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From: "Dave Hardy" <dave2020@mindspring.com>
> Why is weighing with driver a bad thing? In a class where the cars are
very
> closely prepped and driven, the weight difference of the driver can make a
> difference. Do us big guys need to start recruiting horse jockeys to
drive
> our cars?
Few remember that once upon a time -- for one year only (1982) -- we DID
weigh with driver.
This came in shortly after road racing went to weighing with driver.
We discovered a key difference. Road racing typically has one driver per car
per event. We often have two, sometimes more. Frequently the co-drivers are
him/her -- big and little.
Best example of the problem I remember was a DP husband/wife. When she
drove, they had to put 100 pounds of ballast in the car. They did it by
having her sit on a 50-pound bag of kitty litter and putting another behind
her, replacing the "midget shim" they'd previously used for her. And then,
just to compound things, that car rolled at the '82 Nationals. Fortunately
with him in it (and no injury), but the "what-if" arose had she'd been in it
with that 100 pounds of kitty litter part of the equation -- next year the
with-driver rule was gone.
--Rocky Entriken (not opposed to weighing with driver, just presenting some
background)
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