Thanks Guy :tiphat:

Totally agree, seems silly to me... If they're not going to have them in the same class, they should at least have the 350 in STR and the 370 in STU. I'm guessing all the MX-5 and S2K guys threw a fit when Brian won at nationals last year in STR.

Bingo. Strangely enough, his winning STR last year screwed the 370z the most. S

Autocross classes are for cars, not drivers, plain and simple. Start deifying some guy's name and I'm out. Half these guys as I've learned are unapproachable a$$bags anyways.

100% agree with this classes being for cars, not drivers. Classing should NOT be determined simply because a phenomenal driver can post ridiculous times in a car.

As far as the unapproachable a$$bags part, can't say I've ever seen this problem. And with the level of drivers that come to my region for some events, I'm pretty sure I would have seen it.

I fail to see how it would ruin the "competitive balance" of the class. The 350z is only winning because Brian is driving it. You put him in an Evo and he'll win in an evo.

The Boost Buggies shouldn't be scared of a 350/370z. They should be scared of the C5 Vette. That's the car that will destroy the class.

You realize this makes no sense? If him winning the STR Championship in a 350z mattered at all to the SEB... Do you think the 370z would still be classed in STR? After all, all of your other posts suggest that the 370z platform is significantly superior to the 350z.

I do think that the SEB believes that the 370z is a superior platform... But not by a lot.

The grape vine told me that the reason for re-classing the 350z and the C5 was the hope that they could strengthen STU by giving the class cheaper competitive platforms.

The 370z is still expensive... And if superior to the 350z... No one will build a 350z for the class.

Classing is based on the top "potential" of the car. The assumpiton of performance is always what the best of the best could do in relation to other cars in the given category. BP is a top 5 driver in all of solo and a very approachable guy. It has not been my experience, outside of a very few, that these top guys are assbags...

Agree on the C5's being the car.

The STAC moved the 350 to STU, the SEB had nothing to do with it. The 350z is seen as a competitive balance with the rest of STU, the 370 is an unknown and they fear it as an overdog. Feel free to write in, but you will get every single SCCA member with an Evo/STI in America writting in opposition.

The 370Z DOES have an advantage over the 350z in a few areas, namely power, which is the fear on 18x11's with 285's. You want to get bumped, build a rulebook car, put a BP level driver in...crush the s2k's/MX5's and get their support for the move. That's what happened with the 350z. There are a whole lot more s2k/MX5 owners than the Evo/STI guys...

Haha, I like it.