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!
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. The importer had not submitted the engine to IKF for homologation or approval which unfortunately left the Leopard racers out in the cold. 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.
As a track owner and regional co-ordinator I could not run engines or classes in IKF sanctioned Regional events. Up until 2003 ALL of CRE events were sanctioned Regional Points events.
CRE is going to offer a TaG class in 2004, as a local option class, to be governed strictly by TaG USA specifications.
Perhaps now you can understand that it wasn’t a personal issue…..I had IKF regulations and the IKF memberships interests to safeguard.