There also seems to been some confusion about why I require 4 wheel brakes. Have you ever had a brake failure in the pits, on the return road, around people, or with less than 3/4's of a mile to stop. I HAVE HAD ALL 4 HAPPEN. I am not concerned about you on the race course, it is when you exit the course is my concern. And by the way one of my brake failures resulted in piece of brake rotor cutting a big hole in the chute. So don't try to tell me the things I worry about will not happen. As some of you know CJ and I race many different kinds of events all year. I see multiple crashes every year and make it a point to learn from each one. I have attended live crash seminars to see the high speed camera footage and learn from the experts.
Hi, Steve -
That was me on the brakes issue.
Steve, don't get me wrong - I understand where you're coming from, and I acknowledge it is your responsibility to put together the safest possible event.
But it remains my belief that a closer alignment of SCTA-BNI rules and ECTA rules opens opportunities for those who would like to race under both sanctioning bodies. I raced at Maxton because at the time, if you were good to go at Bonneville, you were pretty much good to go at Maxton.
I would love to help build the sport into a multi-venue affair including more LSR vehicles.
When the move to Blytheville occurred, I saw an opportunity to have a venue within a day's drive evaporate due to different rules - in my case, it was brakes.
So yeah, I'm being a bit snarky about that. And I recognize how foolish I must sound - advocating for race cars with only rear brakes!
But let me pose this - I agree with your concern about the cars in the pits and near spectators. At Bonneville, that's handled via push vehicles or tow vehicles. Is that a potential - if partial - solution?
I'd love to race Blytheville - I simply can't justify reworking my whole front end to do it, and I know there are others who have had to take a long hard look at their vehicles in order to justify competing at these two disparate venues with different rules.
Chris Conrad