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Old 10 May 2005, 15:06 (Ref:1297579)   #30
Anuauto
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Anuauto has a lot of promise if they can keep it on the circuit!
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Originally Posted by Steve Wilkinson
Regional Variations as to what is a Mod Prod (e.g. some areas allow Vauxhall engined Escorts in as Mod Prods!)
? - Modprod is an MSA national category defined in GR's - always has been since introduced in 1991. No regional variations exist, other than different capacity class splits (only in SW) and the separation of saloons,sports cars and kit cars already referred to. The fact that some cars with non-orignal blocks may have run in the category is down not just to lack of eligibility scrutineering but clear hostility of many organisers to any request to enforce what should be clearly understood regulations which some people have spent good money complying with. To be able to look around the paddock at a major venue and see at a glance that every car in a particular Modprod class is not fitted with the original block is a scandal that the Speed event world should be totally ashamed of. It will not be taken seriously until it gets its act together on that aspect and either eases its regs (to allow minor overbore of true original blocks) or enforces them. (A little bird reports the offending vehicle mentioned above was in fact moved to Sports Libre at Snetterton in an all too rare example of application of basic regs!)
As for Roadgoing cars, the belated MSC attempt to write acceptable GRs was flawed by failure to listen to those pointing out the full implications of the minimum production quantities used. Hence few regions use the new Roadgoing GRs. The Sprint Leaders was never going to be viable for road cars under the system adopted so long as one region (now its worse this year, with others moving away from standardisation) was out of step on something as fundamental as List 1a tyres. Most (all?) British Championship Sprints and some Brit Ch Hillclimbs would not be viable without production car entries - and those that abide by the rules in those categories have been getting a raw deal for far too long.
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