Solo 2 Classification Help

[Jean]

you mis-understood. what i meant was whether the determination of which class you can run in factors in driver skill. i.e. being an autox noob, can i run with other noobs and not experts? thats how DE works typically, but i guess this is actually competitive hence the rules.

Not all local chapters have a "Novice" class. Basically on top of all the classes they would have a -N class, so something like GS-N (as in G Stock - Novice), and I believe that only works with Stock and maybe STX classes but not SM and the like.

[hoyabmw]

tks. so if i put my airbag wheel back on i can run in STX? what are the pros/cons vis a vis the two classes and should i care ?

From the mods you have listed, yes. The advantage of running STX would be running against other cars on 'street tires' (in quotes b/c the really competitive fast ST guys run Yok Advan Neovas or Falkens, and some of them trailer the tires to the event so they are just as bad as running R comps...) Not that it matters to you at the moment, but STX also allows big brake kits, which are illegal in SP trim.

As a novice, you're not likely to be competing for trophies anyway, and the smaller wheel definitely makes it easier to steer quickly (my airbag wheel is in the garage somewhere)

I'd say run whichever one has more people in it since that will give you more of an idea of where you stand.

[hoyabmw]

How did you do at Maryland State Police?
Was working.

I lost FTD to a couple of SM Hondas, but easily beat all the BMWs. I'm still not sure why we let them in :)

[kishg]

thanks for the info guys. I think i'm just going to show up and see where i can run. There's a bmwcca event as well as scca coming up in may in nj. should be fun!

[Jean]

Kind of right. You forgot the ST classes, which are meant to fall between Stock and SP. Many of the front runner SP cars are trailered to events and not street legal any more. SP rules allow modifications which make cars highly unliveable for the street.

The set of classes really is:
Stock (A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H)
ST (S,S2,X,U)
SP (A,B,C,D,E,F)
SM/SM2
Prepared (X,B,C,D,E,F,G)
Modified (A,B,C,D,E,F)

It's kind of hard to say you progress directly from one to another--an E36 M3 will run BS, BSP, FP. A 318is runs GS,DSP. 325e/i runs DS,DSP.
I don't remember the Prepared and Modified classings off the top of my head. ST and SM have a different set of rules such that you really would need to check the rulebook to figure out exactly where they run. MOST 325s will run in STX.

The key to remember with the rule book: If it doesn't say that you CAN change something or run something, then you can't.

Not to beat the dead horse, but just to clarify. The early 318i's (SOHC, not DOHC 318s) are to run in FSP/FP and not DSP is that correct ?

Also, when does one decide to run in OSP ?

[hoyabmw]

Not to beat the dead horse, but just to clarify. The early 318i's (SOHC, not DOHC 318s) are to run in FSP/FP and not DSP is that correct ?

That's right.

Also, when does one decide to run in OSP ?

No idea. It's not a nationally recognized class, so I haven't ever heard of it. The National SP classes were listed in my original post.

[Jean]

That's right.

No idea. It's not a nationally recognized class, so I haven't ever heard of it. The National SP classes were listed in my original post.

Cool, thank you. Yes, the "OSP" is a local class for cars that don't fall into any other classification.