AFAIK the SMC pack does not have the ROAR-approved sticker on it, though I could certainly be mistaken. The pic(s) I've seen of the Reedy pack show a "ROAR Approved" but I haven't actually seen any of these available on the street yet either.

The one I HAVE seen available 'on the street' is the Trinity IP which also has the ROAR sticker on it AND is not yet approved. As far as I'm concerned Trinity is not doing racers ANY favors by selling this pack as ROAR-approved when it is clearly not (yet, anyway).

Best-case scenario is it gets approved and everybody is happy.

Bad-case scenario is it fails the approval process for some reason and folks are stuck with non-approved packs that clearly say they're approved.

Worst-case scenario is that prior to approval (or after it fails approval) one of the packs fails and causes personal injury or significant property damage. Individual and/or club who THOUGHT they were protected by the ROAR insurance find out THEY'RE left holding the bag since the failure was a non-approved battery.

Folks are quick to dismiss the realities of liability. Our club is in an UPROAR right now because 1s LiPos are a pita and we're trying to implement them for our race season that starts a week from Sunday. We absolutely cannot allow non-approved batteries (none of us can write a check to, say, replace the Shrine), and the "approved" batteries are all supposedly obsoleted by the next wave of cells that aren't approved yet.

Does anybody besides me have SERIOUS heartburn re: ROAR's approval schedule? I could go into their rationale for why approvals are scheduled the way they are but I'll save that for a rant later. As it is I have a call in to Dawn and this (as well as some ideas I have to help solve some of it) is one of the items I want to visit with her about.

Scottrik