[Jim Wahl]

From another email I received:

What will be the effect of monetary punishment on setting records. Any racer who considers setting a record has always had the concern that something may not pass no matter how careful they have been to insure their car is legal. Under a fine system that racer will also have the additional concern of some substantial monetary punishment beyond all the other difficulties that go with not passing.

Entering a national event where tear-down is likely creates another quagmire with the same concerns as a record tear-down but with greater expense potential since national events are more expensive given the travel and entry costs and the several days they entail. Then now ad to that a monetary punishment?

Consider this too. If a racer gets an engine from an engine builder, as so many do now, and for any reason an issue is found during tear-down and the racer is fined what then will the remedy be? Will an engine builder be willing to pay the fine for the racer? This was a difficult circumstance without a fine system.

There is still much to consider here.


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