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Found some old notes on autocrosses in your area Dave Andrews and Matt. These put the class change in perspective.

Rob Foley from your region drives a 00 Celica GT and is on the SOLO CLASSIFICATION BOARD. In other words he is one of the guys making the decision to in this case move his car to our class. A comparison of his times vs. Dave and Matt follows.

APRIL 14
Foley 00 Celica GT 49.903
Talon 51.798

APRIL 21
Foley 00 Celica GT 46.930
Matt Type R 46.376
Talon 46.815

MAY 12
Foley 00 Celica GT 48.068
Matt Type R 46.898
Dave SVT 50.209
Talon 47.469

At the Nationals last year Foley finished 11th in E Stock with a time of 115.964. The Talon guy from your region finished 19th in G Stock with a nearly identical 115.718. Foley is probably a better driver. For perspective Jack Burns, that Rrxp89 ran against ealier this year, finished 4th last year in E Stock in his 00 Celica GT with a time of 114.588, and he is a prior national champ.

The top Neon of Danny Shields, a multiple time National Champ, had a time of 113.565, a full second faster than Burns fastest 00 Celica GT. But he's in a class of his own. Most Neons had times comparable to or slower than the Celicas in E Stock, both old and new Celicas.

So our work is still cut out for us. BTW, the guy in the 99 Camaro V6 finished 11th in G Stock last year and he STAYS in G Stock. His time last year was 114.843 which would probably keep him in the top 10 of a new G Stock class with Neons and Celicas dominating.