Not only is the "wiggle" not illegal, it doesn't do a thing to warm up the
tires at the speeds at which we drive to the start line. It may remove a
few rocks from the tires, but it sure as hell ain't warming them up. And
the last time I checked it was still legal to remove rocks from your tires
prior to taking the green flag.
Geez, some people DO need to get a life.
On a related note, I was watching FSP at Nationals and saw a guy in a VW
Scirocco BLATANTLY spin his tires HARD on the way to the start line. Right
in front of the entire grandstand of spectators. he left a good 6 feet of
rubber marks too. The starter was informed of this incident and said
something to the effect of "well what do you want me to do about it".
It's up to your class mates to "protest" these things.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
#69 STS #13 TLS
eric10mm@qni.com
"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
-----Original Message-----
Today I was accused of illegally warming my tires on the way from the grid
to
the starting line. I was just wiggling the car from side to side to clean
the tires.
This was at a local two day event in Kansas City. The funny thing about it
was that the others in my class made no mention of it. I was told by the
event chair that if I
did the "wiggle" on the way to the start that I would be DSQed from the
event.
Of course in true Mike B. fashion the event chair was told to "Get a life"
and that this
was total BS. As usual I had the onboard tape running and the entire
incident
was captured on video. My question to the list is this. What is "Tire
Warming"???
Is the wiggle on the way to the starting line illegal???? I didn't do it on
my last run
just to make sure that I had no further problems. Anyone have an opinion? I
guess
thats a pretty stupid question?????? Right.
Mike B.
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