[Dean]

I think people will change class for competition or compare their times to anyone who they believe to be their competition. The only value added by collapsing classes is to give away fewer year end trophies which I don't think is necessary for a club with a bank balance like ours.

I also think there will be a clear "dominant" car/driver within any collapsed structure such that it may cause additional frustration more than competition.

Also, any change is more work for Timing and Scoring and I think they do enough as it is.

As far as Senior work requirements... There are plenty of jobs they could do without having to run for cones. Registration, tech, announce, timing slips, etc. If they are so inclined, they could also exert the time and energy to become competent in T&S. That is at least 16-20 or so worker positions per day.

We also need more of the younger crew to step up to important roles like Safety, grid, setup and tear down. Many already help out with the later, but we can always use more.

We can change the T modifier to .97, split the classes T&R, split just PAX, or any combination. I don't really care, but I think we should keep the modifier in some form so folks can compare times if they choose. Nobody seams to believe the numbers when I do the Nationals ST to SP comparisons, so unless somebody asks, I'm not doing it this year.