RE: RE: 2002/2003 challenge - claiming rule?

[dsedon@domain.elided]

hi eric,

i couldn't imagine they'd make ya sell yer car - thanks for the clarification!  ;~)  i don't care if mortimer takes 18 seconds to do a qarter-mile; i have wanted that car since i 1st saw foto's of it, but i had neither the time or space to fix it per brian shorey...  oh well, i'm sure brian will put it to good use!  :>)

doug s.

"Storhok, Eric (E.M.)" <estorhok@domain.elided> wrote:

>This is an easy one.  There is no claim rule anymore.
>
>If someone protests the "value" of your car, then a board of 3 or 4 people decide whether your car is legal.
>
>When there was a rule, you HAD to be a registered competitor to be able to buy the car.
>
>I'm still deciding how fair this is, but nobody protested anyone else this year, and as far as I know, no transactions have ever taken place.
>
>Mortimer may be the fastest Berlina in the world, but can it do the 1/4 mile in 12.5 seconds?  Which is the claimed fastest car there, but could not stay at the drag race for the "rain out" date.  I believe it, too- last year they did a 12.8 or so at the event.  Omni GLH Turbo.
>
>Eric Storhok
>Core Emissions and Fuel Economy Team
>Advanced Powertrain Engineering
>(313)33x75011
>MD 35, FPC-B
>Ford Motor Company
>
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