Doug and list:
I saw that part in the rule book requiring a driver in
the car when car is jacked and gear is engaged. Great
idea and safe too. What I was thinking about had to do
with cars sporting marginal brakes. At least some of
the lakesters I have seen, have marginal breaks. My
lakester has rear breaks only and are good primarily
for rolling the car around and maybe a little speed
scrub after a pass. I wouldn't count on them to hold
the car under power while in gear, especially if the
tires are rotating and it should come off the jack.
OK, I can hear the replies, "Never happened yet" and
"Nobody has ever gotten hurt". I hope it remains that
way.
Maybe competitors are not supposed to buzz the engine
while in gear but some do. I have witnessed this first
hand. The point is, marginal breaks may not hold the
car if it comes off the jack.
John
--- Doug Odom <popms@thegrid.net> wrote:
> John, I have always been told you must have a
> driver in the car when the
> motor is running, jackstands or not. Thats the way I
> have always done it anyway.
>
> Doug Odom in big ditch
>
> John Goodman wrote:
>
> > "Part of the pre-run procedure should be to jack
> the
> > car up and run the gears thus warming the trans
> and
> > diff, manual or auto? - don't matter."
> >
> > Dan, I certainly understand the need to do this
> but I
> > have never quite understood why it is allowed. To
> a
> > newcomer like myself, the practice of jacking the
> car,
> > putting it in gear and buzzing the engine seemed
> very
> > unsafe to me. I could only imagine what would
> happen
> > if the car came off the jack! And this advise
> coming
> > from a guy who caught me trying to sneak an SFI-5
> > drivers suit into a car requiring SFI-15 (LOL).
> >
> > John Goodman
> >
>
>
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