SCORE...Enforcing the Rule Book? (Or NOT?)

[teamgreen]

Quick Background: I've been lurking around here for years. PAB "reconnected" me with this place via the Rip to the Tip, this year. I've done plenty of racing and I've seen plenty of cheating. I work in the Motorsports Industry and I know all too well that...well...sometimes, it seems...complaining is a way of life; however...

A lot of you are posting your opinion(s) on Robby Gordon's "course cutting", "cheating"...and the latest..."Gas Stop on the Race-Course/Hi-Way" (Video Inclusive!)


Here's the Bottom-Line:

This "Stuff" is either Illegal -OR- It's NOT.

This "Stuff" is addressed in the "Rules" -OR- It's NOT.

A good number of you can/should/must take this to Sal -OR- You're NOT (As in a "Formal Protest', maybe? Has this been done?).

So, what gives...doesn't anyone, especially other competitiors, care enough to put an end to this stuff?


NOTE: Even the Moto-Gp guys have taken their sanctioning body to task...and they're a bunch of Skinny-lil-"Euros"!

NOTE 2: Is it true/possible/probable that (As implied in a few posts) Sal's NOT gonna penalize Robby cause of what he "brings" to the sport?

NOTE 3: This is an attempt to discuss the actual "issue"(s) in plain language and NOT have more of the usual "so-n-so sucks" and what-not.

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[01_el_tiburon]

the fueling rule states, that the car must be at a complete stop, thats all. So if he was gonna be DQd must be cause of a pitting rule, which pretty much is not policed. So what can Sal do ? Use Robby asa na example ??

nope

omar

[Kartman]

Here's the Bottom-Line:

This "Stuff" is either Illegal -OR- It's NOT.

This "Stuff" is addressed in the "Rules" -OR- It's NOT.

Nail on the head

[teamgreen]

I see that the Rule Book is $30 for us Cali-Residents...

Anyone have the ability to post the 50' rule and other "Pit" rules and reg's?

What about the "actual" course cutting data(tracker) v. the rules (50' and/or otherwise)?

[Racbaja]

Why don't you just change the name to: DA Crew and affiliates want Robby disqualified. Another lame thread.

Ron Plunkett
Plunkett Racing 557

[pdailey]

Why don't you just change the name to: DA Crew and affiliates want Robby disqualified. Another lame thread.

Ron Plunkett
Plunkett Racing 557

How about "guys who play by the rules and want others to play by the rules also"

[kras]

[QUOTE=Anyone have the ability to post the 50' rule and other "Pit" rules and reg's?

What about the "actual" course cutting data(tracker) v. the rules (50' and/or otherwise)?[/QUOTE]

“All pits must be fifty feet (50′) off the edge of the race course. No pit may be in the first fifty
feet (50′) leading into and the first one hundred feet (100′) leading out of any turn."

[01_el_tiburon]

Pit rules:
gpt3 no following a race car or leading one on the race course
gpt7 no pitting within 300 feet before or 100 feet after a checkpoint
gpt8 pits mustbe at least 50 feet from the race course, no pit 50 feet before or 101 feet after any turn
gpt9 all pits must be done while at a comlete spot

[teamgreen]

Why don't you just change the name to: DA Crew and affiliates want Robby disqualified. Another lame thread.

Ron Plunkett
Plunkett Racing 557

Actually, Ron, as you can see by most of the posts in this thread...this is an attempt to discuss the rules and whether folks/participants want to enforce them -OR- Not...

Also, as you might "note" (Note-3-, actually) from the original post in here...this is, also, an "attempt" to discuss this stuff without the usual opinionated blather.


I'm jus' sayin'...

Signed,

Manny - "Un-Authorized" Desert Assassin - Northern Division - Dirty Dirty 530

p.s.-PAB and his folks ain't the kind to go whining...they'd rather jus' go race.

[pdailey]

Why waste the time and money printing up these rule books, and a waste of money for us buying them, if the rules are not going to be enforced? Sounds like we need a Baja rulebook (which obviously will only contain about 3 pages) and a regular rulebook. Sound good?