I'm just trying to figure out which way to go! I left drag racing to move to
a less restrictive form of racing (SCTA). I have heard others on the list
echo similar sentiments regarding the NHRA and how many racers despise what
they have come to represent in the name of hot rodding. It all goes back to
how the rules are interpreted. I have received at least 5 DIFFERENT personal
interpretations of the rules regarding a rear spoiler in the altered class.
Again, whenever there is a gray area, how does each person read the rule?
For a competitor who already has a rear spoiler of a particular design,
he'll read the rule in his favor. I get the impression that there will be a
rule change, or clarification, in one direction or another, regarding
Spoilers on both Altereds and Competition Coupes for the 2000 season. I have
seen rules changed to allow competitors to try new ideas that were
previously illegal for the altered class in the past. Many have suggested we
take that approach, but again, our spoiler is not illegal as I see it and
therefore didn't even think twice about lobbying for a rule change. We're
not trying to cheat, or break the rules, and if I had something to hide, I
certainly wouldn't have put pictures of anything questionable on the BLACK
RADON ENGINEERING Homepage. We haven't even teched our car yet, and the
controversy we're generating is only from a couple of pictures.
Unfortunately I feel as though we're already off to a great start making
friends with the SCTA Inspectors, and other members of this list. At the
rate we're going here at BLACK RADON, we'll be racing with no rear spoiler
at all, or be forced to run for time only. I guess my point is that the
people that I idolize in the world of motorsports are those who consistently
think outside the box, people who push the boundaries to break new ground.
Along those lines, my brother, father and I want to bring that attitude with
us to the salt and I get the impression it's already hurting us.
Darrell Ferguson
BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
# 939 BBFALT
http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon <http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon>
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas E. Bryant [SMTP:saltracer@awwwsome.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 3:03 PM
To: Ferguson, Darrell
Cc: 'Jim Dincau'; dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com;
boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rules
I understand that a tag in an early NHRA Rule Book was: "If it
doesn't
say you can, you can't." Just another way of looking at the rules!
Tom
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