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Re: Warm Tires -- proposed rules (revised)

To: "Matthew Braun" <matthew@powerplug.com>,
Subject: Re: Warm Tires -- proposed rules (revised)
From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 03:15:08 -0600
Just on the Solo II part.

1. This, as someone said, virtually impossible to police, but it is one of
those rules you have in the book anyway because it gives you teeth when
blatant abuse happens. Actually, the mere presence of the rule tends to
curtail blatant abuse.

2. Not sure how necessary this is. I suspect they are somewhat overrated,
but as someone said they are cheap and easily available. I don't have them
just because I don't want the hassle of dealing with them.

3. I think this one is excellent. It should not be difficult to administer
and equalizes the 2-driver car more on a par with the 1-driver car.

--Rocky Entriken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Braun" <matthew@powerplug.com>
To: "Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:16 AM
Subject: Warm Tires -- proposed rules (revised)


> I've been meaning to get back to this thread I started a few weeks back.
>
> There weren't that many responses, but the useful ones were valuable.
> Decreasing the complexity was taken to heart, and it seemed apparent
> single drivers wouldn't want to lose their tire warmers.
>
> I've decided to avoid the whole late to grid issue and only state
> warming tires before griding is not allowed.  I think that should be
> enough to accomplish the goal.  I'd rather stick with assuming (maybe
> naively?) everyone is trying to follow the rules.
>
> Here are my updated proposed rules...
>
> Solo II rules wording:
>
> 1. Tire warming before reporting to grid is prohibited.
>
> 2. For two-driver cars, all tire warming (heat preservation) devices
>    (active and passive blankets, wind blockers, car wraps, etc.) are
>    prohibited.  Single driver cars are allowed to use passive blankets
>    over only the tires (no full car wraps or other wind blockers).
>
> 3. Each driver of a two driver car is required to run first one day of
>    two-day events.  On the first day, drivers with the lower car number
>    will run first.  On the second day, drivers with the higher car
>    number will run first.

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