Oopps, sorry Doug,
Wasn't implying that anyone can get preferential treatment. Comp Coupes and
Altereds are in the same Category, but do have very different class rules.
Your absolutely right about spoiler stuff being the same for both. Chines on
the other hand are kind of in no-mans land. Hell there isn't anything in the
book about chines. Are yours mounted to the frame or body? I seem to
remember George Potter chiseling his off the body on his Modified Sports
this year.
I don't think SCTA is trying to make rules Easy or Hard just fair & equal
for all. And on this list were really just trying to help each other
understand. Hey Doug I applaud your creativity. By the way Smokey's
interpretation of the NASCAR or Indy rules often got him in a lot of
trouble. Which didn't stop him from trying however.
John Beckett
-----Original Message-----
From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>
To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>john - thanks for your input - your thoughts on the frame issue are well
>received. yes , the spoiler is at the maximum chord dimension of 10
>inches as stated in the rules, and the leading edge of it is ahead of the
>trailing edge of the trunklid. so thats ok (as i read the rules) , i guess
>i look at it as the spoiler issue boils down to a difference in
>interpretations of "surface" , as i would call a basic cube shape having 6
>sides but only one surface - really, any shape has only one surface if you
>stop and think about it. i naturally assumed that one surface was
>interpreted the way NHRA drag racing interprets it - wouldnt you if this
>was your first land speed ride after dragging the same car? and WOW
>!!!!!!- the statement that comp coupe - which is in the same modified
>category as altered - gets more "lee way" when we both must comply to the
>same rules on these two items hits hard, real hard. -that is not right.
>THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN SPOILER OR "CHINE" APPLICABILITY BETWEEN THES TWO
>CLASSES.- COULD ANYBODY ON THIS FORUM PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE IN THE SCTA
>RULES - ANYWHERE - WRITTEN - UNWRITTEN - PAST- PRESENT - THAT THIS IS TRUE
>???- PLEASE. i think if smokey yunik ever built an altered for land speed
>racing exactly per those scta written rules, he would blow so many holes in
>that rulebook that it would make anyones head spin. if scta wrote these
>rules to be not too restrictive as i have heard so many times , then why
>are they so oppositly restrictive when someone realistically interprets one
>word differently while fully complying with them, and its the same exact
>way a major drag racing santioning body interprets it also. sorry- but i
>dont think im out of line on these two items.
>
>
>this wasnt targeted at just you john, i guess i just got up on the
>governor, im cool now- thanks again for your view- most appreciated
>
>positive regards to all, i mean no disrespect to ANYONE in case anyone took
>it that way - ok ?
>doug @ black radon engineering
>
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