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rmackintosh View Member Profile	Dec 21 2005, 09:49 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,226 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Danville, CA, USA Member No.: 27	QUOTE (Sidney @ Dec 21 2005, 15:29) My '89 Firebird Formula racecar is not a "run-what-you-brung" kind of car. It has always been a racecar since new and was converted from SSGT rules to AS by Jon Ward. It ran AS for years and has National wins on it. I bought it to run AGS until I was ready to step up to AS. I run 93 pump gas as the compression ratio of an AS spec motor does not need race gas. Once a cell has been "contaminated" by pump gas, the requirements to flush the tank are extreme, dangerous, evironmentally hazardous, and expensive. The SCCA fuel rule in AS is stupid and 95% of the AS racers agree with this based on the thread from this past years Runoffs. I had no dreams of winning a race and didn't care about points. Sidney By run-what-you-brung I meant more than just out of spec CARS....it applies to "100%" legal cars that want to run out of spec for WHATEVER reason...same difference... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) QUOTE I had a problem with being told I couldn't race and not getting my money back. SCCA can do whatever they want...there are options out there and NASA is a choice racers can make. By not being allowed to run you SHOULD have gotten your money back...dunno. As far as NASA being a valid choice for people in your shoes....see above, I wholeheartedly agree. Just don't blame the SCCA because they didn't bend the rules to fit the needs of the one....or something like that I saw on Star Trek once.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) This post has been edited by rmackintosh: Dec 21 2005, 09:55 PM

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Rob Hood Letter of the Month Dec 19 2005, 06:32 AM

mitchntx I don't subscribe to that rag. I went to the ... Dec 19 2005, 02:42 PM

robz71lm7 Heh. I'm forced to get it through my SCCA mem... Dec 19 2005, 02:46 PM

sgarnett The letter writer left the SCCA because of all the... Dec 19 2005, 03:30 PM

Rob Hood Sean paraphrased the letter pretty well, but I... Dec 19 2005, 05:17 PM

sgarnett QUOTE (Rob Hood @ Dec 19 2005, 12:17)Sean par... Dec 19 2005, 06:00 PM

Absolut Speed Now you guys are going to make me dig that out of ... Dec 19 2005, 06:55 PM

KeithO Obviously, this guy didn't run CMC. LOL! ... Dec 19 2005, 11:50 PM

sgarnett RE: Letter of the Month Dec 20 2005, 01:16 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (sgarnett @ Dec 19 2005, 09:30)The lett... Dec 20 2005, 05:08 PM

Sidney Here's a little piece of SCCA vs NASA: I had ... Dec 21 2005, 01:57 PM

firehawkclone QUOTE (robz71lm7 @ Dec 19 2005, 08:46)Heh. I... Dec 21 2005, 02:40 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Sidney @ Dec 21 2005, 07:57)Here's... Dec 21 2005, 05:42 PM

teamDFL QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Dec 21 2005, 11:42)QUOTE... Dec 21 2005, 06:03 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (teamDFL @ Dec 21 2005, 12:03)QUOTE (rm... Dec 21 2005, 08:30 PM

teamDFL QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Dec 21 2005, 14:30)The ... Dec 21 2005, 08:54 PM

Sidney My '89 Firebird Formula racecar is not a ... Dec 21 2005, 09:29 PM

rmackintosh I guess our difference lie in the definition of ... Dec 21 2005, 09:46 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Sidney @ Dec 21 2005, 15:29)My '89... Dec 21 2005, 09:49 PM

Sidney Randy wrote: "I guess our difference lie in t... Dec 22 2005, 02:07 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Sidney @ Dec 22 2005, 08:07)Randy wrot... Dec 22 2005, 04:18 PM

Sidney Isn't this internet thing something special. I... Dec 22 2005, 06:32 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Sidney @ Dec 22 2005, 12:32)Isn't ... Dec 22 2005, 07:52 PM

bsim I hear ya Randy - I wanted to run SCCA - I've ... Dec 22 2005, 10:21 PM

bsim BTW - same goes for Corvettes. Where do they fit ... Dec 22 2005, 10:24 PM

Rob Hood I'd like to be able to race as much as financi... Dec 22 2005, 11:09 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Rob Hood @ Dec 22 2005, 17:09)I have b... Dec 22 2005, 11:50 PM

firehawkclone QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Dec 22 2005, 17:50)Just ... Dec 23 2005, 01:51 AM

Rob Hood QUOTE firehawkclone Posted on Dec 22 2005, 19:51 -... Dec 23 2005, 07:18 AM

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Rob Hood View Member Profile	Dec 19 2005, 06:32 AM Post #1
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 16-January 04 From: Chandler AZ Member No.: 130	Not sure who the letter writer is pointing a finger at, but he's definitely pointing a finger...perhaps at NASA?