In a message dated 3/12/03 6:33:41 AM Pacific Standard Time,
listreader@pvision.co.uk writes:
> I don't know how you operate over there but I think that in the UK if a car
> was accepted for a race (ie, received a race entry), had raced with the
> organisers before, had legal tyres and passed scrutineering, the organisers
> would have a hard time excluding you
>
The 'new race director' in the example given was foolish. It sounds to me
like typical officiousness in petty officials - you see it all the time when
you give some people authority (if you don't believe me, have a look at any
senior's housing strata council sometime....)
As a lawyer and tech person, in my view the proper way to handle that
situation would have been to advise the racer that the car would not be
welcomed at future events put on by the organising club, but that as it had
run before with that club and had been accepted for that event, it could run
as long as it complied with safety and equipment rules that everyone else was
also bound by.
Singling a driver out for special treatment just because the race director
didn't want the car to run was stupid and potentially harmful to the club -
the club could have been sued and would likely have lost, and had to pay all
of the racer's expenses that weekend plus some.
Once advised that he wouldn't be welcome at any future events, the racer in
question could go through the usual procedure of asking for special
dispensation, if he wanted to try for future eligibility.
Every entrant must comply with the rules of an event, but if this racer had
run before and been accepted for this event, he had a reasonable expectation
that the guidelines would not be changed without notice. A one race 'hea
ds-up' would probably be acceptable.
Bill Spohn
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