@Anonymous wrote:
Chaz,
Now, perhaps you can understand the dilemma that I faced at this time last year when a certain Parilla Leopard racer wanted to be included in the IKF sanctioned program at CRE. At the time TaG USA didn’t even exist!
Well G,
In this particular case TaG USA wasn’t needed. A very good set of technical specifications for the engine were already in existance, provided by the IAME factory with a list to proper tech tools and their part numbers. The spec sheet was, at that time, as it is now, free of charge and downloadable from at least two sources via the web.
A child could have used that documentation available to create a passable set of competition rules for that motor.
It was not that I didn’t want a certain racer or engine package to be involved at CRE in 2003……….CRE is sanctioned by IKF and the Parilla Leopard was not on the 2003 approved IKF engine list.
I called the IKF main office for that “list” and was informed that no such thing, in fact, existed – at least not for an option class, which was the only way that motor, or any TaG motor at that time, could possibly compete in an IKF sanctioned event or series. The IKF rep I spoke with, went on to say that at that time there were two IKF regions set to run that engine as an option class. In addition, I was told that which engines were allowed in any region’s optional system were at the sole discretion of the Region Coordinator, provided the RC filed the appropriate paperwork with the national office. This was confirmed by subsequent conversations with a then-seated IKF Board Member
The importer had not submitted the engine to IKF for homologation or approval which unfortunately left the Leopard racers out in the cold.
As far as a national class goes, yes. A region option was quite possible.
The sanctioning body must have an engines technical specifications if they are to determine its eligibilty for competition and if they aren’t submitted then they don’t have the baseline data to approve of them. It is a definite benefit to the racer for the governing body to have those specifications.
The specifications for the Leopard were readily available and could have been implemented to create a region option class for that engine. As it turned out, TaG USA Standards were available well before our 2003 season started and could have easily been implemented as well.
Perhaps now you can understand that it wasn’t a personal issue…..I had IKF regulations and the IKF memberships interests to safeguard
Actually, I think it was. Perhaps not towards me personally, but I do think it was kinda personal.
But, that’s water under the bridge.
This whole thing speaks directly towards the problem of lack of specifications to allow governance within the class. To date, the the Sonik importer has yet to submit specs and there are no specs available anywhere that I’m aware of. This spells trouble and not just for all the people who want to run that motor. Lack of specs wiould make scrutineering difficult if not impossible. So what do you do? What do we do?