Peconic the XR drive is the strongest drive in the Bravo line up. Most teams do have them or could convert an XZ with some gears in the upper. The standard Bravo is cheaper and faster but is in no way nearly as reliable in the offshore racing environment.
2nd on the ITS suggestion it wont work because it has a built in stand off box which would be an advantage on some boats but not all.
3rd Homo ligate boats that are in the best interest of the sport and not one off boats. Lax the rules a bit for special cases. Example Shane's Scarib,most A boats but NOT something like the Fabio Butsee boat. How about it would have to be approved by the racers that are already racing in the class?

Great input, keep it coming and I will edit the first post as we go.

MD

Randy:


Roger the drive. Allow them to upgrade gears with minimum hassle.

Roger homoligation with laxer rules.

Mentioned ITS because of the upgrade path to SVL. I know you are looking at it. With the Kryptonites, that extra 7" standoff had no effect.

Is there any boats out there that would race F1 but they have an issue with the homo ligation? Lets not create an issue if there is not one!!!
MD
LOOOO ANNNNNN what time is the meeting going to be again?

The meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on Friday, which gives us 1 1/2 hours to hash out the issues before heading to the mandatory drivers meeting at 6:30. Location TBD. Michelle is working on some possible meeting places either at the hotel or a luxury coach. I have asked that wherever we meet we need a phone line so we can conference call in the teams who are not present at the Ft. Lauderdale race.

A tentative agenda follows. Please make changes as necessary. (Thanks to Peconic for his help!)

A.) How can we make Factory racing more popular?
- For the racers
- For the public

B.) The pre-meeting consensus appears to be one engine, one weight, one drive.

- What engine?
- What weight?
- What drive?

C.) Course layout

D.) Race support
- Fees
- Parts
- Fuel
- Other

And to reiterate - we have 1 1/2 hours to get through this agenda before the drivers meeting. Do we need to meet earlier - like around 4:00 - to ensure we can thoroughly discuss these topics and gain consensus? Testing for the day ends at 3:00 p.m. and according to the schedule I have the only thing we'd miss is the meet the crew pit party which runs from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Good Luck at the meeting, my sponsor has decied to move to another class......Thanks for everything!!!

I think an earlier start at 4:00 would be better so we don't run out of time. Maybe we could let the potential motor builder offer what they are willing to do for us at 5:15 to convert what we have?
Its your show Allen let me know!
MD

are you guy's nut's. it is up to us. you want to be heard then go to the meetings. put in your suggestions and if it's good it will done. that's the problem. all of you people complain about the rules after the fact. never saw one you, including you randy at any meeting. and if you want to know what meeting there is one every year in st louis.

Treadwell

This year, the meeting is in Ft. Lauderdale.

Okay folks - the meeting will start at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. I've heard from a few people who want to push it to 4:00 so we don't run out of time.

I'll make sure Michelle can accommodate us with either a room or a luxury coach at 4:00.

are you guy's nut's. it is up to us. you want to be heard then go to the meetings. put in your suggestions and if it's good it will done. that's the problem. all of you people complain about the rules after the fact. never saw one you, including you randy at any meeting. and if you want to know what meeting there is one every year in st louis.

Treadwell