F5 Class-mates, I've been traveling constantly with my job and thus very late to hear the good news about a couple of our improvement proposals being ruled on. This is great news as a majority of our class was in support of them. Like others, I too think the weight reduction for Kawi's is a simple and elegant way to a modest improvement for those cars. Will it get any of them outta the garage and onto the track? Only time will tell, but remember . . . not everyone is looking to win the National Championship. It may be just enough to allow an old Kawi to run "reasonably fast", have a good dice with the faster Vees, and have fun. That is why we do this, fun, right?
I'd also like to pass along my thanks to Stan. He's very modest, but has been tremendous resource and leader to our class. Will these proposals and changes help "rejuvenate" our class? Does our class even need "rejuvenation"? We've already debated these subjects here on the list, let's not renew the thread. I only bring it up again as a segway into what's happening in Texas/SOWDIV. 3 years ago there were no F5's running. We're now up to 3 National and 2 Regional licensed drivers, with 3 more joining in 2007. Our growth will be from 0 to 8 in 4 years. Moreover, we get countless inquiries at every event. You might be surprised at who is inquiring . . . of course some Karters, FSAE "kids", but get this . . . FV guys. The FV costs continue to rise and the cars aren't getting any faster/funner. All this to say . . . if we keep our formula "fresh" (unlike the Vees and Fords), we might find that formula drivers will migrate TO F5 instead of FROM F5. Lastly, if you haven't already . . . PLEASE write a quick E-mail to the CRB in support of those Improvement Items that you wish to see happen for our class. I greatly look forward to seeing many of you at Topeka this October. Shiny Side Up, Joe Palmer TX Novakar #56 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: RE: [F500] May Fastrack > Just to clarify, the only 2 items which Eric lists as "Not Recommended" are those in paragraphs 2 & 3 which immediately follow. Everything else he lists is approved or recommended. Note that the water system stuff is a "rule change", so is recommended to the BoD for approval for next season (1 Nov 06), while lowering the Kawi weight to 700 is a competition adjustment, so is in effect from May 1st. > > No need to thank me...you guys did all the work, making my job easy! I too salute Joe Palmer for his leadership getting this project off the ground, and Jay Novak for drafting many of the proposals -- and to all of you who wrote to the CRB to make your inputs. We will be taking up some more of the proposals at next week's face-to-face, and we hope to cover the balance in the June cycle so that all of them are considered in time to make recommendations on each issue to the BoD in time for them to act on them for the 2007 season (starts 1 Nov 06). > > If you haven't written to the CRB it is not too late for the undecided issues. Send us your thoughts to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they will be forwarded to the Advisory Committee and the CRB. > > Best Regards, Stan Clayton > > Eric D Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Notable in the May Fastrack ( for those of you who are too lazy / busy to > read through it all): > > SUBMITTED TO BoD FOR APPROVAL > > F500 > Item 1. Effective 11/1/06: Add the following to section 17.1.6.E.15.g: > Rotax 494 and 493 engines: Any Rotax 494 or 493 respectively model > thermostat housing or water outlet may be used. The water bypass may be > blocked. > > > NOT RECCOMENDED > > Formula > 2. F500 - Remove the weight penalty from the 493 (various - 5 letters). The > weight is appropriate as listed. > 3. F500 - Allow Kawasaki engines unlimited porting (Wilson). We agree that > the Kawasaki engine requires assistance; however, porting is not consistent > with F500 rules. See technical bulletin #06-05 for weight reduction > adjustment. > > And Technical Bulletin #06-05 reduces minimum weight for Kawasaki Engines to > 700 pounds: > > F500 > 1. Section 17.1.6.E.2, change the first paragraph to read as follows: > Minimum weight as qualified and raced, with driver, shall be 700 lbs (800 > lbs for AMW and Rotax 494 engines, 850 lbs for Rotax 493 engines). Other > items are still under consideration and there will be more discussion and > further input requested on several of them. > > > Hats off to the BOD, and Stan in particular for his willingness to > participate and his advocacy for these rule change proposals and the F500 > class in general. This is the fastest response to anything that I've seen > from the CRB in years. Great work guys! > > Also, thanks to Joe Palmer for his dedication and support for the rules > change proposal project. Thanks for herding the cats Joe!!! :-) > > We're not done.... There are other proposals which require additional input > to the CRB before they will be acted on. Keep on writing those letters! > > ---------- > Eric D Christensen > Proadmin, Inc. > > > > --------------------------------- > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2"/min with Yahoo! 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