aluminum rub rails illegal...........

[mercguy]

I am betting you do not have to do anything with the nose section on a JDS. Are you going to be at the next SOA meeting Darren? I need to ask you a few questions. Davey

nope, sorry.....................here's an idea, can you PLEASE call the SO Chairman or someone and VERIFY the current rules on the pickles and rubrails and POST IT here ASAP.................thanks!!!!!!

[daveracerdsh]

Mayfield.

It burns me to no end that the Mod comm. did not allow the Tohatsu in D mod. Did they not attend the meeting we all had thursday morning and hear the higher ups say we should all look beyond personel issues and do what is best for the sport? I think not. Sorry to get off track...but not allowing the new Tohatsu in D mod is going to cost some clubs money. Ugh

[mercguy]

It burns me to no end that the Mod comm. did not allow the Tohatsu in D mod. Did they not attend the meeting we all had thursday morning and hear the higher ups say we should all look beyond personel issues and do what is best for the sport? I think not. Sorry to get off track...but not allowing the new Tohatsu in D mod is going to cost some clubs money. Ugh

ya, it pretty much killed the class in Reg10, but lets not go there again. Its too late to do anything about it till the next Nat. Meeting.........

we STILL need a clarification on the topics of this discussion.................

[daveracerdsh]

rails

i have an e mail into ed....sent it this afternoon. the way i understand is that rails are legal, and u do have to have a rounded pickle, regardless as to when the boat was built. Kyle Bahl looked up the notes from last year. I am going to buy new rub rails for my sponsons. Davey

[sponsonhead]

I'm in

Dave,

The D-Railer will be running DSH at Mossyrock. I'll be there.

R-19

[daveracerdsh]

Mossyrock.

Thanx Pat....that makes a class for us. Are u driving or is Thumper?

[sponsonhead]

I'll be driving. With KB as Race Director, he's only running 1 class and he wants to run the CSR. Looking forward to playing raceboat!

R-19

[99R]

Amber Biggins is my screen saver!! Pat were's that pic. when we need it.


99R

[Racerkyle20]

Bill-Don't blame the 'east coast bias' here. These rules came about to try and make boat racing safer. The idea from UIM. If you want to talk to a UIM safety rep...they're one in our region, his name is Bob Wartinger. He can help you clarify the SORC's decision. Now the decision not to not grandfather boats is an interesting one (clarify i was not on that commision). But it's the rule for 10' if you want to change it for next year send me an email with reasons that this rule is un-safe and does not make boat racing safer. 1/2 inch is not much. I didn't see billy allen complain when he sawed down his pickle tips in florida on a 2 year old hemp...just saying.

Daren- the rule this year is 1/2 inch width on pickle tips. aluminum rails are legal.

[daveracerdsh]

Rub rails

yep...kyle is right. aluminum is legal for this year. Folks...dont be to afraid of the 1/2 radius thing....it is only the width of a 25 cent piece. Pat....when u pass me in the first turn....wave at me. It will be good to see u in a race boat again. DSH dave

[Susan Rautenberg]

ok dave

yep...kyle is right. aluminum is legal for this year. Folks...dont be to afraid of the 1/2 radius thing....it is only the width of a 25 cent piece. Pat....when u pass me in the first turn....wave at me. It will be good to see u in a race boat again. DSH dave

yah lol you dont own an A hydro-- when we go to cut the pickle tips off the sorensen we will have a square shovel nose-- no tips left-- so we are bagging A hydro boatwill be kpro and axh.......

[ricochet112]

OK, if rub rails are legal this year it raises a question for my boat and inspecting; my ASH Blackwell hydro meets the 1/2" radius with aluminum rub rails in place.

Does this satisfy the min 1/2" pickle tip requirement? Being an inspector, as the rule reads I would have to allow it because the tip of the sponson meets the minimum radius.

Any input?

[Mike45]

My I just read the rules that have been updated on 4/14/10 on the APBA website. The 1/2" radius applies to ALL SO (Updated), MO after 10/31/07 (no change) & PRO after 10/31/08 (no change).

The part about the half oval aluminum rub rails states MO & PRO are allowed as long as the moulding is 1/2" wide. It does not specifically state you cannot use it on SO unless you have breakaway forks which cannot contain any other material than the outer shell.

Being a rookie starter this is all confusing because it looks as though they are leaving it up to the ref's. So it may be good to go at 1 site but not at another. I hope all rookies are not have this much trouble understanding.

Thank goodness I am running in AMOD and my boat was built in '99. But next year I was thinking about running in some stock classes also. So I hope this is cleared up by then.

Mike Stevenson

[blueskyracer]

My I just read the rules that have been updated on 4/14/10 on the APBA website. The 1/2" radius applies to ALL SO (Updated), MO after 10/31/07 (no change) & PRO after 10/31/08 (no change).

The part about the half oval aluminum rub rails states MO & PRO are allowed as long as the moulding is 1/2" wide. It does not specifically state you cannot use it on SO unless you have breakaway forks which cannot contain any other material than the outer shell.

Being a rookie starter this is all confusing because it looks as though they are leaving it up to the ref's. So it may be good to go at 1 site but not at another. I hope all rookies are not have this much trouble understanding.

Thank goodness I am running in AMOD and my boat was built in '99. But next year I was thinking about running in some stock classes also. So I hope this is cleared up by then.

Mike Stevenson

Just stick with Mod, less hassel

[Dave M]

Let's Pray

Just stick with Mod, less hassel

Let's Pray they don't get their hooks into Mod with all this stuff, but if history repeats itself, it will find its way in. I think typically the commision votes it down, then the saftey commision mandates it. If I recall right, that is how the FAH hight rule was done... with only a week or so before the Winter nat's.

Yes, I have a problem with the process of implementing the saftey rules as the process is currently.