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Re: Fw: Testing TC

To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>,
Subject: Re: Fw: Testing TC
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 16:41:23 -0600
Dan (Bwanna),
Well, I'll tell you what......if I end up with one on the "Rose", I'll show
you how it works and then demonstrate that it doesn't work when certain
components are removed from the system. Then if I can go fast enough for a
record, I'll bring the car to impound and we'll disable it prior to the
record qualifying run (and the backup run). If I qualify with the system
"on" then too bad for that run....doesn't count.
Would that work? Besides that, if anybody runs it without "test"
permission, send them home.
Skip


At 06:44 AM 12/3/01 -0800, Dan Warner wrote:
>Skip,
>
>Testing is OK. How to conduct the test within the meet is a problem that
>needs a solution.
>
>Due to the fact that ANY run can be a potential record qualifing run how do
>we determine that EVERY participant has their TC turned off when making a
>pass. Unfortunatly I cannot rely on a person's solomn word that the TC
>system was not activated five miles down the salt from the impound area. I
>truely would like to believe every entrant but, racers being racers, not all
>that is visable is the truth.
>
>I do have the "wheel spin" test we discussed as an available tool. I have
>not had any suspects to try it on yet. Anybody want to be the whistle
>blower?    -  I thought not.
>
>DW
>
>PS - I do have ONE suspect. I was told at WoS that a certain entrant was
>going to use TC - legal or not!
>
>DW
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
>To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:23 AM
>Subject: Testing TC
>
>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Could we devise a method of testing this stuff and then having a fool
>> (cheat) proof method of disengaging it for record runs? We have discussed
>> the "spin the front wheel idea" and that would work but what if the engine
>> broke on the return run?
>> I would test it but I feel like I need permission to do it and a method of
>> legally disabling it for possible records runs.
>> Is this worth the effort in your view?
>> Skip

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