Tombread@aol.com wrote:
>
> As we used to interpret the GCR, you could do anything that wasn't
> specifically prohibited. Most of these creative changes were costly and were
> beyond a lowly E production racer, but I had a mechanic who joyously read the
> GCR looking for loopholes. He once put an alternator shell on our car and
> took out the guts, (nothing said the alternator had to be operational)
> figuring the savings in drag would be useful; it simply resulted in having to
> lug around a bunch of aircraft batteries and keep them charged, replacing
> them every time we went on the circuit. It was a nuisance, didn't make any
> difference, was legal, and I humored my mechanic for two races.
>
> Tom Butters
> The Greens Fork Group
> 765.886.5098
> Public Relations and Creative Services
usually a good racing drivers school will gain more lap time than rules
bending or loophole searching. Only at the Donohue level does the
mechanical advantage, if any, gained by those actions actually lead to
noticeably faster laps. But try telling that to folks like your
mechanic!
Grant Reynolds
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