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It was mentioned that my husband and I may be looking to bum a co-drive ride in a Super Stock car to acquire points for our year end trophy this racing season. Since the elise wont be here until June. It was pointed out that even if we run superstock, that, if the elise gets here and is reclassed, the other people in Superstock can throw out all our points even though the car has been reclassed to a lesser class. That seems pretty petty to me but oh well, rules are rules.
I called Doug Gill at SCCA.
Here's what he says.
The Lotus is not classed, nor will it be classed until the SEB gets data on the car. That could take months, an entire season in fact. New cars that have not been classed are legal to run in Super Stock.
So, when the car gets here, it will be running in super stock. It will remain classed in super stock until the SEB and committees make their decision on where the car needs to be but the SEB has NO idea when that will happen. The Elise may ultimately be classed in superstock permanently, or it may be somewhere else.
So the quandry is. Do we co-drive a super stock car and if the SEB doenst come down with a ruling we'll be legal 100%
Or do we co-drive a superstock car and when the SEB comes down with a ruling and its placed in Superstock permanently then we are legal 100%.
Or do we co drive a super stock car and then 3/4th way through the year the SEB decides the car needs to be in a "lesser" class. Then it would be up to the other local SS competitors to say if we can keep our points or if they decide they want to throw out our whole season. I guess I just assumed the local region wouldnt do something like that. But I guess the other SS competitors could choose to throw out all our points for the entire year if they were so inclined.
What are you guys going to do?
I called Doug Gill at SCCA.
Here's what he says.
The Lotus is not classed, nor will it be classed until the SEB gets data on the car. That could take months, an entire season in fact. New cars that have not been classed are legal to run in Super Stock.
So, when the car gets here, it will be running in super stock. It will remain classed in super stock until the SEB and committees make their decision on where the car needs to be but the SEB has NO idea when that will happen. The Elise may ultimately be classed in superstock permanently, or it may be somewhere else.
So the quandry is. Do we co-drive a super stock car and if the SEB doenst come down with a ruling we'll be legal 100%
Or do we co-drive a superstock car and when the SEB comes down with a ruling and its placed in Superstock permanently then we are legal 100%.
Or do we co drive a super stock car and then 3/4th way through the year the SEB decides the car needs to be in a "lesser" class. Then it would be up to the other local SS competitors to say if we can keep our points or if they decide they want to throw out our whole season. I guess I just assumed the local region wouldnt do something like that. But I guess the other SS competitors could choose to throw out all our points for the entire year if they were so inclined.
What are you guys going to do?