[TPR] wheels

[asajay at asajay.com]

Team Pantera Racing would like to point out our members strive to be  
within the rules at any event, recognizing that "pushing the boundary"  
is a matter of having a well prepared car and driver.    Tech rules  
for the most part are designed to prevent problems on the course, to  
ensure safety of both the drivers and those on course and hopefully  
make for an enjoyable experience for everyone.

We may be rough, we may be jerks at times and we may thump our chests  
with a good story or two but when it comes to safety and car prep, we  
don't wish to screw around.

Circumventing a tech inspection by presenting the car, having it pass  
and then make changes affecting those safety or mechanical items is  
not something we do.  This is why we take great pains, months ahead of  
time in order to make sure our vehicles are prepared properly.

To that end I have emailed the tech inspector and asked what the  
ruling would be.  If spacers are not allowed then they are not  
allowed.  If that is the case we are then in a position to investigate  
other options such as a different backspace.

For all we know at this moment, the wheels in question will fit fine  
without spacers.  We're just trying to get as much data ahead of time  
if we need it.

... and then I can make some updates to the TPR site.

Quoting "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>:

> yeah, that was sorta the idea behind adding it later.
>
> "If you ain't pushing the boundaries, you're not trying hard enough"
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM, <steve at donegan.org> wrote:
>
>>   That would violate the rules - the car/equipment is to be presented as
>> it will race at tech, no mods after are permitted....
>>
>> ____________
>> Steven Donegan
>> SSCC/NORC Car #86
>> www.sscc.us
>>
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