Well said, Carl.
--Pat Kelly
Carl Merritt wrote:
> > Next time
> > I see them doing that I'll make sure to mention this to them.
> > Or better yet,
> > could this be mentioned at the drivers meetings before the runs?:)
>
> Not easily...you see officially "the powers that be" really don't care if
> one car or another is in spec for a class or not, there are just too many
> rules and too many classes to police properly. Therefore enforcement of the
> rules is %100 challenge based. So it's entirely up to your competitors to
> comb your car for illegal gear (tires just being one way to cheat) and
> protest, and the inverse is equally true.
>
> However, I would suggest not initially taking a combative stance and
> assuming they are knowingly cheating. For instance I have seen several
> OSP-Rookie people think that any DOT legal tire is fine for OSP cars
> (reading through the sups shows this mistake is understandable, though still
> a mistake), but a simple factual explanation of the rules, along with a
> gentile nudge that if they don't shape up an official protest will soon
> follow, usually turns them around. If they don't get a clue, well then,
> protest away; but personally I like to give people the benefit of the doubt
> first.
>
> -Carl
>
> > In a message dated 6/13/2000 10:10:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > cmerritt@ati.com writes:
> >
> > << Uh...no.
> >
> > By "Rookie Modified and Prepared Class" they mean A-Prepared
> > through F-Prep,
> > and A-Modified through F-Mod. The reason being that you
> > just can't find 120
> > Treadwear rated tires for completely non-street vehicles
> > like formula cars
> > and crazy stuff like that. So in no way should this special
> > allowance be
> > translated to Street Touring, Street Modified, Street Prepared, or
> > OSP-Rookie, and therefore anybody who uses R tires in those
> > rookie classes
> > are clearly protest bait.
> >
> > -Carl >>
> >
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