SCCA Nonsense.. regarding Z4

postmaster · #1 (**permalink**) 09-19-2003, 07:19 PM

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From: "KMS - Brett Anderson"
To: "UUC Digest" ; "e30 m3 list"
; "bubbas" ;
"association Forum"
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:22 PM
Subject: [uuc] Need h*lp ASAP. Please read and react.

> We found out an hour ago that the SCCA has withdrawn the eligibility of
the
> Z4 in SSB. The cars are at the National Championships right now.
>
> TC Kline, Jim Leithauser of Bimmerhaus, and Dave Nielsen in a KMS prepared
> car, were all told the car was eligible, they were allowed to qualify, and
> because they ended up in the first three positions, the Mazda Miata crowd
> went bezerk.
>
> The result of several days of protests was for the SOM (Stewards of the
> meet) to rule in favour of the Z4, as the car has followed all the rules
of
> eligibility. The Chief steward, a few hours ago, over ruled the SOMs and
> disqualified the car.
>
> His reasoning was that a printing delay in the cars specs proved it
> ineligible. The specs were published in April of this year, although the
> comp board showed their meeting minutes for December 16 2002 to have
> classified the car before the Dec 31 deadline.
>
> This printing delay has happened before on several occasions, at least
once
> in this class, with the Acura RSX. The Chief Steward dismissed the
> precedent set by these previous occurrences and disqualified the car.
>
> It's our belief that Mazda corporate became involved, and this is a
> political decision. The Mazda Miata has ruled this class for the last 9
> years, and they don't like the idea of having to race against a completive
> car.
>
> I'm asking for the help of everyone on these lists. Forward this list to
> any others you're on. Following is a list of email addresses of people
who
> have the combined ability to reverse this decision before race time at 1pm
> tomorrow (Saturday 20th). This decision can be reversed up to 5 minutes
> before the race time.
>
> Please send an email expressing your disappointment in the actions of the
> Chief steward to each of these addresses. Note that many mail servers
will
> reject more than about 20 email addresses, so you may have to break the
list
> up. The list is in order of priority, with the president of SCCA at the
> top, Executive director next and so on, so if you can only send a few,
start
> at the top. All of the really important people are above the break in the
> list.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> Brett Anderson
> KMS
>
>
> president@scca.com
> aquaney@scca.com
> JMartinsen@scca.com
> APorterfield@scca.com
> TCampbell@scca.com
> GPitts@scca.com
> RSchader@scca.com
> DSherrod@scca.com
> CClark@scca.com
> BHoltz@scca.com
> ESkirmants@scca.com
> KPatterson@scca.com
> KBarnes@scca.com
> BWeston@scca.com
> PMellor@scca.com
> Chuck72151@aol.com
> cdunias@msn.com
> ddcsmc@swbell.net
> PClarke@scca.com
> BCohn@scca.com
>
>
> JThoennes@scca.com
> wmccormick@scca.com
> HDuncan@scca.com
> BLundquist@scca.com
> GMudd@scca.com
> NMcmaster@scca.com
> EPrill@scca.com
> ckitchen@scca.com
> mflesher@scca.com
> SAbrahams@scca.com
> MAtchison@scca.com
> DWeekes@scca.com
> WGrillo@scca.com
> MDickerson@scca.com
> KCowen@scca.com
> JFarwell@scca.com
> SDowns@scca.com
> sgrammer@scca.com
> CCarter@scca.com
> NFarhner@scca.com
> TArmstrong@scca.com
> HMartin@scca.com