For starters there was no '99 WOS. At the World Finals George lost a major
portion of his belly pan. He then had his crash on a later run. Should a
vehicle which changes its configuration not be allowed to run?
Much food for thought here.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: joe boogie <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> VERY GOOD POINT. OPEN MINDS ARE GOOD.
>
>
>>From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>Reply-To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:22:42 -0500
>>
>>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades" underneath at 99
>>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently
crashed,
>>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath our car
ARE
>>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any device
>>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car. technically
>>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our car will
>>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get one
>>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone at the
>>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is safety -
>>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record is
>>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat different
>>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age where you
>>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think the state
>>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or killed
>>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we showed up
with
>>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say 20
>>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference here
>>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually race on
the
>>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
>>
>>
>>regards-
>>doug @ black radon engineering
>>
>>
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