philstireservice Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Can you post his email address? [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce L. Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 ummm, where are Toyo's made? I guess you're just saying that buying Toyo's supports NASA, which is good goal. However, yokohama's contingency potentially increases participation in NASA, so that achieves a good end also. bruce Hinted at by Scotty B, but I'll be more direct: How about some "Buy Amercian" loyalty? I'm not some political nut by any means, but why not support ourselves? To those that can choose tire brand, how about it? FYI, I am a very happy Toyo owner and have a set on my Ford Escape. Why? two reasons: They support NASA and They support NASA. I am prepared to be roasted for my views. So be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstreit911 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Thank you for passing along his email address. I certainly encourage everyone here to write him with a Thank you. A ground-swell of thank yous is certainly warranted and if it also helps our cause, doubly worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgordonsenior Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Looks like the Hoosier contingency for SCCA didn't change for 2010. Hopefully we'll be in the same boat.... http://scca.com/documents/contingency//10-Hoosier-Club-Nat.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemming Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 My fingers are crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstreit911 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I got a really nice thank you note from Jeff last week. His response sounded encouraging and I expect that we'll be hearing good news soon. It's not to late to write and thank them for their support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgordonsenior Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Heard rumor today from industry source that it's going to be 7 in class for 2 tires, 1 tire for 3 in class. Hopefully that's incorrect but we'll see soon enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric W. Posted January 29, 2010 Members Share Posted January 29, 2010 https://www.hoosiertire.com/NASAawdg.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgordonsenior Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 That's what I had heard... Last year here in So Cal, the GTS3 class had 7 cars racing only 5 times out of 16 races. Out of those 5 races, 4 times the car that became the "7th" car only raced with us once all year. Weird statistic.... None of our other GTS classes came close to hitting 7 participants even once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric W. Posted January 29, 2010 Members Share Posted January 29, 2010 That's what I had heard... Last year here in So Cal, the GTS3 class had 7 cars racing only 5 times out of 16 races. Out of those 5 races, 4 times the car that became the "7th" car only raced with us once all year. Weird statistic.... None of our other GTS classes came close to hitting 7 participants even once. Here in MidAtlantic we get enough in GTS2 and GTS3 normally. Not so much for GTS4 or 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSCoupe Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Wow, I have to say I'm really disappointed in our contingency compared to the SCCA's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG1901 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 for what it's worth, I looked at the Great Lakes GTS events for last year and here are the particpication numbers by class by race: GTS1: 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 9, 9, 0, 0 GTS2: 9, 9, 8, 10, 10, 0, 0, 2, 8, 8, 11, 9, 8, 8 GTS3: 3, 3, 3, 5, 3, 0, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 7, 7, 6 GTS4: 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2 GTS5: 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4 These are in season order. The three tracks here are Putnam (P), Mid-Ohio (M), and Grattan (G), in this order: M, M, M, P, P, G, G, G, M, M, M, M, P, P Bold numbers are races that would be tire-eligible with the 2010 contingency. Bold red entries are at the higher 2010 contingency tier. Clearly GTS2 and 3 are the places to be for tires in the Great Lakes region GTS. In fact, except for Grattan, all GTS2 races were contingency-eligible last year at the higher tier. For 2010, I think we're going to see larger GTS1 fields for most races which will make them pretty consistantly tire-eligible, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosm3os Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 We are expecting 7+ cars at every event for GTS3 in the Midwest as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemming Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Still a great program and I thank Hoosier for continuing to support NASA racers. Now, we need some more GTS3 racers in the SE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstireservice Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Wow, I have to say I'm really disappointed in our contingency compared to the SCCA's. How so??.....very few of the NASA classed cars could race with SCCA National. Gotta sell more tires than you give away !!!, or else it's not a win win !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSCoupe Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Wow, I have to say I'm really disappointed in our contingency compared to the SCCA's. How so??.....very few of the NASA classed cars could race with SCCA National. Gotta sell more tires than you give away !!!, or else it's not a win win !! A national event is one thing, and that doesn't surprise me, but their regional events have a better contingency, whereas last year I believe they were the same. And I see your point about needing to sell more tires than they give away. Too bad AI, CMC, and 944Spec can't run them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstireservice Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Wow, I have to say I'm really disappointed in our contingency compared to the SCCA's. How so??.....very few of the NASA classed cars could race with SCCA National. Gotta sell more tires than you give away !!!, or else it's not a win win !! A national event is one thing, and that doesn't surprise me, but their regional events have a better contingency, whereas last year I believe they were the same. And I see your point about needing to sell more tires than they give away. Too bad AI, CMC, and 944Spec can't run them... SCCA Regionals have no Hoosier contingency at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSCoupe Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 SCCA Regionals have no Hoosier contingency at all.... Hmm, I could have sworn I saw contingencies for regional events. Ok, well, then I retract everything I said. Yeay Hoosier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgordonsenior Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Yokohama has a contingency out West for slicks with NASA. It takes 5 cars in class to qualify, but the winner gets 3 tires per day. Is that contingency valid in other parts of the country? It's awfully tempting out West where we only had 4 GTS races with 7 cars in any class last year. I may switch to our ST2 class which usually gets 5 entries and I could run the Yokes. Based on last year times I would be competitive.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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