Since it wasn't Nationals and didn't matter . . .
Let him run in the appropriate class for the level of preparation . . .
even if it is EMod or AMod . . .
Dick
At 09:35 PM 5/1/2005, Keath Marx wrote:
>Just a quick question to clarify a dispute at a local event.
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>The Acura RSX type-s. It is STS legal yes?
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>We had a guy running with a carbon fiber hood. When approached about it he
>shrugged it off saying that this wasn't nationals and it didn't matter.
>Theoretically it probably didn't matter but everyone else out there is
>classing themselves by the book. Whether the hood made a time difference or
>not in my view it was cheating to be running a class (and competing well)
>and knowing you are by the book legal. For his final run he swapped hoods
>with an rsx running SM. His time was a 10th or 2 slower than his previous
>runs. I believe the decision was made to add 20 seconds to all of his runs
>with the illegal hood and let him keep his final time.
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>Questions are:
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>Is the car STS legal with the stock hood in place?
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>What class does it bump to if it has the hood?
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>What is a fair way to deal with this silliness? Were it me, I would simply
>class myself in the correct class just to keep from ruffling feathers and
>for my own personal sense of integrity.
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