--- In F125@yahoogroups.com, Randy Chase <randyc2@...> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >p.s. Rick have you found that you have to run an airbox or longer
> >silencer to meet noise regs at SD?
>
>
> Keep in mind that the reason we** created the airbox at Qualcomm
rule
> was not to make sound. It was created by a few of us that all
agreed
> to try to not annoy people more than we had to. As some of you
might
> know, getting F125 allowed in SD was a long and hard battle, and
one
> that is still not over.
>
> We asked competitors to minimize blipping the throttle in staging.
We
> asked everyone to use airboxes. Basically we need to be model
> citizens and more. We felt that airboxes, in addition to helping
> meet sound, also reduced the annoyance of the karts higher
frequency sounds.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Randy Chase
> (looking for a good kart deal to get back into F125, but running
ASP
> Elise at the Tour and CSP Miata at the Pro..and waiting for me new
> E-MOD car to be built)
>
> **We being Tom Harrington, Paul Russell, Randy Chase with also
input
> from Pete Motaz and some of the other veterans.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Hi Randy,

So I guess you're saying that have to run a box at the SD tour. I
have not heard this before, but when I ran at SD last time it was in
a different class. Sounds like there are some politics surrounding
F125 down there and thats too bad.