Rocky and List
I disagree. And I will tell you why I feel "Discretionary" is xot
a valid rule.
The owners of a loud car, let's say a gray RX-7 for example,
travels - - oh let's say from Texas to Kansas - - for an event.
They arrive, and register on a Friday night, go to their room
with visions of trophies dancing in their heads and earplugs in
place.
Sat mornimg, as they pull into their assigned grid spot, revving
their obnoxious sounding car to warm the engine up, they get
stopped by the event chairperson. "At my discretion, I think
your car is too loud for this site" says he. After much ballyhoo,
the owners of this fictional little gray RX-7 pack up and return
to Texas.
All at one persons discretion.
Oh, BTW, what do you think would happen if the gent who was event chair in
the example above, say he drives a Spridget just
for grins, happens to get a passport and go to Texas for an event, say a
National Tour.
Wow - - now event co-chairs at that National Tour event are - -
the owners of the hyperloud RX-7!!! Now, we see a Spridget
going north up I-35 headed for Kansas on that Saturday morning, stopping at
the TX/US border and having to explain their plight
to the Customs officer as he checks their papers.
Could this happen? Damn right, it sure could !! Without standards, we are
setting the stage for this type scenario to happen. (Except
passport, you only need a Visa to go to Texas now!!!)
What does the "offending" party do? There is no appeal, because there are
no standards or rules to appeal - - it is "discretionary"..
G
----- Original Message -----
Rocky Entriken <rocky@tri.net> wrote:
> Last year some loud car passed by when I was standing with Howard at
> Nationals. About the same time one of those jet tankers took off. I
> mentioned the car noise to Howard, who replied the standard was "suitable
> for the site," implying that when the site is a jetport it is hard to tell
> even a hyperloud Mazda is "too loud."
>
> It only illustrates the lunacy of the road racing rule, currently 103 db,
at
> a place like Heartland Park when the jets take off overhead that are so
much
> louder, the NASCAR trucks at the same track are MUCH louder, and the NHRA
> fuelers at the same track are so loud everyone in the stands needs
earplugs.
> And SCCA racers whisper past at a polite 103.
>
> The Solo rule is 3.5, which states "adequate mufflers are required"
without
> defining what constitutes adequate, but giving the event chair license to
> make that determination. There is NO db number set out in the solo II
rules.
>
> IMHO, solo rule is better than the roadrace rule. If your site owner has a
> sound concern, you are free to impose whatever limits are necessary to
> placate the neighbors and keep your playground.
>
> --Rocky
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