A night at the strip....

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:18 AM -0800 3/8/04, Scott Hinckley wrote:

>Having done all my speed events as part of SCCA or local auto clubs 
>that are heavily influenced by SCCA it is rather surprisingto hear 
>that you can go out on a track with loose objects in the car. We 
>were always taught to think of them as weapons waiting to bite (you 
>hit a wall at speed and everything behind you comes forward at that 
>same speed).

Drag strip, not a race or DE event.  Up in NH, live-free-or-die land. 
Long as you don't do 13's(I think?), they don't give a crap about 
anything save that the wheels aren't going to fall off.  13 requires 
a helmet, 12's I believe required a cage and more. They had a 
volunteer tech who poked around for leaks and whatnot; I had 
everything moved into the trunk already and that made him happy.

One of the faster cars there that night was a Viper RT/10, which lost 
its detachable roof on the first run; apparently wasn't latched down. 
Very expensive...

I'm well aware of loose object rules etc...you'll find me doing tech 
at NEQ events often, and folks get the full lecture.  We don't allow 
anything in the glovebox or trunk, no floor mats, not even the spare- 
everything comes out if it isn't bolted down hard!

B
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