Don Queen wrote:
>
> Most of the citizen resistance to racing has to do with noise.
>
> Nothing, in my humble opinion, matches the sweet roar of my Alfa with an
> open exhaust at 7500 rpm, but --- I blew 110 db at Sears last month.
>
> The reality is that my laptimes are NOT affected by adding my FlowMaster
> system and with that setup I can run Laguna at 92 db.
>
> I think all our clubs need to be more proactive on noise and drag all of us
> (me included) to the realization that if we are to continue to race in an
> ever more crowded environment, we've got to stop asking for an argument by
> making so damn much noise ! There are any number of systems available to
> correct the problem. If we put a small percentage of our engineering efforts
> into noise reduction, I think we would be welcome by the locals or maybe
> even go unnoticed.
Often times the driving force behind it is a developer. Sometimes its
not just being able to build houses all around the track, but also to
get all the land, including the track site, for development.
Tom M
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