Well, whatever a Scoobi is -- first line of Appendix B says "'Bumping' is
not approved for championship events."
So, if the car is not classed in that class, no you can't at Nationals. Or
Tours, or Divisionals. The bump order is there as a guideline for Regional
(local) event use.
However -- and this has been done -- you break your car at the Pro or
Warmup, you can then substitute another car and CHANGE CLASSES if need be.
That's a registration issue, not a competition issue. In fact, you don't
even need to break. "I was entered in X Stock, but Joe Herodriver offered to
let me be his tire warmer in AM and I am taking him up on it." It's
happened, many times.
If, however, my DP Spitfire broke at Nationals (which has happened more than
once!), I could run my bone-stock (H Stock) Spitfire in DP because the
Spitfire is specifically classed in DP and nothing says I have to do all
that is allowed to prepare it. But if I drove a BP Corvette and broke it, I
could not borrow a CP Camaro to substitute for it (but could at a regional
event). I have, however, jumped into other cars entered in DP to finish
Nationals, and also provided mine when a DPL competitor broke hers.
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Washburn" <washburn@dwave.net>
To: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: autox question
>
> > Remember, the ultimate purpose here is to go have fun with cars. If it
is
> > raining, perhaps that closed car with a windshield and wipers would be
more
> > fun than an open-wheeler burying itself in its own rooster tails. Does
it
> > really matter so much to make an issue out of it? What's the worst that
> > could happen -- he shifts to your class and you know he'll likely win
it? He
> > could just as easily have done that anyway from the outset -- say his
car
> > was at home broke that weekend so he brought the daily driver instead.
>
> So if I'm in CM and it's raining, I could jump in a prepped Scoobi and go
> out and beat up on the class? Locally maybe, but I think not at a
National
> event. I think that's a possibility. Otherwise, I agree with your
> philosophy and the fact the local regions can and do deviate from these
> guidelines often.
>
> Patrick Washburn
> C-Tech Trailer Cabinets
> Designed for the Racer
> Wausau, WI
> www.racecabinet.com
> 715-355-8842
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