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It's no secret that I say what's on my mind.
Glenn - you were very general with your statement regarding "the total lack of rules inspection we have seen in the past". That's what caught my attention, and it didn't sit well with me. My bad if I misinterpreted what you were saying.
Same for you, Mike.
Time for me to stop hanging around this place. Too many skeletons in the closet, and a few extemely bad memories that cloud the excellent ones.
not a problem Adam. lets just move on. i'm sure i'm not planning to do anything you havent already tried to do yourself. only thing different now, is NASA TX was given enough rope to hang themselves, and they almost did. now they are more willing to give into what the directors want as they know they cant do it all. we cant either, but together ....... blah blah blah, hugs and kisses.
Adam, just get back to the track and do what you told me too, have fun. if your here to win it all, your here for the wrong reasons. i was here to have fun last year, and i did. i'm here this year to do the same.
i could have been all bent out of shape over my DQ in '05. i desided to come back in '06 and just do my thing and all would be o.k. . well i did, and it was. do the same. come out, do your rain dance and see me walk away from the group. :wink: w/ all the stress of being a series director removed, you should have no problem comming back and having fun. set the example for all those you preached the same advice too. i want you @ the track as many others do too.
Yeah, come back and we'll enjoy some of that Landrum blue gatorade!!
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Well, this is my own fault. I should have started looking at my car sooner, I had problems at Houston and parked the car thinking everything was fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
The same gremlins from MSRH came back and engine just could not roll the drum on the dyno. The heads are off, I have verified that the CAM is okay, I now need to check a few other things and have the heads checked out.
I will do what I can to make the event with the car, but at this point it does not look too good. I'm still kicking myself for not looking at this sooner.
Spare car? 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
If anyone wants an outsider's perspective that does not have any idea what old issues you are talking about...here you go:
I am building my CMC car with the expectation that it could, and would be randomly inspected. I also am building it with the expectation that if I or more likely someone wins any race by an absurd margin that is not explainable, the car will be sealed until a dyno can be performed.
This almost happened to me in another class, so i figured it would be more common place in CMC due to the narrow differences in the cars.
It seems that these measures are in place with the intent to make everyone honest and open.
I hope that this is what the class is. That is what I am expecting. I gave up running a Corvette because much of the performance was dictated by dollars as much, if not more than skill.
I hope to see everyone at the track. I will not make the first event in Houston...to many honeydoos and a motor still on the stand. But when I do get the car to the track, everyone is welcome to look at it and marvel at the masterful skills (based on my 3 year old crew chief's assessment) that I used building it. I will have nothing to hide whether I am in last or first place, and I thought that was the intent of the class.
i think your insite is spot on. your expectation on inspections in CMC are what i expected when i came to the series back in '05. we saw what the tech guys did @ Mid Ohio. we talked w/ other regional directors about what they do. 2006 was a total flop. not because CMC/AI directors didnt care, but because they had thier hands tied. leasons have been learned and we will follow what had been the norm for all other regions. you are correct in thinking that if a car suddenly flat walks away from the core group of drivers, an investigation will follow. for the most part (alot of the most part) any and all racers will tell you exactly what thier set-up is and help you get your car there. we all would love to see 100 car fields running w/in .10 seconds of each other. we want close competition plain and simple. CMC is a total drivers series. the playing field is even amoung makes and the money is almost completely removed.
I was impounded for dyno twice in '06.
Had Mike Plum crawling around under my dash.
Stovall tore into my front breather.
Adam had the front wheels off poking around.
Todd made me jack up the car and had a poke under it.
At Hallett NASATX violated my sweetie (#3) in several unmentionable ways.
Big Deal. Welcome to CMC.
jb
and mark my words, i plan to apply this evenly to every car who runs w/ AI/CMC TX. so evenly in fact, i have an excel spreadsheet w/ each drivers name down one colum and the rule number across the top. each time a car is checked, it will be recorded in this file. i plan to check every car for every rule i can @ random intervals till each car has been checked. will you be checked more than once? yep. but everyone will be checked. plan on it. dont fight it.
and yes, my name is on this list. the list of names will come from the points spreadsheet. it will be available for review for anyone at any time.
I am sort of an outsider also, and I totally agree with Ledfoot.
My expectation coming into the series was to be heavily scrutinized and rightfully so.
I raced in a series that was way and this keeps competition close and more affordable.
Lets go racing and have some fun. Being mired in the political stuff seems to be no fun at all.
I hope to see everyone there at the first event. My pit will have a no BS sign so step on across if you are looking for some fun. Jab, poke and posture all ya want just as long as you have fun.
There is really no information regarding any talent scouts from F1 or NASCAR that will be attending the event. So, everyone can now concentrate on having fun with all the other competitors.
FUN! 8)