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FM: rule changes

In our results from 2015-09-19 to 2019-10-05.

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Keep Formula Mazda as Own Group Please

#28240 from Bruce Semler · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044, #28047, and #28049 in the
February 2020 Fastrack Minutes. Entrants are free to organize an unofficial championship for Formula
Mazda competitors within the FX class or to otherwise recognize Formula Mazda competitors'
performance in FX.

Please keep FM as a standalone spec class for 2020

#28219 from William Sturgeon · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Request 1 yr probation

#28217 from Bruce Carpenter · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Request probation for FM

#28215 from Derry O'Donovan · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Request for 2020 Probation for FM as Stand Alone Class

#28213 from Brad Drew · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Opposes FM to FX

#28211 from Jim Mali · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Opposes FM Class Change

#28209 from Jerry Dutch Schultz · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Request one-year probationary status for FM

#28208 from Stewart. Tabak · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.

Please reconsider moving Formula Mazda into FX

#28207 from Bill Weaver · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044, #28047, and #28049 in the
February 2020 Fastrack Minutes. Entrants are free to organize an unofficial championship for Formula
Mazda competitors within the FX class or to otherwise recognize Formula Mazda competitors'
performance in FX.

Opposed to Including FM In the Proposed Formula X Class

#28019 from Melvin Kemper · No action required · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the response to letter #27793, January 2020 Fastrack Board of
Directors Minutes, which was approved as recommended in the Board of Directors' December 2019
meeting, and the response to letter #27903, January 2020 Fastrack Technical Bulletin.

Support for FX Class

#27964 from Robert Wright · No action required · Minutes (2020-01 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board appreciates your comments.

New FM2 Class Proposal

#27712 from Moses Smith · Recommended to the Board · Minutes (2020-01 Fastrack)

The FMZR will be classed in FA upon proof of compliance with GCR 9.4.5 Roll Cage Specification, other
applicable safety regulations, and submission of the specification list prepared by the FSRAC.

Request to introduce the PRO FM as FM2 class (similar to FE & FE2

#26228 from Ben Ditson · Not recommended · Minutes (2019-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board does not recommend this change. Please
see the response to letter #25654, January 2019 Fastrack Minutes.