I have heard of the dealers (manufacturers?) sending agents to the
dragstrip, etc., and photographing the cars. Many of the drivers began
removing or covering their license plates when competing.
Lawnboy
No road - no problem - outta my way!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
To: ".Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: Big Brother is watching
> Here's a new one to me -- is this just urban legend or is it really
> happening?
>
> A driver in a Corvette Z06 came and ran his first event with us recently.
> Today he called me to ask that if our results would be posted on our
Region
> website, to please leave him out.
>
> The reason, he said, is that General Motors is reportedly surfing SCCA
> websites to see who is using their products in "racing" activities and
> voiding the warranties of those who do.
>
> I'd never heard of such a thing. My wife said she recalled a similar item
on
> some TV news show, that car and insurance companies were using the new
> tracking capabilities now available in some cars (Onstar?) to determine if
> drivers were exceeding speed limits or creating data showing hard
> acceleration/deceleration habits, and voiding warranties and insurance
> coverage.
>
> Is this real? Does anyone else know of this happening? If true, it is a
> disturbing thing that could impact our sport. I'd love to learn it is just
> Chicken Little running around again, but if the sky really is falling....
>
> --Rocky Entriken
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