The only time you need to worry about strict legality for a given class is
Divisionals/Tours/Nationals
Locally, you can declare anything legal anywhere as long as it meets safety
minimums. Yeah, you can put a Phantom in H Stock if you want.
That said, I was all ready to dispute Eric's contention until I looked into
the rulebook -- a 3-wheeler might not fit the mandatory definitions.
1.2.1 (required section): "An automotive competition in which one CAR at a
time negotiates a prescribed course...." [emphasis mine -- and karts may not
be cars but have their own specific exceptions]
12.1 (definitions section) "Automobile (car): A self-propelled land vehicle
running on AT LEAST FOUR WHEELS...." [emphasis mine]
Probably could not even run a Morgan 3-wheeler under those definitions. And
FWIW, while we Britcar people might consider that Moggie just an odd car,
most states would license it as a motorcycle. Ditto the old Isetta
front-door 3-wheeler.
Yeah, I'm afraid I'd agree with Eric (and with equal regret). Unless he had
that letter with him, probably signed by Howard, Tasha, or Doug Gill --
sorry, but no.
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Linnhoff" <knuckledragger@kcweb.net>
To: "Autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>; "Evolution"
<evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:57 AM
Subject: T-Rex's legal for Solo2?
> http://www.go-t-rex.com/ is the vehicle in question.
>
> We had a guy show up to our local KC Region event who wanted to run his
> T-Rex yesterday. We didn't/couldn't allow it to run. He said he had "a
> letter from Topeka saying it's legal" but he didn't have it with him.
>
> I don't know. It sure doesn't meet the AM rules (the only class where I
can
> reasonably assume it might even begin to fit) by virtue of only having
three
> wheels and not having a SCCA-legal roll bar structure.
>
> We hated to turn the guy away, but we just couldn't let him run it without
> knowing if it's legal.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> '98 Dodge Neon STS #69
> www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger
> "In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French;
> I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language."
> Mark Twain
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