Good morning:
Just got this reply to Charlie from Mac. I was pretty sure he spent a few
bucks on gears.
I'm sure he will not mind if I share with the list.
as always, yours for the sport,
Greg
>
> Delivered-To: samandgreg@mail-desm.uswest.net
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:09:36 -0500
> From: "Jane and Mac McDougal"
> To: "Charlie Mathews"
> Cc: "colan arnold" ,
> "Sam Greg Scharnberg"
> Subject: RE: Proposed rule change
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
>
> Having received a copy of you E-mail of 4/13/01 concerning the proposed rule
> change to allow modified classes to run without reverse gear, I thought it
> important that I got my two cents worth in. I have no idea who requested the
> Events Board consider the rule change, but I can say, unequivocally, that I
> am nowhere near smart enough to figure out how I could get more speed out of
> my car by removing the reverse idler. Further, I am approximately $1,600.00
> lighter in the wallet because the Swift's first gear is in such a position
> that it is not only possible, but highly probable that a missed shift will
> cause very expensive damage to the gear box. I have done it, not once, but
> twice. Once in Danville, Illinois and the other in Peoria. If you would like
> specific dates it will require a little research. Certainly I can go to the
> expense and effort to have a lockout made for reverse, but that seems rather
> counterproductive and expensive since all that is necessary is an exception
> to the rules that allow for the removal of the idler.
>
> I didn't realize that C-mod was full of schemers and cheaters, and if
this is
> the case I guess the rule change could only affect B-mod where the class is
> populated by gentlemen. IMHO cheaters will, presumably, continue to cheat,
> but I will continue to support the rule change.
>
> Mac
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