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Originally Posted by renfield90
A one second deficit moves me from 2nd place last year to 10th. The jacket winner would be 9th.
Stop pretending that this is fine and totally ok. It's 100% not.
There's at least 10 people last year who were chasing a jacket, and another 15-20 who were chasing a trophy. Stop pretending that a sudden 1 second deficit doesn't change things for us; we are competitive people, competition is why we are here. You have to be totally lacking in empathy to believe this, or you're being intentionally disingenuous.
Can you tell me there are 30 people who will bring a gen 2 twin to nats in STX next year? Because if not, you're harming more people than you're helping. That's just not defensible, especially when the constraint that is preventing us from actually making everyone happy - create a new class - is entirely an arbitrary and artificial one.
So here's my question to gen 2 folks: are you going to fight alongside me so that everyone gets what they want? Or are you going to try and turn this into a zero sum game with a winner and a loser?
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What you seem to have missed in my other statements, here and other places on this forum is that I included STMiata in my letter to them, the exact letter they're referring to. They took my ask of having the Gen2, NC, and S2K in one class, and they put them in STX. I'm not sure what they others in that list that they referred to, but the STAC seem hesitant to create new classes, whether we find it to be arbitrary and artificial or not, it's how they seem to want to handle things. If we're working within their rules, and looking at what they've done in the past, this move is inevitable. But please do submit letters requesting STMiata, IMO it's the best tree to bark up for the short and long term health of ST. I'm not convinced they will do it, but the more people that argue it will only help the chances.
This was a very predictable move putting the Gen2 into STX. They did the exact same thing with the ND to the NC and S2K, but didn't give any time for people to switch. I would not be surprised to see 30+ 2nd gens and NC Miatas in STX at Nats next year. I know of 3 here local to me with cars already in STR, and have heard of a handful more with cars/parts in the waiting for this to happen. Again, that is just local to me here in NC. What is proposed here will absolutely be a popular class, and has the bones to be one for a while. Arguing that it shouldn't happen because the class is currently popular as a one horse race is a fleeting one. Arguing that we can all have our cake and eat it too (STMiata), is a much stronger argument.