Mod Question

[bill boyes]

Why is the CMR wt min 480 lbs and DMR & FMR there is no min wt?

[mercguy]

Why is the CMR wt min 480 lbs and DMR & FMR there is no min wt?

I often wondered that myself! Only conclusion I came up with, is that maybe since they are so darn heavy, having no weight restriction eliminates having to put them on the scales for inspection purposes and saving the pit crew's backs????

I know that can't be the "official" reason though.......

[Bill Huson]

I'll vote for that . . .

One of Hokey Hydro race team's ASH rent-a-drivers weighed about 101 pounds geared up. She was so petite if she went into a talkie jag on the drive we'd put her in the glove box. Her A hydro - to make weight - went about 225-230 pounds. My back hurts just thinking about those launchs.

[alky6]

When Lon Stevens wrote the rules for FER and FEH it was anticipated that the class would be adopted by the PRO category (it was also on fuel when ran as a local class on the west coast). The PRO category turned it down and the MOD category picked it up. The rules remained the same, except for fuel of course. As to DMR, I think the weight limit was dumped to help increase class participation. Don't quote me on that though.

-Paul