All I want to say about minimums is once they have been set, don't revise
them. We put our A motor on the engine stand, build a B motor because the
minimum was lower in B than the record in A. However, the 2-club board
revised the minimums, increasing the B minimum to about 5 mph higher than the
A record. We weren't aware of the change until we were on the salt, in line
for our qualification attempt. We went on to set a record in the class, but
did not exceed the new minimum. We would have been better off just
freshening up our A motor.
So if you set them don't change them.
Jim (frustrated with the system) Snyder.
PS I got into the club in 1990, AA/Alt class. Long before minimums, in fact
we had to do it three times to get a record back then. Qualify by exceeding
the record, then the next day at 7:00 a.m. all the previous day's qualifiers,
made a run down the course and back within an hour or so, to get the two way
average. The attempt with the B motor was in '96 with my partner at the
wheel, Phil Grisotti.
J
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