Thanks to all of the SVL teams that attended the conference call tonight and agreed with these rules being put in place for the 2011 season.
The objective of these rules is to give everyone of you a fair chance to get a checkered flag, without concern for age of hull design.
Let the best team win!
Any questions, please contact me or Smitty.
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12-09-2010 10:50 PM
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12-09-2010 11:13 PMSo now I have a chance! Great call with great rules well thought out.
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12-10-2010 08:42 AM
5500 pounds in my boat is a joke. I am not going to waste one race to prove it.
Other than that great rules Great step in the right direction
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12-12-2010 11:32 AMI don't know what the final weight addition was, I'm sure it is easy to find out. But I know the driver and throttleman for that boat said 1000 lbs would not have mattered one bit. It was just a dominant boat at the time.
Talking about that is what made me suggest drive height or RPM vs weight for possible parity adjustments in this class earlier in the discussion for 2011 rules. Some boats just run better with additional weight. I believe there are a couple in SVL currently that run over the minimum because of the overall speed of the boat in race conditions vs the top speed in a straight line under ideal conditions.Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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12-12-2010 12:31 PMI think George would agree. He has done a bunch of work, trial and error, testing, etc to make the IMCO boat and team a front runner in almost every event it enters. The others in the class also deserve a lot of Kudos for the help they gave him. That is why I like that group so much, even if they get a little cranky sometimes........
Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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12-10-2010 09:00 AM
Instead of restricting new technology why not let the older boats modify their hulls? Isn't that moving the class forward?
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12-10-2010 11:00 AMIMCO #10- 2009 National Champions
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12-10-2010 10:28 AM
35psi???
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12-10-2010 11:07 AM
can I run a 1/4 # more in the right front?
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12-10-2010 11:57 AM
Please send me Mark's phone number so we can discuss the weight rules. He needs to hear what everyone else heard last night.
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12-10-2010 12:03 PM
George, do you have a deal for "Ice Man Productions" to be filming again?
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12-10-2010 02:41 PM
Notice the rules state that new boats need to be presented to OPA 60 prior to the first race. If that doesn't happen and new boat with twin steps just shows up at a race site, that's what they'll need to weigh.
However, if a new boat is brought to OPA prior to the race, OPA will test the boat and determine the correct amount of weight that will put the boat in line with everyone else. As for the Activator with twin steps, this testing may prove that it needs a weight advantage over everyone else to be competitive.
This rulebook is all about Parity and not allowing new technology to make the older stuff obsolete.... Similar to NASCAR...no one gets an advantage. This is the essence of spec class racing.