RULES AND REGULATIONS AT FFW

Gearbanger · 05-04-1999, 08:52 AM

After reading the posts about the FFW Atlanta, I had to interject. First I had a friend in the True Street event (put out after stripping 2 lugs changing over to slicks) I am not affiliated with FFW or George Klass. I was present though when a lot of the True Street cars where being Teched though. At now time did I see George Klass (if that was him teching the cars) harass anyone, in fact he was joking with everyone and having a good time. The first thing he asked each driver was how fast will you run. Then he told them what they could run according to the safety equipment he saw present in their cars. He did not physically check every car for all equipment or legal documents (ie insurance, registration) instead he just depended on the drivers honesty. He did tell the drivers that if they ran faster than the times he indicated that they would be disqualified and booted from the track. He didn't specify if you should boot yourself or if the NHRA/FFW officials would ask you to leave. Either way I enjoyed watching T/S 16 make those 9 sec passes myself and wish he would have still got his times although being DQ'ed. However rules are rules and if I'm correct I have seen some if not all of the NHRA/SFI safety rules on this site.

My opinion on what could be done to eliminate future problems.
1. Have Tech session for True Street only on the day (Saturday morning usually) of the event.

2. Since its a MMFF magazine class, have a staff member (Evan Smith, John Hunkins) either tech the vehicles or be present during the teching of these cars.

3. Have a checklist for each car and using this sheet as a reference when teching the cars. This will include car #, driver name, estimated et and required safety equipment w/ a check box after its been inspected.

As extreme as this may seem, these are just my opinions but I would think that this would cover the butts of the people teching the class and be fair to all the people entered into the True Street event. Sorry for being so long winded. Teddy Popee

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05-04-1999, 08:52 AM	#5
Gearbanger Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Posts: 12	After reading the posts about the FFW Atlanta, I had to interject. First I had a friend in the True Street event (put out after stripping 2 lugs changing over to slicks) I am not affiliated with FFW or George Klass. I was present though when a lot of the True Street cars where being Teched though. At now time did I see George Klass (if that was him teching the cars) harass anyone, in fact he was joking with everyone and having a good time. The first thing he asked each driver was how fast will you run. Then he told them what they could run according to the safety equipment he saw present in their cars. He did not physically check every car for all equipment or legal documents (ie insurance, registration) instead he just depended on the drivers honesty. He did tell the drivers that if they ran faster than the times he indicated that they would be disqualified and booted from the track. He didn't specify if you should boot yourself or if the NHRA/FFW officials would ask you to leave. Either way I enjoyed watching T/S 16 make those 9 sec passes myself and wish he would have still got his times although being DQ'ed. However rules are rules and if I'm correct I have seen some if not all of the NHRA/SFI safety rules on this site. My opinion on what could be done to eliminate future problems. 1. Have Tech session for True Street only on the day (Saturday morning usually) of the event. 2. Since its a MMFF magazine class, have a staff member (Evan Smith, John Hunkins) either tech the vehicles or be present during the teching of these cars. 3. Have a checklist for each car and using this sheet as a reference when teching the cars. This will include car #, driver name, estimated et and required safety equipment w/ a check box after its been inspected. As extreme as this may seem, these are just my opinions but I would think that this would cover the butts of the people teching the class and be fair to all the people entered into the True Street event. Sorry for being so long winded. Teddy Popee