AutoX classification ?, Why is the 914 in C Stock? Options

[jetboy]

After some research of vehicles in the 914 class and what I think would be a more suitable (E or maybe even H stock) I looked at the power to weight ratio comparisons. It seems odd that a 914 car that is a 22lb per hp (for the 2.0) is classed with the 13-16lb per hp of the competion. Here is what i figured out for comparison on the attatchment  AutoX_914_Class_comparison.htm ( 13.45k ) Number of downloads: 246
. Does P/W ratio matter that little to lump the teener in with such a class?

[PeeGreen 914]

Because they hate us (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I have always wondered why our cars get in the classes they do, but oh well. We also get shafted in Sovern historics... if they even let us in.

[jhadler]

Because they hate us (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I have always wondered why our cars get in the classes they do, but oh well. We also get shafted in Sovern historics... if they even let us in.

Oh please...

The reason the 914 languishes in C-Stock is that hardly anyone has bothered to write letters to the SEB about it. Here's a brief history...

The 914 2.0L was one of the more DOMINANT cars in C-stock all the way up into the early '90's (14 National Championships). Right up until the 1.8L Miata was released. Blamo. Why didn't the 914 move? Because the people who were winning in them just stopped driving the 914's and moved onto the next car-du-jour. And the people who didn't switch cars, just stopped playing. C-Stock, since then, has seen the dominant car (Miata) get bigger wheels, bigger motors, better suspensions, and yet the 914 stays there. Why? Because there are so few people that are willing to make the effort to bring the issue up. The SEB (Solo Events Board) and SAC (Stock Advisory Council) have a ton of work all the time just dealing with cars that -aren't- 30+ years old. It's simply not on their radar. And will continue to be so until someone bothers brings it up.

The challenge is this: Where else would it go? Logic would dictate E-Stock. But that's a hard sell. Not impossible mind you, but tough. The 914 should be able to beat a 1.6L Miata half the time. Perfect match if you ask me. But there are a whole lot of 1.6L Miata owners and not anywhere near that many 914 owners that would run in a Stock class.

Oh yeah, and because the 914 has such a good history of wins in the past, there still exists an awful lot of knowledge about the cars on what is and what isn't legal for stock class competition. Rumor has it that there are only three or four stock class legal 914's left in the US. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

-Josh2