July 2016 Minutes
Posted: August 13th, 2016, 2:41 pm
The FV Ad Hoc Committee met July 6, 2016
Members attending: Stephen Saslow, John Petillo, Bruce Livermore, Dietmar Bauerle, Stevan Davis, Guest: Fred Clark
1 - Steve Davis gave us his personal impressions after driving on a prototype spec. tire provided to him by Hoosier. He ran the tire in all 4 sessions at the June Mid-Ohio Majors event. He found the tires to "feel" very similar to the normal Hoosier FV tires but he was 2.5 to 3 sec. per lap slower than the current tires. He was surprised to see that his data showed that he had only marginally slower top speeds. He did not run enough sessions to assess the durability of the tire.
2 - We continued our discussion of our concerns over the measurement of deck height and the wording of the rules related to this. We have discussed a possible rewording of section 9.1.1.C.5.D.6 to address these concerns. The plan is to pass this proposed rewording by as many engine builders as possible to see if we can come to a mutually agreed upon measurement process. A list of builders was generated including Dave Carr, Dave Satterly, Roland Butler, Mike Palermo, Chris Cox (Noble), Brian McCarthy, Ron Chuck, Ron Whitston, Erik Oseth, Bill Vallis, Al Varacins and Dietmar Bauerle. If there are additional builders we should contact please let us know.
With luck we might be able to get something in place for next season.
3 - There was a brief discussion of surface treating of gears. Some of those attending would like to allow it since it is almost impossible to test for. Others wish to continue as things stand where it is officially illegal. The concern on their side is that making it legal will add just one more expensive "gotta have" to that ever lengthening list in FV. No conclusion was reached.
4 - We celebrated and discussed the CRB's decision to create an official Ad Hoc FV Committee in response to this committee's "letter to the CRB" requesting that this be done for the good of the class and the CRB. Most of the current committee members have or will be submitting resumes for consideration and we hope that at least some of the current committee members will be chosen so there is some continuity and issues we have under discussion can continue to be addressed. At the same time we hope there is enough interest from the rest of the FV community that the CRB has a good set of volunteers to select from.
Respectfully submitted,
Bruce
Members attending: Stephen Saslow, John Petillo, Bruce Livermore, Dietmar Bauerle, Stevan Davis, Guest: Fred Clark
1 - Steve Davis gave us his personal impressions after driving on a prototype spec. tire provided to him by Hoosier. He ran the tire in all 4 sessions at the June Mid-Ohio Majors event. He found the tires to "feel" very similar to the normal Hoosier FV tires but he was 2.5 to 3 sec. per lap slower than the current tires. He was surprised to see that his data showed that he had only marginally slower top speeds. He did not run enough sessions to assess the durability of the tire.
2 - We continued our discussion of our concerns over the measurement of deck height and the wording of the rules related to this. We have discussed a possible rewording of section 9.1.1.C.5.D.6 to address these concerns. The plan is to pass this proposed rewording by as many engine builders as possible to see if we can come to a mutually agreed upon measurement process. A list of builders was generated including Dave Carr, Dave Satterly, Roland Butler, Mike Palermo, Chris Cox (Noble), Brian McCarthy, Ron Chuck, Ron Whitston, Erik Oseth, Bill Vallis, Al Varacins and Dietmar Bauerle. If there are additional builders we should contact please let us know.
With luck we might be able to get something in place for next season.
3 - There was a brief discussion of surface treating of gears. Some of those attending would like to allow it since it is almost impossible to test for. Others wish to continue as things stand where it is officially illegal. The concern on their side is that making it legal will add just one more expensive "gotta have" to that ever lengthening list in FV. No conclusion was reached.
4 - We celebrated and discussed the CRB's decision to create an official Ad Hoc FV Committee in response to this committee's "letter to the CRB" requesting that this be done for the good of the class and the CRB. Most of the current committee members have or will be submitting resumes for consideration and we hope that at least some of the current committee members will be chosen so there is some continuity and issues we have under discussion can continue to be addressed. At the same time we hope there is enough interest from the rest of the FV community that the CRB has a good set of volunteers to select from.
Respectfully submitted,
Bruce