018, 05:30:32 PM »
We gotta catch up with the motorcycles. 
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2018, 06:25:50 PM »
I think makes sense. Agree with Stan, /IGT not I/GT which is confusing.
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2018, 07:59:34 PM »
Who' opinion says this is improved? What  does IGT stand for? Leave GT the way it is.

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2018, 08:18:47 PM »
Who' opinion says this is improved? What  does IGT stand for? Leave GT the way it is.

I think what Dan was trying to say was */IGT "Improved" GT.
2019 is a year where new classes are allowed to be considered. Currently GT is in the Production Category. Any modification (say non stock spoiler) takes you to Modified Sports. An in between class is being talked about. Call it what you want IGT, GTX, GT2, but a intermediate class is what is being asked here for discussion. 
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2018, 09:37:54 PM »
Yea, I think I know what they are saying. "Improved" is not the word to use but I like your suggestion of GT2. What I am saying is to leave GT the way it is and if you want to add a spoiler or ground effects, that is not allowed in GT, then go into the new catagory of GT2. This is not a class change it is a new catagory, which will probably have 20 new classes (blown and unblown) with open or minimum records. That's what we need is more classes. When we were running in Production classes all we had to do add illegal spoiler or block of headlights and we went to Altered catagory. This is exactly the same. But don't mess with the GT classes, it has been this way for 40 years, If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. If you change GT then we are talking 40 new classes with open or minimum records.

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2018, 10:07:57 PM »
If you want to do something for GT let them have power adders on the engs
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2018, 10:33:47 PM »
Well, in my case, this could turn 10 years of work into a pile of garbage.

I'm curious as to why, in a world where Ford is discontinuing all of its sedans, where SUVs and Crossover vehicles litter the landscape, where the best selling Maseratis seat 5, and genuine 2 seat sports cars are virtually non-existent, that a new class for one of the least contested divisions in LSR is even on the table?
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2018, 11:03:54 PM »
Dan endorsing a new class....  I haven't looked outside is Hell getting colder?


I didn't read an "endorsement" into Dan's post - more of a "heads up".

What I would like to know is who IS endorsing this proposal, why, and who I could contact to weigh in on the topic.

Of course, as a simple BNI member and not an SCTA member, I suspect my voice would be diminished.
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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2018, 02:28:46 PM »
...Of course, as a simple BNI member and not an SCTA member, I suspect my voice would be diminished.

Maybe it is time to consider joining a club.  More yearly expense but for me well worth it in knowing more of what is going on.  Also dues and occasional help at El Mirage is my effort to support the clubs that make the whole thing possible.

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2018, 02:42:22 PM »
Dan endorsing a new class....  I haven't looked outside is Hell getting colder?


Just set reasonable minimums.  8^))

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2018, 02:47:04 PM »
SCTA board just passed a motion last night to "revisit/re-evaluate" the motorcycle "M" class minimums after this season. So, grab that low hanging fruit while you can . . .

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Re: new body class - I/GT
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2018, 08:22:09 AM »
this class not needed, we already have plenty of classes.