Originally Posted by
T.S.Davis
A little history....
Before MMEU left NAMBA in favor of IMPBA back in 2017 we had discussions with multiple people at the IMPBA BOD level. We were asked to get limited done. It was time. We were also asked about maybe doing a nats. Did and did. Scolded for it. BUT! Encouraged to be patient. "Guys are at least talking about it now. Gathering information. We'll get it. Be patient." Accept they haven't got it. 2 years of "patience" and still no closer.
Asked again by racers and event hosts......."hey, how come you guys don't have rules in the book for this? It's always the most popular. Pitter patter. Let's git at er'." Not my yob?
Tried again but with the intention of matching what NAMBA was doing in an effort to parallel and maybe just maybe have harmony between the two books. Who knows....maybe racers would attend races associated with both organizations. There aren't that many of us to begin with. Ignoring each other is foolish IMO. Neither organization is the devil. I know.....blasphemy. I did not consult Mike on it because I already knew his opinion. It's a minority opinion. No I didn't poll every member of IMPBA. I do know an FE racer or two that are turning laps. Again, went exactly as expected. I pulled it. Wasn't worth the ensuing debate. The debate raged on anyway.
I did re-write it to make the length part clearer. Can plus bearing. Yada yada. Words n' stuff. Never printed it. Seemed DOA. The BOD turns to the director for guidance on things they're not familiar with. That's not weird. If I was a DD and an LSG proposal came up I would have to ask the LSG director "what's the deal with this?". If the gas director was solidly against it and had what seemed valid reasoning I wouldn't be inclined to doubt him. What the heck do I know about gas? Nutt'n. Pretty much where we were and where we still are on limited. They ask, hear "it's crap" and it gets tabled. Not weird.
Now I've been asked by many racers (minority apparently) to get the revision back in there. I was also asked by 3 directors to get this done and multiple even asked how they could help.
By retracting it I only made for more controversy. Sorry fellas. I blew it. Frustration on my part but still I blew it. I've survived everything from the introduction of brushless motors to the addition of Lithium polymer to the rule books. Wears a person down.
I'll re-submit and let the chips land where they may. I'll rest easy knowing I tried. If IMPBA is crippled by it then so be it. I will say, I'm completely over debating it. Done.
If yer an FE racer and this is something you want.....contact your district director so that he or she knows where you stand on it. You don't have to be a director to be "involved". Those guys are elected to represent us. They actually want to do that. They volunteered to rep their district members. It's the gig. If they never hear from us they don't know what we think. For that matter......if you think the whole thing is absolute folly tell them that too. Either way, "go or no go" has to be up to us, the members.
Should go back in Monday.