Quoting this from the AGM thread:
"I think common-sense should prevail.
You can over complicate the simple and remove the enjoyment of competition.
Having said that I think there should be a control tyre. One make/one style/one compound. It might be different for different locations, but it would reduce costs and create a level playing field.
Also, given the rising cost of racing and the decresasing value of my wage, I question the need to have BRCA approved batteries etc. The costs might put people off racing. Surely, it's better to have full races, and frankly does it really make a difference?
Martyn and Tom."
TYRES
- We cannot control the compound of tyre people use as weather/track conditions determine the compound you need to use & that can change from race to race.
- With regards to tyres in scotland we only really use either schumacher mini-spikes in yellow for the dry & green for the damp/wet or ballistics buggy spikes in green wet/dry
A set of ballistics, if you only used them at the SORC, would probably last you a full season but you wouldn't always be competitive as schuey yellow mini-spikes in dry conditions would be quicker.
On a dry day a single set of schuey yellows would probably last a full day on a grass track.
Shuey greens also would last a good length of time as the conditions they get used in tends to be less abrasive than the dry. If used in correctly again they could last a full season
The exception will probably be the NORA track once up & running as ASTRO-TURF can cause a high wear rate on tyres. I have also been to tracks where the surface is ASTRO-TURF & the tyre wear has been very low. In some cases as well worn tyres are better than new tyres.
BATTERIES
The electric board team at the BRCA generate a list of electronic components which with the help of the manufacturers they deem fit for use at BRCA sanctioned events.
Please refer to pages 27-35 of the 2010 BRCA Handbook.
Homologation list is on
www.BRCA.org
With the Scottish Offroad Chamionship being a BRCA sanctioned event then we are supposed to adhere to this list & the rules of the BRCA. With the championship just getting back on it's feet in Scotland I don't want to ram the rules down every bodies throat & I hope to ease the rules upon the championship over the next 2 seasons, but the aim is to run the championship to the full BRCA rules by at latest 2013