Have also heard it refered to as a spoiler(possibly in regards to what it does to an open class entrants feelings if a record is made?).
And for those rules that have a definition that includes the word "appearant"... then it relies on "WHO" it is appearant to!?
As shown below(per the lower air damn, battery box, oil tank, etc. and the M/PG-2000 class entered), it appears as it has still gone unquestioned for two meets at ECTA now. Possibly due to the fact that it was 20mph below it's entered class' pre-meet record(and is now 33mph below it's class record), or possibly because of the latest ruling proccess on another bike in that organization?
One thing is for certain... it will not be me that misinterprets the rulebook(be it the "written word" or the "intended word", whichever is decided to go by on something like this), or the person making the decision's thought process, or the influence ability of the organizations largest lobbyists.
Now that I look... it's base class had a pre-meet record of 5mph slower then the class entered, and there are actually records it is legal for that were obtainable at it's present speed. With that knowledge I wish that I(or others that commented on it) had taken time to mention it to the owner so he could of legally scored a record run. But then(thinking it through a step further), if "the damn" is deemed a functional item and not an aerodynamic item, then the entrant could be protested for running an open bike in a partially streamlined class!
There are some gun shy members(myself included) after seeing the results and proposed future from the last classification issue presented to management.
Todd