Class A B C? (Page 1 of 2)

Never seen one of these stickers.  Do you have any pictures?

Lemons is indeed using class stickers.  This is from today's race.

Good, Bad, and Ugly are A/B/C on the tech forms.  I imagine that these stickers are to let teams and/or other competitors whom they are really racing.

Our first Lemons race in 08, the classes were SW (should win), CW (could win), and NPW (No Prayer of Winning). 

I got the feeling that the stickers were something that Phil came up with and had done for this race, as Jay seemed to not exactly know what was going on with them at the start of tech. But it was kind of cool to see the cars with the stickers on the back of them as you go around the track. And frustrating when my crappy driving in a "B" car couldn't set up and complete a "C" class car.

As always, it's the archer, not the arrow...

We were an "A" car and we didn't finish the race. 

We didn't even finish the first day.

Of course we were doing pretty well until the motor started making very loud noises.

You can't overheat an old L-series straight 6 without consequences.

Hmmm... I kind of like it!  I wonder if this will be applied to all races from here on out or if this is only for the one race.

Lemons has had three classes for years now. Win your class, win a trophy. Since nobody seemed to know this (in spite of the class trophies given out at every awards ceremony), Judge Scott was kind enough to print up some class stickers for us, and we slapped them on during the BS Inspection.

How do we determine your car's class? We could use a thick-ass rule book and agonize over it for hours, or we could eyeball the car for 7 seconds and then decide. Guess which method we use?

Generally, all E30s and Miatas get Class A (aka Class 1 aka Class Good), along with non-sucky Integras, late-model Civics/Integras, RX-7s, and the like. We might put exceptionally nice Golfs, Mustangs, 944s, Neons, Escorts, etc in A as well. Class B (aka Class 2 aka Class Bad) gets the entries that tend to be fast/unreliable or slow/reliable, as well as extremely terrible E30s, crazy engine swaps that might hold together, and so on.

Class C (aka Class 3 aka Class Ugly) is actually our favorite class, and we tend to agonize the most when deciding between B and C for a car. If you're not in Class C, you probably have no realistic shot at the Index Of Effluency, and the battle for Class C tends to be very exciting at every race (pay attention to the Cs at your next race and you'll see that the struggle usually comes down to the last couple of laps). Nearly all British cars make it into Class C, along with really old cars, GM luxo-barges, Festivas, Rabbit Diesels, Peugeots, GM X bodies, Chrysler K cars, etc.

And THIS is why we were excited when we were 'demoted' to class B.  We'll never make class C.  But at least we're not racing a good car. 'Good' cars are for those who aren't trying. (Or the clueless. Clueless folks try, but don't know how hopeless it is. Everyone gets a pass for the first race.)

I thought the class stickers are a great idea.  I think they got some of the faster car to think about not dive bombing into a corner on the c car and to wait for the straight.  Where they knew they could easily walk away.  Or atleast that it the way it seemed from in the truck.

it's at least a 14hr race...should you be dive bombing any car, class a, b, c or z?