for the record: I agree with both the decision not to penalize for the
missing plastic pieces, and to not accept the protest for the cone video. I
thought I was clear on this from the start.
I posted to dispute the claim that the parts were lost ion the pro solo,
and to support the PC committee's refusal to consider the cone protest.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <TeamZ3@aol.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Whining about the Protest in HS
> Let me get this straight; you say the vehicle was missing the trim pieces
and
> had an illegal steering wheel at the Pro Finale, yet you didn't file your
own
> protest. You obviously didn't care about it then, so why now? It's
rather
> strange that you're so concerned about how the rules apply to someone
else,
> rather than yourself. You had the opportunity to protest and didn't.
> Someone else filed a protest and it went through the process available and
a
> final decision was made. That's it, the rules *as they applied* were
> followed; end of story. Why can't you just accept it and move on?
>
> Whether or not a cone is called IS NOT the competitors fault. The rules
are
> very clear that T&S protests must be filed within 30 minutes and that the
> corner sheets are the record of substance. With the current graphic
editing
> capabilities available, how is the protest committee suppose to determine
the
> validity of a video supplied by the competition on the following day?
>
> Regardless of validity, what we really have here is various vexatious
> attempts to get back at someone for filing a protest, despite that protest
> being based on sound, performance-oriented evidence. All this "trying to
> hang someone in public" whining serves no useful or positive purpose.
> Rather, it is simply a disservice that stains both yourself and our sport
> more than the person it is aimed at.
>
> Mark Sipe
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