I think Rocky (and Rick Brown) both nailed my biggest concern about this
proposal. Even though I stated in my original response that it would
affect drivers like ME because we're skinny little fartz, my letter
opposing the proposal a couple of years ago placed more emphasis on the
two-driver scenario where one is much larger than the other. Rarely do
both drivers in a two-driver car weigh the same.
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
Rocky Entriken wrote:
>
> 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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