Hi Darrell;
We ex skunks like to think of a few inconspicuous buildings in Burbank as
the birthplace of all those articles.
One mans spoiler is another mans wing and therein lies the spice of life.
Good luck with the tech committee.
On the subject of wings; a few years back a very vocal competitor in
the modified roadster class petitioned and got a vote of the car owners
on allowing wings in that class. The vote was in the affirmative and he
promptly
sprouted a wing on his roadster. He didn't run it many times though, and
no one else has since. We decided that a wing is increased traction
with a drag penalty while lead is increased traction with an acceleration
penalty. In aerodynamically challenged classes reduced frontal area and
low drag is more important than acceleration.
Jim in Palmdale
----421 N. Palmer, Glendale, California----
----where real Indy cars were made-----
----- Original Message -----
From: Ferguson, Darrell <dfergus@bactc.com>
To: 'Jim Dincau' <jdincau@qnet.com>; <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>;
<boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: spoilers
> Hey Jim in Palmdale ! (Also the birthplace of real jet aircraft- A-12,
> YF-12a, SR-71)
>
> Not to discount your experiences with the SCTA, but I read the rules
> to say, If it doesn't specifically say that you can't, then you can. This
> basic premise is what allowed pioneers like Smokey Yunik, Don Garlits,
> Grumpy Jenkins, and many others to excel and set the tone for excellence
at
> the forefront of their field. Again, I realize the SCTA has a difficult
job
> here enforcing the rules for the various bodystyles that compete. My
> personal interpretation of a Wing, would be similar to what you would see
on
> many of the cars currently running in Nostalgia A/GS- basically a dragster
> type wing, sticking up above, and behind the roof of the car in the clean
> airflow for maximum downforce. My interpretation was that this was the
> SCTA's intention behind outlawing "WINGS" in Comp Coupe and Altered. By
> closely adhering to the dimensions listed in Section IV-26 h on page 39 of
> the 1999 rule book, we hoped to avoid the confusion surrounding the
> interpretation of the rules we are now seeing in reference to our spoiler.
>
>
> Darrell Ferguson
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Dincau [SMTP:jdincau@qnet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 4:04 PM
> To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com; boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>
> Doug
> It has been my experience as a SCTA/BNI competitor from 1962 to
> the resent is that if the rules don't say you can you probably
> can't. Here
> are a couple of things in the rule book which may to your Altered.
>
> IV-26; any streamlining devices will be considered as part of the
> body for
> classification purposes. Spoilers and wings are both listed as
> streamlining
> devices.
> Fuel Altered Coupe/Gas Altered Coupe; No streamlining allowed. Then
> a
> list of what IS allowed.
> In addition looking at the description of a spoiler it seems
> that if
> the air hits
> the device on the top only it is a spoiler. If your device allows
> the air to
> flow
> underneath it is a wing no matter what Toyota and Porsche call em.
> As an added note in the class I run in (modified roadster) we
> are not
> allowed
> to have flat paneling between the bottom of the frame and the push
> bar as
> it was interpreted as streamlining (as usual someone got carried
> away).
> The rules committee has a really tough job balancing the run
> what ya
> brung
> mentality of most racers and the No Hot Rods Allowed position of
> that
> association where the only difference in the cars in the top calsses
> are the
> paint jobs. Most of the seemingly nit picky interpretations are
> because
> someone already has been there and gone over the top.
> Jim in Palmdale who has been there.
>
> ----421 N. Palmer, Glendale, California----
> ----where real Indy cars were made-----
>
>
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