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Originally Posted by sperry
But my guess is that at that NT event, someone had a bone to pick (seems to be pretty common in Solo at the upper levels) and noted that the course was technically too fast. They protested, and the protest was upheld, because it was a valid protest. My guess is that there wasn't anything unsafe, or the safety stewards *would* have said something about it before or shortly after the 1st runs at the event.
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Scott, Exactly my feelings after reading thru the SCCA threads about this event. The fact that it was enforced AFTER the event really bothers me. Almost as if the protest was used as an "Oh yeah, F-U" move.
As a safety steward myself, I know that you can't always tell 100% that the course will be too fast...and if cars do run, and it's deemed to be too fast, changes can be made. The fact that it got all the way to the end of the event before actions were taken is just a failure to evaluate the course and plan the event properly.
If the SCCA wants to focus on slower speeds at solo, then I'm all for it. But it has to be a unified attitude in the region (or at the National event), not just a pack of a few stewards who have to fight everyone on the speeds. I think RE's everywhere need to address this with the boards, and the boards to the masses, to really drive home the region's stance on the speed control issue. It will definatley take a good deal of effort to drive this into everyone's heads.