Yeah, we were given the opportunity to protest, but it was clearly indicated to us that it would not fly and that my grid position would remain DFL. I think at least two race groups had come and gone through impound before we knew what the issue was. The sun was going down and Marilyn was getting hungry. Under the circumstances, I think I chose the lesser of two evils.
Thanks guys, I'm feeling a little better now. I'll e-mail the CRB. I just need to find a way permanently seal up the ducts in a manner that I can undo if the CRB cooperates. Charlie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric D Christensen Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [F500] was:Homogulation is worthless NOW: ducting question Hey Charlie, The proper thing to do would have been to protest the decision at the track. If the steward had upheld it, that would have opened the door to file an appeal. However, since a protest wasn't filed, I think that the right thing to do is to submit a letter (or better yet email) to the CRB requesting a review and clarification of the rules. Dave laid out the jist of what you should quote in the letter to support your position, and including a couple pictures can't hurt. CC the f500 list on your letter so that others can write in to support your position. The CRB tends to be pretty responsive when it comes to rule clarifications. --Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [F500] was:Homogulation is worthless NOW: > ducting question > > Dave has it right. I haven't my GCR in front of me, but the issue was > that the ducts were in the front of the pods. I'm going to let Don > Hanley know (I'm certainly not blaming him) and he can do what he > wants with the info (probably nothing). > I'm still a little steamed about the whole affair. The entire F500 > crowd was held in impound for about an hour without explanation. > When it became apparent tech was interested in our car, I asked to let > the others go. They did and we spent more time scratching our ... in > impound. > We've taped the ducts up, but our logbook is notated that a permanent > repair must affected. I'm thinking of sticking missiles in the ducts, > but I'm sure they'd be found to provide some sort of aero advantage. > > > There was some talk of someone was writing SCCA and watch FasTrack and > whatever, but I'm thinking I should be one of the people writing. I'm > just not sure how to go about it. > Certainly I'm all for cleaning up the language. > Charlie > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
