CRB Letters - Survey

Hi Guys,





First I would like to thank Jay and the Ad Hoc Committee for their hard work this year. I don't think anyone takes their efforts for granted. No one is attacking anybody here, there are just different opinions.



At the time of the proposed restrictor rules submitted earlier in the year, no one had really any idea how the Kawi would perform over the Suzuki in race conditions, hence no one really knew what to think about the proposed rule. The Runoffs was the FIRST time that there were enough Kawasaki power cars that one could get a true sense of comparison.



Here are the top trap speeds recorded from the Runoffs:



Driver/Position/Engine/Race Speed/Speed Qualifying #3/ SpeedQualifying#2

Osborne/ 1/ Kawasaki/ 111.6/ 111.1/ 114

Cooper/ 5/ Kawasaki/ 113.7/ 113.5/ 112.7

Vollum/ 7/ Kawasaki/ 111.1/ 109.9/ 110.1

Rice/ 10/ Kawasaki/ 114.5/ 111.6/ 112.9

Mayer/ 2/ Suzuki/ 114.3/ 113.2/ 114

Hickman/ 3/ Suzuki/ 114.8/ 113.5/ 113.7

Hill/ 4/ Suzuki/ 114.3/ 115.4/ 111.6

Loshak/ 6/ Suzuki/ 112.7/ 110.4/ 111.1

Chaoonick/ 8/ Suzuki/ 112.9/ 112.7/

Bell/ 9/ Suzuki/ 112.4/ 110.9/ 112.2

Cook/ 11/ Suzuki/ 111.9/ 112.2/ 109.1

LaBrie/ 12/ Suzuki/ 114.3/ 113.7/ 114

Eitel/ 13/ Suzuki/ 109.8/ 109.4/ 109.6

Thielmann/ 15/ Suzuki/ 112.2/ 109.9/ 109.6

Wolf/ DNS/ Suzuki/ 112.2

Gerardo/ 14/ Suzuki/ 108.2/ 108.6/ 110.8





This field represents 8 different car manufacturers, all with different aero setup and total weights. I do not know how any rational person can say that the Kawasaki has an advantage over the Suzuki. The dyno differences did not show up on track at the Runoffs, period.



My true concern is if the cars are this close in performance at the biggest race of the year and the rule makers still want to handicap the Kawasaki more than the Suzuki, how can we fairly move forward with any other engines? How much closer can the engines be? It will turn into a group of guys just arguing about restrictors.



Once we go down this path, I feel it muddies the class. It sounds great to say we will all have equal performance do to restrictors, but if the rule makers are not going to look at on-track data, how is it going to ever work out fairly?



If the BOD wants to slow our class down, I would much rather start another dialogue with them, based on the Runoffs Speed Chart, and revisit their concerns before we implement restrictors.



I have been working with Nicholas Belling on the F1000 survey that was emailed to the current F1000 field. At this point, 2:1 oppose restrictors. If you would like to be included on that survey, please email me your contact info to: c3construction@live.com

This survey will be going to the BOD for consideration. We will post the poll results, once we collect them, for all to see as well.



I also encourage you to write the CRB, http://www.clubracingboard.com to voice your concerns, for or against.



Thanks for your time,



J.R.O