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Re: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup

To: Ken Knight <kknight@klaenv.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup
From: Joe Alexander via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:50:20 -0600
Cc: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Coming to any conclusions is vastly prematu=
re.<div><br></div><div>Please stand by.</div><div><br></div><div><br id=3D"l=
ineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Joe Alexander<div>4505 Dona=
ld Dr</div><div>Cedar Falls, IA 50613</div><div>ARE &nbsp;LLC</div><div>Gask=
etinnovations.com</div><div>Email: N197tr4@cs.com</div><div>Cell: &nbsp;319.=
464.4711</div><div><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"=
cite">On Feb 20, 2024, at 3:44=E2=80=AFPM, Ken Knight via Fot &lt;fot@autox.=
team.net&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">So with a very short time get this done, this is the N=
ew rule?&nbsp; Had we known this, oh say last fall, it could have been a win=
ter project.&nbsp; Some of this is not hard but sending your system off to g=
et a recertification could very well be a major problem in these times.&nbsp=
; So what is the alternative, buy a new system?&nbsp; Some of us have alread=
y committed to race with our home clubs in mid March, then it is a short tur=
n around until Sonoma.&nbsp; Pretty well leaves us in a major bind as far I c=
an tell, not to mention a potential large expense.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">We were encouraged to sign up f=
or the K Cup with SVRA, plus Laguna, under the assumption that if our cars w=
ere legal in our home clubs they would be allowed to run as is.&nbsp; Droppi=
ng this mandatory rule on us at the last minute does not sit well.&nbsp; No o=
ne wants to be unsafe, I don=E2=80=99t think the rule is that unreasonable, b=
ut the timing to get this done is unreasonable.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o=
:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Ken</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p=
>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Sent from <a href=3D"https://go.micr=
osoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div style=3D"mso-element:para-border-div;border:=
none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class=3D"M=
soNormal" style=3D"border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href=3D"mailto:f=
ot@autox.team.net">vfracing--- via Fot</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, February=
 20, 2024 12:46 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>FOT T=
riumph</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for K=
astner Cup</p></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div id=
=3D"ydpcd388636yiv1885551611"><div><div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Advanced w=
arning:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D=
"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The SVRA rules o=
n fire systems are much more strict than SCCA and some of the other sanction=
ing bodies such as VRG. &nbsp;Notably, plumbed in systems are required, and t=
hey must have two activation points, one accessible to the driver and the ot=
her accessible to a course worker without having to lean into the car. &nbsp=
;Furthermore, they must be re-certified every two years. &nbsp;Note that the=
se are requirements, not recommendations, and new this year (2024)<o:p></o:p=
></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0p=
t;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></di=
v><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&q=
uot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">For more detail, please see Section L of Safety R=
equirements at&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/S=
VRA-General-Rules-1_24.pdf" target=3D"_blank">https://svra.com/wp-content/up=
loads/2024/01/SVRA-General-Rules-1_24.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><d=
iv><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;=
Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"M=
soNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans=
-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><=
span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Phi=
l Gott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></di=
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