Zone 8 Rules proposals

[Steve Grosekemper]

For those of you who are not aware of how the competition rules work, there is a rules proposal page on the zone 8 website that allows you to voice opintions on rules changes for 2006 competition year.

http://www.pca.org/zone8/rules_discussi ... sPage1.htm

The proposals have been coming in and we have quite a list, 19 proposals to date.

Proposal deadline is 7-21-05 so there is a good 3 months left to add your ideas.

Then on 7-31-05 the comments page will be open for discussion.

Here is an example of some of the rules changes:
More refinement to s/s classes
Making stock a 0-8 point class
G-class to 944 only (kicking out those pesky 911s)
Adding a 13/13 rule policy
Expanded tire size penalty (Dan A. should read this one)
Changing the "R" classes
To name just a few...

Check these out and maybe you will come up with a proposal of your own. Don't be shy!

Only you can make this process work.

Steve Grosekemper
Zone 8 Rules page Editor
www.pca.org/zone8/

[Curt]

I think Tom Tweeds proposal about motor swaps in the early cars is a no brainer. It's the ONLY thing that makes sense. Take for example, a '72 911 T, E or S and pull the motor out and the cars are identical. Throw a 3.2 motor in the S and it's hardly any points at all, but throw the 3.2 in the T and it's like 97 points or something! According to PCA Zone 8, a 911T with a stock 3.2 in it should run in the American LeMans Series.

After the motor is removed, there is no difference between early 911's from the same year regardless of their initial T, E or S designation. POC's rules on the update/backdate possibilities of these cars have addressed this issue perfectly.

Also Gulf Blue and Gulf Orange combined on the same car should be 6 points!

[Red Rooster]

Great point Curt.

[Curt]

Thanks John, but this is Tom Tweeds proposal from last year and it wasn't accepted for some reason.

[ttweed]

I'm going to submit it again this year, Curt, because I believe it makes sense. I did forget about adding the Gulf Blue and Orange paint penalty, and I think we also need something that bumps black SCs with 3.6 engines directly into AR...

TT