correction, should have said some will run the full five miles,,
Glen Barrett wrote:
> The 175 rule was in place since as far back as i can remember, it' was when we
> only ran one course and to speed things up the slower cars were restricted
>until
> they could exceed the qualifier speed. With two courses the rule remains in
> effect to keep the slowr vehicles from tying up the long course. So will run
>the
> full five miles at 100 mph if allowed. Some still do hoping somewhere along
>the
> engine will clean out and they will get a little more speed. They also are not
> going fast enough to clear the course to the return road.
>
> Glen
>
> Marge and/or Dave Thomssen wrote:
>
> > Group
> >
> > Section I-5 of the rulebook says cars over 175 are eligible for the long
> > course.
> >
> > Section I-6 says all vehicles except streamliners must exceed 175 to qualify
> > for the long course, which was in the book for a long time.
> >
> > Dave in Lincoln
> > It doesn't matter, I'm not going to run a streamliner again
> > #322 XFBSTR
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