Don's right. What is more important, that we get to "play" with our cars, or
make noise? I think we'd all agree that if we had to give one of them up, it
would be the noise. The time has arrived for mandatory noise abatement. It will
make us better neighbors and more competitive on the track, since all cars and
all races would be subject to similar requirements. And, I would also bet, that
if the noise requirements were universal we would soon have a variety of
mufflers to chose from that don't effect appearance and/or performance. Don't
get me wrong, I do feel like we would be giving up something to become better
neighbors. A quiet, 5 second funny car would not capture the same awe as they do
do now, but it is preferential to no races.
Craig Wright
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.
>
> But God don't it sound good !
>
> Don
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