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Old 05-26-2007, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by douglas norton
1,200 K IS ALONG WAY TO TRAVEL WHEN YOU GET THERE AND YOU FIND SOME ONE HAS A CRYSTAL JUST BELOW YOURS AND THEY CLASH. IT WAS STATED THERE WAS GOING TO BE CONTROLED PRACTISE ( IN THIS THE ONLY CONTROL WAS A FREQUENCY KEY ) IN MY OPINION THIS IS NOT A CONTROLED SYSTEM (CONTROLED WOULD BE TO CHECK FREQUENCY OF EACH COMPETITOR AND HAVE THEM ON THE TRACK AT DIFFERENT TIMES) AS MY CAR RECEIVED INTERFERENCE EACH TIME I WENT OUT TO PRACTISE BY THE TIME WE SORTED OUT THE PROBLEM ) THE MOTOR HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY MY CAR TAKING OFF INTO MID AIR AND HITING THE FENCE AT FULL REVS . ALSO I WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO BY A PULL START ENGINE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULE ( NO STARTER BOX ALLOWED) AND THE REST IS HISTORY. AS FOR RULES, IN REGARDS OF THE PULL START THING, I ASKED THE QUESTION AND WAS TOLD WE ARE NOT RACING IN A TITLE MEETING SO WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH OUR RULES WE'RE ONLY HAVING FUN AND AS LONG AS THE PULL START IN OPERATIONAL THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY LIKE
Im sorry to hear about your interference problems ,but it was said controlled practice in ep and gp not frequency controlled.... it is unfortunate and hopefully the club will have larger numbers to help out ,the few members we have that are dedicated and soley responsible for the job thats done, did an incredible job better than some others from club racers that are not members. and i commend them for the event considering to be run reasonably smooth.....

Also regarding pull start , next years event will be concentrating on the pull start class in as too make it fairer and more scrutineered eg.pull starts and also engine size......All to be confirmed in the near future and will be edited on entry form to inform all racers......
cheers russell....
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