Maybe Shifter can chime in with the non proprietary info.

I'm quite certain that you never have to worry about purchasing either of the aforementioned items from Mr. Haggin or myself ...

Ryan - I agree with you but Pat was the real innovator here. Without his efforts with dry-sumping the #6s, everyone might still be running wet units. It gets back to competition. Without competition, the end result is almost always less development and higher prices. That is why I am so opposed to one vendor for anything.

Oh yea, I understand the Weismann orginated the dry sump equipment along time ago, I was just stating the the Mercury and weismann drive weren't exactly the same.

As I've stated here and even more people have in other places. Motorsport’s always will need competition and competition helps businesses and the business model.

com•pe•ti•tion

• The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
• A test of skill or ability; a contest: a skating competition.
• Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
• A competitor: The competition has cornered the market.
• Ecology. The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.

Mercury is a GREAT company and they make great products but I personally feel that Motorsport’s in general can always grow with competing products. I think companies like Arneson, Weismann and others are good for the sport as a whole.

This discussion is for the birds. What's so hard to understand?

1.) The rules of OSS originate with the OSS racers in a democratic process.

2.) The technical rules of a class orgininate with the class in a democratic process.

Granted, this is a concept that might be alien to some, and some may have (as parts of this discussion attest) a hard time grasping the overall concept. But it is what it is. The rules are there and they will be upheld.

If you don't like the rules, change them. You can. Get the unanimous vote of a class, and by next year they'll be able to race your drive. At OSS, the racers decide. I know it may sound strange and unusual. But that's the way it is.

Thank God!

1) The rules do not originate with the OSS. 10 years ago it started with the APBA tech comitee. It continued with APBA Offshore tech comitee in 2000 and now with OSS. The same faces different shirts.

2) What rule is keeping my dry-sump#6 ssm drives from competing?

pat W

Sorry this is boring you, but it seems that all Pat has to do is get 5 of the SCL teams to agree on his drive and his is in and Peppers will then be able to use them.

Thanks for your input.

Excellent statement from one of the most respected racers and race team owners in offshore, an extremely successful business man, and one of the most level headed OSO members.

Nobody can question Mr. Scott's understanding of business competition or his commitment to the sport. His statement could apply to any sanctioning body of any motorsport.