<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">SVRA is a business and their business partners are the suppliers of racing products. Add to that the liability factor if they did not require participants to have “proper” safety equipment and the recipe for increased sales is complete. The rules have always been “safety first” in vintage racing so their rules are adjusted to make us replace perfectly good safety items at the earliest date. It’s the high ground, and the most profitable.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">You only get one chance at life, make it a TRIUMPH.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 26, 2024, at 10:10 PM, Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I just went through an SVRA tech inspection with my friend's MGB at Sebring last weekend. He has a vintage halon system, no SFI/FIA certification stickers on it. One push handle located next to the drivers set on the tranny hump, nothing outside the cockpit. He had no problem with the fire system. They did tell him his FIA, made in 2006, perfectly maintained suit was too old and needed to be replaced. They would let him run this time but he needed a new one for the next event. They're using a 10 year limit on suits, based on the newest (2023) FIA spec. SVRA tried to tell him everyone (SCCA etc) is doing the same thing, even for SFI suits. FIA is only using that spec for pro events (F1, WEC, Rally) until 2029 then it starts to cover all <b>FIA only </b>classes. I haven't seen a similar new spec for SFI suits at all.<div><br></div><div>BTW, just 14 cars , including 2 Matias, started the weekend in the small bore group, about 20 cars, including a couple of 10 yr old at best Mustangs made up the the big bore group.</div><div><br></div><div>SVRA is requiring all cars to have Flagtronic systems installed next year, according to a chat I had with their director of competition, Alex Miller.</div><div><br></div><div>mike h</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM Brad Eells via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I chose AFFF because it was said to be more effective in open cars.<div><br></div><div>Gas would just blow away, particularly at speed. </div><div><br></div><div><br id="m_-796793409428120231lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Brad Eells<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 21, 2024, at 3:26 PM, Hank Giffin via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal">AFFF is very caustic and is used on navy ships to smother fires in engineering spaces. Not really suitable for cars if you want to reuse the car. It’s a mess to clean up.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Hank (33 years in Navy – served on 7 ships)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Fot <<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>R. John Lye via Fot<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 21, 2024 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vfracing@aol.com" target="_blank">vfracing@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>; <a href="mailto:joealexandervintage@gmail.com" target="_blank">joealexandervintage@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:kknight@klaenv.com" target="_blank">kknight@klaenv.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] *****SPAM***** Re: Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Not to mention the potential for firefighter cancer claims, and worker's comp lawsuits.<br><br>John<br><br> <br><br>On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:03:08 +0000 (UTC), vfracing--- via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Another word to the wise:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Some of the two-pull systems use AFFF. This is a good fire fighting agent, but by no means the only one. AFFF contains PFAS, which is a man-made family of chemicals coming under increasing scrutiny for causing health issues. If you use this and dispose of it improperly it could come back to bite you. Fighting a fire with AFFF is costing our Town hundreds of thousands of dollars in tracking contamination plumes and treating the wells in affected homes.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">See <a href="https://www.consumernotice.org/environmental/afff/" target="_blank">Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) | Toxicity, Exposures and Illnesses</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="m_-796793409428120231ydp9267b53cenhancr_card_9353465361"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:300pt"><tbody><tr><td width="400" style="width:300pt;padding:0in"><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:300pt;border:1pt solid rgb(224,228,233)"><tbody><tr style="height:105pt"><td valign="top" style="border:none;background:black;padding:0in;height:105pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 11.25pt"><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></td><td valign="top" style="padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 0in 0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="border:none;padding:0in;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px"><div align="center"><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:300pt;background:0% 0%/auto white;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border:none;padding:12pt 0in 12pt 9pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="99%" style="width:99%;border:none;padding:9pt 0.25in 12pt 9pt;border-radius:0px 0px 2px"><h2 style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"><a href="https://www.consumernotice.org/environmental/afff/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) | Toxicity, Exposures and Illnesses</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:0in;line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(151,158,168)"><a href="https://www.consumernotice.org/environmental/afff/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) is a fire suppressant used to fight flammable liquid fires. Toxic chemicals in ...</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-796793409428120231yahoo_quoted_8757662741"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 05:39:57 PM EST, Mordy Dunst <<a href="mailto:gasket.works@gte.net" target="_blank">gasket.works@gte.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Im with Ken… <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Mordy<br><br> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661" target="_blank">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542yqt35937"><p style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(113,95,250)">On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 1:49 PM, Ken Knight via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">So with a very short time get this done, this is the New rule? Had we known this, oh say last fall, it could have been a winter project. Some of this is not hard but sending your system off to get a recertification could very well be a major problem in these times. So what is the alternative, buy a new system? Some of us have already committed to race with our home clubs in mid March, then it is a short turn around until Sonoma. Pretty well leaves us in a major bind as far I can tell, not to mention a potential large expense.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">We were encouraged to sign up for the K Cup with SVRA, plus Laguna, under the assumption that if our cars were legal in our home clubs they would be allowed to run as is. Dropping this mandatory rule on us at the last minute does not sit well. No one wants to be unsafe, I don’t think the rule is that unreasonable, but the timing to get this done is unreasonable.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Ken<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542yqt15940"><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">vfracing--- via Fot</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:46 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">FOT Triumph</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542ydpcd388636yiv1885551611"><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Advanced warning:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">The SVRA rules on fire systems are much more strict than SCCA and some of the other sanctioning bodies such as VRG. Notably, plumbed in systems are required, and they must have two activation points, one accessible to the driver and the other accessible to a course worker without having to lean into the car. Furthermore, they must be re-certified every two years. Note that these are requirements, not recommendations, and new this year (2024)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">For more detail, please see Section L of Safety Requirements at <a href="https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SVRA-General-Rules-1_24.pdf" target="_blank">https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SVRA-General-Rules-1_24.pdf</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Regards,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Phil Gott</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div id="m_-796793409428120231yiv8158045542yqt66407"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/gasket.works@gte.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/gasket.works@gte.net</a><br><br> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/rjl6n@cstone.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/rjl6n@cstone.net</a><br><br> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr4abrad@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr4abrad@gmail.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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