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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2016, 09:55:59 PM »
DRW:

Amen...none of us are getting any younger! I too, am willing to give up  2016 for a healed salt flats for 2017.

I wounder how long the ROOKIE lines will be if the salt is closed for 3 years? Imagine if everyone, has to go through Rookie orientation because their A and AA license expired.

Anyway, back to the positive. We have all had time to rework or refine our equipment so we should all be ready when the salt is ready. So when we do race records should fall!

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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2016, 11:26:43 AM »
"Imagine if everyone, has to go through Rookie orientation because their A and AA license expired"

Your license only drops to the next lower class. Next time you run class speed, get it signed off and go to reg trailer to get a new one
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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2016, 11:41:41 AM »
Will do. :-D :cheers:

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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2016, 03:24:26 PM »
The license de-rating thing has made me wonder for a while -- but I keep doing what I can to make some runs now and then. . .

Like for instance, though:  I've got an A license.  The last run I made at Bville was at WoS '13.  I'd think, therefore, that I'd be in good graces through the end of the current ('16) season.

But last August I made a few runs at the Mojave Mile in mid-August at the SCTA new event. 

Do those passes -- on a different course, etc -- still count as runs on the track and therefore my license is valid for three years -- ending in '18?

I dunno for positive.  And while until recently this wasn't much of a vital issue -- with the demise of the racing surface at the salt all too near -- maybe the groups that issue the licenses will need to consider how to enforce the rule.
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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2016, 10:20:47 AM »
Maybe the SCTA will add time to the licenses, since no one could run since '13?
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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2016, 01:28:16 PM »
Personally I don't think the license thing is a big deal.  If you have a 200+ mph car/bike you probably are going to need a run or so just to make sure the car/bike is also ready so just re-license on that run.  Even if you dropped back to an A from a AA you could still run up to 299 on the next run.  Back to a B and you could still run up to 249...and so on. 

In our case I think this is a good deal as Hooley might of dropped back at this point from an AA to a B so now I won't have to plead with him to keep it under 250 on the first pass  8-) :wink:,

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Re: SpeedWeek 2016
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2016, 12:13:31 PM »
I think most of us usually do some kind of shakedown pass prior to going balls to the walls.  A car or bike you use once or twice a year on the salt requires a little time to reacquaint yourself, with the vehicle and the surface.   It is the smart way to do it. 
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