Howdy,
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, David Rowney wrote:
> >So just run shocks than anyone could buy themselves for a
> >reasonable amount of money, and there will be no risk of them getting
> >claimed!
>
> There will always be a risk of a driver using the claim rule to harass a
> quicker driver out of the class, regardless of the shocks used. Are you
> volunteering to be the enforcer for this rule? You will be in charge of
> IMPOUNDING every stock class car immediately after their last run to allow
> people to play this game, and then maybe telling one or more drivers that
> you will disqualify them unless they spend the next x hours taking apart
> their daily driver and getting it towed home.
Impound already happens at every event where I'd consider a shock claiming
rule.
The harrasment part can be dealt with by something similar to a protest
committee that disallows the claim because it was unfounded or whatever
(i.e. if its the 2nd time that person claimed the shocks, etc.)
> Personally, I'm in favor of the current Stock Class shock rule with these
> exceptions: No remote reservoir shocks (easily checked) unless this type
> was OEM. Allow only ONE external adjustment device on a shock (regardless
> of what it does to the insides of the shock). Provide sufficient allowance
> for all model cars to actually adjust shocks without disassembly. Anyone
> who spends much more than $2000 under these rules is not buying an
> advantage that I think is significant.
I could go for that, except that you'd piss off a _hell_ of a lot of folks
that already have double adjustables. I'd say two external adjustments at
a minimum unless you did some sorta grandfather thing (which would be a
huge mess).
Mark
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