WOW, NeatO! Chuck if you ever run for public office you've got my vote. Louie Schultz, Philly Region
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McAbee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:42 PM Subject: [F500] Daytona National/ECR Race Groupings > I sent the following e-mail to the functionaries of Central Florida Region > as well as the CRB about combining SRF, F500 & FV into a race group at > Daytona next month. > > Chuck McAbee > SEDIV #16 > > > _____ > > From: Chuck McAbee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 3:40 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: SCCA Comp Board ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Subject: Daytona National/ECR Race Groupings > > > > Central Florida Region has scheduled a National/ECR event for May 6-7, 2006. > The race groupings as identified by the race announcement have SRF, FV & > F500 all in one grouping. I cannot think of a more dangerous grouping of > cars, from an organization that preaches SAFETY. With SRF's having a > minimum weight of 1670 pounds (2 times +70 pounds the weight of an F500 and > outweighing and FV by 645 pounds) as well as the restricted rearward > visibility of the SRF's, this grouping is an incident looking for a place to > happen and the mass of the SRF's insure that the non-SRF that is involved > will be the loser. Additionally the size of the SRF's blocks the view of > Formula Drivers from anything that is taking place beyond the SRF, analogus > to being in a sub-compact on the Interstate and being surrounded by Box Vans > and 53 foot box trailers. This grouping is not based upon 'straggling' > participation. In 2005 there were 34 SRF's that participated in their own > class race; there were 13 F500's & FV's that competed in an 18 car class > with FF's. In 2004 the numbers were 41 SRF's and 20 F500's & FV's. > > It would appear to me, that Central Florida Region does not desire the > participation of the Club Members that drive the lower powered Formula cars > and is doing it's best to insure that none, or very few participate in this > event. As a dues paying and participating driver in the SCCA SEDIV National > Program I resent a Restricted Regional ECR event being the tail that wags > the dog of a National event. For the ECR cars to be given 4 hours 10 > minutes of timed track time and then cramming the National race groupings > into unsafe groupings is a corruption of the National Racing Program. > > It is patently unsafe to combine a well subscribed class of large, heavy, > slow cars with a reasonably well subscribed class of smaller, lighter and > faster cars. > > > > > > Chuck McAbee > > Nat. Lic. 148167 > > > > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
