VERY GOOD POINT. OPEN MINDS ARE GOOD.
>From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>Reply-To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Fw: spoilers
>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:22:42 -0500
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>yes, i saw some pics of potters ride with "chine blades" underneath at 99
>w.o.s. if he cut them off like you say, and then he subsequently crashed,
>could there be a connection ??? - these chine blades underneath our car ARE
>NOT STREAMLINING - thay are not a fairing or smoothing or any device
>whatsoever which decreases the drag coefficient of the car. technically
>they increase the drag by a miniscule amount, and technically our car will
>go a little slower with them. THEY ARE A SAFETY DEVICE. let me get one
>thing straight with the folks on our land speed forum and anyone at the
>scta that cares. black radon engineerings number one priority is safety -
>period. going fast is a secondary priority, and bagging a record is
>tertiary at best. i am APPAULED that an entry with a somewhat different
>safety component gets so much negative feedback. in todays age where you
>can spill coffee in your lap and make millions, how do you think the state
>of utah or the BLM will react if competitors are seriously hurt or killed
>on the flats. would we get this much negative feedback if we showed up with
>20 firebottles mounted in the car ?????- the scta rules do not say 20
>firebottles are allowed in altered class - there is no difference here
>folks - think safety if you want your grandchildren to actually race on the
>flats and not just look at old photos of them.
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>
>regards-
>doug @ black radon engineering
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