Anthony Porta wrote:Ed. I have always had my mazdaspeed. Which by most accounts is not a competitive car in any form (although I have yet to see one in fp). That being said I have found that I can compete in several kinds of classes. Bsp, cst and now spc. I still have faith I can make it competitive nationally. Yes it may take years more, but I won't know unless I try. I believe you can make your car a winner too.
Hi Anthony! Great drive on Sunday. Wow!
Regarding your post, although I totally appreciate and agree with your comment, the thread was never about me OR my car being competitive. Those things will come in time. Particularly since we only just this past week purchased our 2001 NB. We were very happy with our results on Sunday considering neither of us had driven this car until then. Particularly, since it has neither the benefit of shocks or alignment.
The reason for the thread is about having a class of "like" cars to compete against; namely E Street where a "stock" Miata belongs. As of this past Sunday, there are at least 5 or 6 cars ready to run E Street right now. They don't like being grouped, so they run time only. Most are NB Miatas. At least one is a NA driven by some crazy Sanchez dude.
I know there are more exotic classes, where the Big Dogs prefer to play, but for a lot of reasons, there are also those that prefer "stock" class, myself and my wife included.
BTW, I cannot tell you how close we came to purchasing a 2004 Mazdaspeed. But, in the end, there were too many issues to deal with to have ANY Mazdaspeed run competitively in E Street; all of which would have likely been illegal.