Malcom, I suppose Lennox Lewis is NOT the undisputed WORLD heavy weight
champion because the NABF did not sanction his title match????????????????????
Joe :)
Malcolm Pittwood wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Due to the time difference with Britain I will not be able to join the 3 am
> chat with a working day to follow.
> Just to help the topic of BNI/SCTA/USFRA times for runs, working time in
> impound and FIM & FIA record attempts, heres by two pence worth.
> If your club or sanctioning body is not an affiliated body of the FIA or
> FIM then why worry what you call your records. To these two World
> governing bodies you are just running club events for "local" records -
> that may offend some of your organisers and many of the racers but that is
> how they are seen. Remember there is no differentiation by body style in
> their rules, only capacity divisions. Your 'local' record in the classes
> may be faster than the FIA or FIM listings but these two bodies will never
> ever acknowledge them as International/World records.
> On four wheels, as Mike Jenkins explained last week there is only one
> "World Record" - the Thrust SSC outright speed of 763.035 mph. On two
> wheels there are FIA World Records for ALL capacity classes for the
> variety of distances and duration records.
> ACCUS is one USA based FIM affiliated organisation as is USAC but I do not
> know if they have any input into anything other than individual ouright
> records. Perhaps someone could explain from your side of the pond why they
> are not at Bonneville ? The AMA is the USA motorcycle affiliated body and
> they seem to interact only with the "Land Speed Authority" organisation.
> Is that so ?
> The 'four hour maintenance working rule' in impound makes little sense to
> me, as the return run to achieve a record is the day following the first
> pass any way.
> The FIA 1 hour ruling and the FIM 2 hour ruling for 1 mile timed distances,
> is to ensure that the two runs occur in (almost) stable conditions on one
> day - much more difficult to do ? Because little work is allowed by either
> sanctioning body except general safety checks and maintenance on the
> vehicle between runs you do not need time to "rebuild the vehicle from the
> ground up".
> With strong comments expressed on the list I do not expect to see any
> changes in the way the USA do things in general at Bonneville meetings.
> Some US racers will dip deep into their pockets to get International
> (FIA/FIM) recognition because they can rightly be compared directly with
> the best of the past. Brits will come across to your US deserts to set
> World Records in their own events. Bonneville Speed Week will continue
> for another 50 years as a wonderful sporting event. Can anyone see this
> changing ?
> Have a good chat tonight.
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
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