When you say George lost a major portion of his belly pan do you mean it
fell off ? If that was the case, shouldn't he have been reinspected? I have
seen cars that spin or handle poorly get sent straight to impound for
reinspection to ensure the safety of both the car and driver. Often we get
too excited about racing to take a step back to look at the big picture, and
run with less than 100% equipment. More often than not, this is when you get
bit. I'm glad to hear George is OK after his crash but hopefully this might
bring to light my concerns as far as safety.
Darrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Warner [SMTP:dwarner@electrorent.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 8:59 AM
To: joe boogie
Cc: Land Speed
Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
For starters there was no '99 WOS. At the World Finals George lost a
major
portion of his belly pan. He then had his crash on a later run.
Should a
vehicle which changes its configuration not be allowed to run?
Much food for thought here.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: joe boogie <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
> VERY GOOD POINT. OPEN MINDS ARE GOOD.
>
>
>>From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>Reply-To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:22:42 -0500
>>
>>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades"
underneath at 99
>>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently
crashed,
>>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath
our car
ARE
>>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any
device
>>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car.
technically
>>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our
car will
>>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get
one
>>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone
at the
>>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is
safety -
>>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record
is
>>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat
different
>>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age
where you
>>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think
the state
>>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or
killed
>>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we
showed up
with
>>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say
20
>>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference
here
>>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually
race on
the
>>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
>>
>>
>>regards-
>>doug @ black radon engineering
>>
>>
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