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To: "Loren Williams" <Loren@kscable.com>, "autox list" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Harnesses
From: "William Schenker" <schenker@mediaone.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 08:55:49 -0700
Loren,

I figured that I may be O.K. anyway, since I run w/ the hardtop on,
effectively making it a "closed car" - Section 12.6.  Do you think I'm on
solid ground here?

Thanks,

Bill Schenker
Cal Club #36, '99 csp Miata
>
> >      Unless you are about 5' 2" tall, you can't get a roll bar under
> > the soft top and get it to pass the >2" rule.  Please understand the
> > rule before spending the money.
>
> If you read the rules carefully, it offers an "exception".  Sections
> 3.3A and 3.3B seem to contradict each other on this.  This issue came up
> at Nationals this year when I was working the B-Stock group.  Chief of
> Grid, Chief of Course and several others looked it up, discussed it and
> decided that the Miatae (there were several) with rollbars and harnesses
> were all okay, even though the hoop did not clear the helmet as worn.  I
> believe they did discuss it with the competitors (who were all shocked)
> and explained the "greyness" and potential protestability of it.
>
> Of course, that's all from my feeble memory, and I don't know what I'm
> talking about anyway.
>
>
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