Wheel Arch Louvres

[Count Johnny]

Quoting Chris Norman (the new Competition Secretary for the 750 Motor Club):

'The reworded J5.2.6, from 1st January 2011, now allows ventilation louvers to be fitted to mudguards, as long as the tyre can not be seen when viewed from above...I will draw the rewording of J5.2.6 to the attention of our Scrutineers and hopefully there will not be any confusion at future meetings.'

So no more sh*t at Bikesports scrutineering.

[BertBert]

does that mean no more chicken-wire discussions then?

[Count Johnny]

I'm sure there is nothing in the Grey Book that even hints that you should - although, personally, I'd have some mesh fitted to mine just to save my visor and helmet from wheel flung detritus (if I wasn't too lazy and stupid) - so said scrutineer should stick his mesh idea in a particulary un-sun-shiny place.

Rather, this means that the MSA have suddenly woken up and realised that sports racing cars, the world over, feature these vents and that the 750 are making a point of telling their scrutineers to leave us alone.

Still...it's only taken 4 years.

[LCM]

Count Johnny said:

I'm sure there is nothing in the Grey Book that even hints that you should - although, personally, I'd have some mesh fitted to mine just to save my visor and helmet from wheel flung detritus (if I wasn't too lazy and stupid) - so said scrutineer should stick his mesh idea in a particulary un-sun-shiny place.

Rather, this means that the MSA have suddenly woken up and realised that sports racing cars, the world over, feature these vents and that the 750 are making a point of telling their scrutineers to leave us alone.

Still...it's only taken 4 years.

and that for some classes (eg LMP), they are compulsory on safety grounds.................................

Confused?

[Hamlet2]

Result at last. I think !!!

Thanks for all the hard work Iain.

Regards

Hamlet

[SportsLibre]

At least it means I won't have to resort to protesting the louvres the next time a Prosport beats me

[Count Johnny]

LCM said:

and that for some classes (eg LMP), they are compulsory on safety grounds.................................

Confused?

Yes. The dichotomy was that, while they were mandatory for all FIA sportscars, they were illegal under MSA rules.