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- July 17, 2018 at 11:35 am #83803
Cris Schureman
ParticipantDoes anyone know the ruling/opinion from SKUSA on the Stock Honda cylinder that was protested?
July 17, 2018 at 12:02 pm #83804Cory Milne
ParticipantChristian is the one who protested the Cylinder. I am under the impression that SKUSA has ruled the cylinder in question illegal but we are waiting official results
July 17, 2018 at 1:12 pm #83805Cris Schureman
ParticipantI have been hoping nothing is found and everyone is cleared. It is a club race for crying out loud and really sad to hear if true. Either way it seems like a long time to wait and the longer it goes on the fishier it smells.
Do you know if the CKT in possession of the “official” results? They have a responsibility to expeditiously forward the findings to the protester. It is understandable (does not make it right) to drag your feet if they know the cylinder does not comply since the father of the driver does tech.
Regardless, Someone must have felt something was pretty blatant to plop down cash at a club race. Does the protester get the money back if anything is found out of spec?
July 20, 2018 at 7:44 am #83815The Colorado Karter
KeymasterAll,
a) Worth noting: CKT’s SKUSA Stock Honda category runs under SKUSA technical rules only. For competition issues, as an IKF series CKT refers to IKF and NKA procedures.
b) The parts protested were impounded after the race, and sent to SKUSA for inspection. At first, SKUSA wasn’t even going to bother inspecting it as again, CKT is not a SKUSA sanctioned series. They did all parties involved a favor by inspecting. This inspection was conducted by nationally-respected officials at a Pro Kart Challenge race in California.
c) Once inspected, a formal letter of finding was written by those officials and then sent to CKT. This took several days after the event in California to receive as well.
Accusations of CKT “dragging their feet” are not only untrue, but also critical of a series that again, was doing us all a favor by spending time at their race with their independent officials to inspect a part from another race in another state. We can not expedite a process we do not have party to, especially when it was pretty clear they didn’t want to be bothered with it in the first place, which frankly is understandable.
d) Once received, the findings were sent to protestor. This was done “expeditiously,” to use a term above.
e) As in all protest cases, all parties not directly involved in the protest actually do not have a god-given right to know the findings of the inspection. This is how IKF has handled this for a long, long time. With that said, if the competitors involved in it wish to share or comment on the process or findings, that is THEIR decision to do so. This is done out of respect for the parties involved, regardless of the situation, regardless of the category, regardless of the class.
f) With all of that^ stated, I will say: Following the inspection and result of the inspection, the finishing results have been upheld, and will not be altered. Both the 1st and 2nd place finishers were not and are not CKT nor IKF members according to our records, so they don’t receive CKT points. As we have a new volunteer running points this year who didn’t know this about non members (my fault), we have to go back and update this for several classes for non members, and that will be fixed shortly.
g) Lastly, a quick note on protests: If a part is protested and found to not be illegal, the protestor (party lodging the protest) is not entitled to a return of their money. The opposite of course would be true if the component is deemed illegal.
I hope this clarifies your inquiry.
-Eric Gunderson
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