[sperry]

Speaking of the supps discussion....

I'm actually pretty disappointed. Mostly because there are a ton of street tire drivers (I'm looking at you SECCS) that weren't represented at the meeting. I think the SCCA is getting man-handled by the minority of louder race tire folks, and competition will suffer because of it. While I understand their point that integrated street tire classes reduces the "purity" of racing under the SCCA national rules, and while I understand that providing a national-like environment is crucial to helping the development of national level drivers from our region, I think in general it's a disservice to the majority of members as we are reducing overall competition to coddle those that are making the effort to show up to the meetings and be heard.

So, I'm not sure how I feel, or how I will vote as a board member when the supps proposals are in. Like I said, I think splitting ST from RT is the wrong solution to the problem, but since I'm trying to focus on trials/race, it's not going to really effect me... I will probably simply go along with the changes anyway.

We really need feedback from the folks that are going to be effected by these changes, and when 2/3rd of the region are on street tires at the track, but there's only 2 or 3 street tire people (out of about 50 total) at the meetings, you guys are going to get screwed. Please, if you care about the SCCA, send your opinions to the newsletter or mailing list, or at the least let me know how you feel so I can tell the board "I've heard from 10 people that are really upset, or really support these changes". My goal as a board member is to attempt to keep the rules such that they reflect the majority of the member's wishes. Granted, not everyone will be happy, but at least guys, don't just let stuff happen to your club without chipping in your 2 cents.