John missed #6.
Landspeed Louise mentioned it in her post a month or so ago ... The FIA
doesn't care about land-speed racing, they have neither the interest or the
in-house expertise to sanction it. They depend on others to do the dirty
work and then they issue their rubber stamp.
Malcolm says, >>
>> "The article in 'Fuel for Thought' is flawed in its attack on the
>> organisation known as the FIA. And who could see the SCTA/BNI being a
>> World Authority, if they time only automobiles on one track in Utah in the
>> USA?"
Only one track in Utah? How many streamliners race anywhere else in the
world at speeds that fast? Those records really only matter to other
racers, witness the total lack of mention of Tom Burkland's runs in any
media not directly connected with the salt. As far as the FIA and
land-speed racing is concerned, the Guinness Book of World Records has more
interest, and is more prompt to recognize accomplishments. It's
understandable that FIA doesn't care because of the $$$ involved. Formula-1
has lots more bucks, Euros, lira, yen, whatever's to attract their
attention.
A "World Authority" is one that does more of something and knows more about
that "thing" than anyone else.
Wes
on 1/23/05 12:47 PM, John Beckett at saltracer@servusa.com wrote:
> Five reasons why many don't run for FIA records even if they could.
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> 1. Difficult for the race organizers to accommodate two way record runs when
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> 2. Excessive cost.
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> 3. Lack of realistic categories, groupings or classes.
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> 5. Disorganized record keeping.
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> 4. Past experience with FIA has been anything but positive.
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> JB
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