X Class observations (Page 2 of 5)

+1. Cardinal Fang, add to the list of Spanish Inquisition-like accusations his tendency to name immutable laws of nature, mechanics, superstition, or physics after himself.

After pondering it a bit (after someone said the same on another thread) I've come to the conclusion that the powers that be are encouraging us back to crap-can racing.  Bring some junk and maybe some dangerous tech and maybe/hopefully a redonkulous theme and race that shiite.

I have no doubt - as already professed - that the Eyesore Miata is a legit $500 crapcan.  They told all us idiots how to effing do it!  I'll also offer that the Model T GT is probably a $500 crap-can.  Angry Hamsters, MetSho, etc... possibly, probably, maybe?

I got a little misty when last year the Eyesores and the MTGT and another car got 3 arbitrary BS laps at one race.  But, I kind of got it...  bring some industry skill, a sorted car and good drivers and you'll get a little bias particularly after a couple of wins or near wins.  My anti-authoritarian tendencies, however, kicked in BIG TIME when the eyesore's were given the laps or X choice this last weekend.  THE SAME CAR AS LAST TIME w/o LAPS (or maybe three).

I have huge respect for Jay et al.  And, I'm comfortable with a somewhat anticipated level of scrutineering and judgemanship (both words I just made up!)  That said, the X qualifications are sketchy to say the least.  The snowmobile Miata screams Class X per the rulebook whilst the mildly turbo'd ES car clearly does not.  Yet, who was placed in Class X and barely beat the five condenders?

So, to paraphrase the opening paragraph, management seems to be encouraging crap-cans.  Bring a lot of out-of-ordinary skillz and some fast lap times and you might get BS e'ffed.  Maybe this is the demise of the MTGT, the MetSho and a piston rotary MR2 in LeMons.  Who knows?  At the end of the day, however, the current direction seems more consistent with the genesis of LeMons.

I personally want to see a larger crowd in X Class.
I think that anyone in who ends up in X class should be extremely honored to be there.

That being said I feel there should be a side bet for an X class win. Each team that gets shoved into X class should pony-up $100.00 bucks and the overall winner of X class gets the cash. Or we could do a Vote in which each X class team gets one vote for a competitors car (they can't vote for their own) and the the car with the most votes gets the cash.

I think this would bring back the teams that feel discouraged since there is no reward for their hard work.

Honda 600, Model T, and your Willy's all have the advantage of being "vintage" and exempt from many of the restrictions the MRolla would face. The individual engines should pass emissions, but I doubt they'd let us float through safety or emissions with both engines.

There's already a "cheaters exempt from winning" class. It's called "penalty laps", and works pretty well. I think every car in X-class was a legit lemon and deserve to race or win as such.

and I'd trade places with them in an instant...

Meh winning.  Personally I'm still just happy getting out on the track and doing the best I can with what I have.  Lack of ambition to win the race I think shows with my car choice though.

That was kinda awesome, Mike.  You clearly have been drinking a bit.

Just beer.  Sam Adams.  We started to watch a movie, wife fell asleep on the couch, so I was Lemons Foruming.

X Class =

1. You are a Level +1000 Expert in BS (receipts, documents, websites, sworn affidavits, notarized sworn testimony)
2. Raced in to too many events to heavily penalize (loyal repeat customer)
3. Nice guys, run clean laps (not dicks)
4. The judges know deep down in side you are totally full of shit, however your car is over-the-top (cool) and brings interest to the series.

Subtract one step above from your "X-class" car = A Class +50 BS laps

Now another point is what now happens when a legit $500 non modded car shows up that is way faster that the fastest Class X car? It is going to happen but its just a matter of when.

We're trying, of course.  But when you start with a piece of burlap and a bag of dried out Sharpies as your medium, it's a lot harder to paint the Mona Lisa than if you start with a fine piece of canvas and oil paints.  But, the results are arguably a lot more interesting and unique!