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Old 04-20-2012 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by gunna do
Had a great day of racing. Qualified 5th for the final, finish 2nd then was given a bullshit 10 second penalty. Then after the final the cars were scrutined and was found the 1st place finisher had an illegally modified engine and a protest was put and it was dismissed by the "interclub committee" as they didn't want any repercussions by the person involved because sometimes it is just easy to let a mango sitting on the side of the road rotting. My bullshit trophy ended up in the bin where it deserves to be because I really earned 2nd place fair and square.Because rules are made to be adheard to and not broken.:flamin g:
So i have made the decision if this is how an interclub is going to be run by "Yes Men" I will not be taking any part of it for the rest of the year.Attachment 910673
I know that you rolled over the poly pipe into the other lane; but you were not alone doing that in the final, was anyone else penalised for the same thing?

Shane took trouble to go to the pits and explain why the carby protest was dismissed; and because of that I understand where the decision came from. We used the same carby in the last clubby at Brendale a week ago; and would have used it here had not been against the rules, and I know of another driver who also would have. Many thanks to Shane for being transparent about this; it helped with understanding it, but running that carby is a breach of rule 1.8: " No internal or external modifications of any kind that deviate from factory original condition including the carburetor and cooling head. (Other than maintenance and repairs and altering of head gasket shims)". A car one gram under weight would not win a race because of that; but it would still normally be looked at as a breech, and it seems perhaps a little inconsistent to allow another breech.

But all this aside; I would like to thank the club for a great day, we enjoyed the day despite the misfortune of having to pull out of the final with the clutch full of twine from some rope debris.

Kindest regards,
Lars.

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