[F500] RE: F500 Digest, Vol 42, Issue 23

[Sean McDonald]

I just spoke with our Oregon Region representative on the BoD and asked him
directly why the puck rule change was rejected when the CRB was in 100%
support of it.  

His response was that a F500 car manufacturer (he didn't recall who) as well
as a few our members actually wrote to the BoD requesting the change not be
made.  He said that what really got their attention was that a manufacturer
was expressing concern about going to this new size puck.  

He also said that if our members would write directly to the BoD asking for
reconsideration of the rule change at their December meeting he would
perhaps lobby harder for the change to go through.  Our representative is
Howard "Duck" Allen and is the first person I had contact with when I
started racing this year and I have to say that from my personal experience
he is a man of his word.  Something else that would help a lot is if someone
could possibly do some testing of this new size puck and provide a report on
the benefits or non-benefits to making the change.  I'm not an engineer and
am certainly not qualified to do this but I know we have some very talented
people in our class who could probably do some effective testing.  I would
personally be willing to send a $20 bill to whoever wants to test this new
product to help with the cost.  If we all sent $10 or $20 we would no doubt
have enough money to cover the cost of the pucks as well as some track time
for a test.  In return, all who contribute money get the results from the
test.

If you guys really want this rule change to happen, it can.  We just need to
get a little more organized.  I will put as much pressure on the "Duck" as
possible to make sure he pushes for the change so long as we do our part and
step up with the requests for reconsideration.

Thanks,
Sean 

Sean G. McDonald
Advertising Director
Peninsula Daily News
360-417-3540

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