Mr.Bloom, i misspoke and or was misunderstood(actually i misread)....i am speaking only of a national championship series...you are right, P-class, A-class,,,even Z class should have a place to run and have a divisional series to win in the class. i apologize.

and buy having a more elite national series, your divisional racing would get better as well!

Thanks, and I agree. You need to have a group to start racing with, then step up from there. We need to pull these groups together to firm up dates so that races don't conflict and group together from time to time during the season as the GLSCS has done with OSS and put on some nice larger scale events. We are working now to join forces with the OPA group to bring the "P" class racers together. This is a start we'll see where it goes. Key West is a National Championship race. I'd love to see the day when the rules come together and the true UIM Championships can be brought back to the states.

Andrew Bloom

"I'd love to see the day when the rules come together and the true UIM Championships can be brought back to the states. "...so would i!...i really got excited when bob bull was talking about and international SCL class...WAY COOL!

[QUOTE]step up or stay home.
Well Joey, with that Phrase everyone except a few decided to stay home, that isnt to say you have a great boat with lots of test time as do the Ross's. It will take a lot to bring Factory class Back, Put a lid on your boat and move up to SV..

pete, if you read my post again, "that phrase" was intended for manufactures as it was when steve simon said it the first time.

i do not have a boat pete...the f2-21 was built as a f2 boat, not a sv...i do have a lot of input in the direction of jbs racing, but ultimately it is jeff's decision on what the team will do in 2005.

hey, if offing f2 at a national level is what they are going to do....so be it...just let us know sometime soon!

I understand Joe that it wasnt your statement, but needless to say that what the manufacture's did, was go home, it sucks to see that class die, but maybe thru your persistence it may come back.

MM, i have always been here just dont have the time right now, as i am in south america and dont have a computer all day long, but i will say this is a good thread, although it has gotten off the subject matter title. hope all is good in the motor city.

klaatu i don't who the hell you are or what your name means....but, i kinda like the way you talk ....i read and re-read the words: "scl and svl"...AND could not get past them. thinking;that's about the dumbest idea i ever heard....when i finally moved on to finish reading your sentence...i thought that's gota be the most logical thing way to do it from a fans view point.

i am all for p-class/grass roots racing,,,at a regional level.

while i agree with combining oss and apba would be great!....i do disagree with...offshore racing has seen many of these same problems for years.

i for one, am not going to ridicule ya...your posts seem to be very logical. i think a 'new' set of eyes on old problems can be very effective. 100 $hit ideas can lead to a great one, such as the above mentioned...thanks

damn,,,your sure are good at making people feel dumb!

i find it difficult to put faces with names here on this board. so please find me when you are at the next race

There are alot of ideas-motor changes and rule changes.What ever happened to Mercury? We use and help develope their products. It would be great to see them promoting races and offering $ or products as prizes.I know Im new to all this and dont know everything but I still think that if there was more race promotions,more advertising,better coverage,and more prizes to be won then more teams would be racing.

APBA gave Mercury a little cold shoulder when they brought GM Vortec into the picture. Mercury likes ot be big dog and need to be treated as such. You have to understand that the Hi. perf. business is so small it really doesn't impact their financials.