tobybasiliko
doofus
For those of you who (like me) who weren't paying enough attention,
we are no longer identifiable by number. As in, "100 just passed under yellow. Again."
doesn't automatically mean I did it. If I wasn't there that weekend, it coulda been
anyone.
"Hey, you looked great at Portland!" Nope, that was a different blue E30, I was home with a sick kid.
Some random other driver had that number last weekend.
"Hey, can I be 02 this weekend?" Sure, why not? The driver who's been 02 since 1985's not here!
So don't be a doofus like I was and call Linda to say there was a mistake on your license number.
There may have been, but it was last fall when I was 'too busy' to read the rules change proposals carefully.
Heck, the CARS don't even get the numbers, like in roundy- round- "Wow! He put 26 on the pole? He MUST be good!"
The logic for the old system was clear- one driver, one license, one car. It did a good job of making sure the rules
and regulations of the club were enforced and enforcable. It made it reasonably easy to be sure there was a
licensed driver in the car, and that you knew who she was. It also made us all responsible for policing our number.
I don't see how the new system does any of that. Guess we
shall see as the season progresses.
And I do predict that roll call at meetings will take a.lot longer.
So I'll hopefully see you-all in Seattle. If my number goes to Portland, wish it luck for me.
#1156.
Or something.
we are no longer identifiable by number. As in, "100 just passed under yellow. Again."
doesn't automatically mean I did it. If I wasn't there that weekend, it coulda been
anyone.
"Hey, you looked great at Portland!" Nope, that was a different blue E30, I was home with a sick kid.
Some random other driver had that number last weekend.
"Hey, can I be 02 this weekend?" Sure, why not? The driver who's been 02 since 1985's not here!
So don't be a doofus like I was and call Linda to say there was a mistake on your license number.
There may have been, but it was last fall when I was 'too busy' to read the rules change proposals carefully.
Heck, the CARS don't even get the numbers, like in roundy- round- "Wow! He put 26 on the pole? He MUST be good!"
The logic for the old system was clear- one driver, one license, one car. It did a good job of making sure the rules
and regulations of the club were enforced and enforcable. It made it reasonably easy to be sure there was a
licensed driver in the car, and that you knew who she was. It also made us all responsible for policing our number.
I don't see how the new system does any of that. Guess we
shall see as the season progresses.
And I do predict that roll call at meetings will take a.lot longer.
So I'll hopefully see you-all in Seattle. If my number goes to Portland, wish it luck for me.
#1156.
Or something.
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