[Ron Ortiz]

Several years ago when you entered Indy you did not know who else had entered. You showed up and was ready to run who you had to run and hope that luck went your way. If no one was in your class, great, you are going to qualify for the big show. If there was another competitor in your class, well may the best person win and qualify for the big show. The Internet has brought information to our hands instantaneously. We know who has entered and in what class, and what their previous times have been in different weather conditions. We are well informed about the current situations. But it still is Indy and you never know who is going to change classes. I really do not believe that there are individuals that sit there and wait to see what class has no one in it and then attempt to enter in that class for the sake of being a qualfied entrant one month before the race. If there is, there might be one or two at the most, but hey it is a 128 car field, it is not going to impact it that much. Alot of combos have the luxury of being able to run different classes. Do these people change their classes to avoid certain individuals that are capable of out running them. Is not this the same principal of choosing a less populated class to avoid competition.
Quit blaming people for running obscure classes with the intent of just to qualify for Indy and win class when there are numerous cars capable of running multiple classes and changing their class for better positioning. If you really want to be a qualified entrant just put a stick in the car, there are not as many G/S cars as there is G/SA cars.(insert any letter designation)
Indy should be a CLASS winner qualified field and the remaining fastest entries as it was before. Somebody changed this rule out of the blue, who, why? Sounds like alot of people that run in a highly populated class.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA bored with boards.