With the AGM looming and the strong potential for a switch to NASA classing rules, I thought it would be interesting to get a feel for what cars would be in what classes.
The classification process is slightly involving and does require some intimate knowledge of the preparedness of each individual car ... this makes it tough to guess what class someone else's car will land in.
The rules can be found here: http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules (http://"http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules")
There are some Excel spreadsheet calculators that can be used to assist you in figuring out what class your baby will be in.
I am not looking for anyone to divulge secrets that they do not wish divulged. So:
DO: Post the class your car is in under the current WCMA rules.
DO: Post the class you expect to be in under the NASA PT/ST rules
DO: Post Make / Model of your car (unless you truly don't want to)
I am going to put this on the CSCC forum and on the NASCC (straightpipe) forum
DON'T: Fill the thread up with too much discussion ... If it creates a bunch of debate, another thread could be started for that. The idea is to try to keep this as a reference list. If it becomes fairly well populated, as I hope it will, I (or someone) should tabulate the results from time to time ... this includes the CSCC and WCMA threads.
Try to keep things factual in so much as: being a car you currently own, a car you have owned and raced within the last few years (though it may be damaged or destroyed right now), a car that is genuinely under construction.
I am looking a preparing a car so mine is hypothetical at this time (I have the car, it does not have an engine).
Like most people, I don't have a dyno sheet I have made a reasonable educated guess of the WHEEL horsepower along with a guess as to what modifications I will be making.
WCMA class STU
NASA class PTC
Car Mazda RX7
FYI,
We are working on the same idea to bring with us to the AGM
Awesome ... My thought was to make the racers do some of the leg work for you. It is time consuming to class a bunch of cars, but not so bad to do one car that the owner knows quite well.
I also thought that it would give a good cross section of existing cars in a place where everyone can easily find them. This will mean that racers can make a choice to support at oppose a change from a place of information.