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Hi, all. Just back from a business trip to beautiful Puerto Rico.
Dave's idea below (for de-bugging the Rulebook) seems to me to have great
merit. As
usual with volunteer organizations, the problem is finding someone who has the
talent to express technical matters clearly, and who is also willing to donate
the
significant amount of time necessary to do a thorough job.
I would very much like to see progress in clarity and completeness of the
rules--
but I also think that the ones we have are pretty darn good-- as good as several
rulebooks I have seen that have been professionally produced. My thanks to
those
who have brought us this far.
Russ
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
> I have found that they are not always in 'black and white' in the past as
>well.
> But it does beg the question why not?
>
> There are some pretty bright people in the tech end of SCTA/BNI. I would think
> that every year when the cars are inspected that the end of the day if some
>one
> just asked all the inspectors about what rules were not understood and what
>was
> not clear that the answers to those questions would be the basis of any rules
> changes or clarifications for the next rule book.
> Then the rules in the 'Book' would be in 'black and white'.
>
> They don't have to be perfect but they do need to be clear and understandable.
> Also if there were a rule that is hard to understand then a quick 3 or 4
> sentences of what is trying to be accomplished would really go a long ways to
> understanding the spirit of the rule and reason behind it. Most racers want to
> comply with the rules, and most are engineering types as well, as such they
>all
> want to build something better faster or nicer than the norm. If they see a
>rule
> that seems contrary to what would be better then the explanation of the rule
>and
> the why it is there would go a long way to cooperation.
>
> As racers we can only build what it says not what someone is thinking....as
>far
> as fire walls go i would think that aluminum is only slightly better than wood
> or peanut butter for fire control and would rather have something that was
> inconel as compared to any piece of alloy mystery metal any day as well.
>
> Dave Dahlgren
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