He's the guy we are trying to GET to go to Nationals, trying to GET to be
more involved.
Especially if he seems to be a talent that others WOULD give a rat's butt
about.
Why do we need to throw financial roadblocks in his path?
The shop manual rule was a good and sensible rule in its day. It is not our
fault that the manufacturers have made it such a difficult thing (and in
their defense, it has become so in many ways because of liability issues,
but that doesn't solve our problem).
The old -- OLD -- shop manual (or documentation) rule simply no longer works
as intended. Too many variables, too many loopholes, too many cases of
patent unfairness (what costs me tens of dollars costs you thousands). It is
no longer a level playing field. Not our fault that it isn't, but our duty
to fix it. Putting greater impositions on the competitors is NOT the fix. A
greater flexibility to deal with protest situations is. IMHO.
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>
To: "autox mailing list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: shop manuals
> Howdy,
>
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Rocky Entriken wrote:
> > Remember, those of us discussing this are already diehard motorheads and
> > committed to the sport for the most part. The fellow I am talking about
> > above is the newbie, the fellow who may be inclined but is not yet
> > convinced to make autocrossing a passion instead of a pastime. This is
> > the guy for whom buying his own helmet is a big financial commitment.
> > And you're going to tell him the rules require owning a book (or
> > whatever documentation) at a price of 4-5 helmets?
>
> Is that guy going to nationals, expecting to do well enough that anyone
> would give a rat's butt about him?
>
> Then yeah, I'd tell him to get the manuals at the cost of 4 or 5 helmets.
>
> For the other 99.9% of the new folks, don't worry about it yet.
>
> :-)
>
> Mark
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