GT3 Techno

NARRA came with a curious announcement Today:

"Avoidable contact can quickly become expensive, both for the driver receiving the hit as well as those causing the contact. Conscious of this, the North American Road Racing Association has taken steps to deter, and hopefully eradicate, paint swapping in its ever popular and competitive US GT Championship.

To keep things clean, and ensure drivers think twice before sticking their nose in somewhere it shouldn't be, General Manager Rob Morrison and renowned steward Terry Earwood have developed a policy which puts accountability back on the driver at fault and makes them financially responsible for the damage caused to another car."

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/-...id=V2pmVmmHi6g

What do you think ? May create a new way to judge who's "at fault"... ;0)

BostonDMD

Interesting concept.......

early_grayce

Interesting... time will tell how this plays out.

aj986s

I like the concept, particularly the use of good video to support the decision. Seems well directed towards avoiding boneheaded moves.

sbelles

It will be interesting to see if the MTBF for video cameras goes up.

mglobe

How many times have we watched video on this board from more than one source, and ended up arguing over fault?

People will end up going to court. The lawyers will profit.

aj986s

Good point.

stuttgart46

Yep and it will tie up the repair of your car for months during litigation.

GT3 Techno

I am pretty sure you will have to accept that rule in wrinting prior to race with them. The Steward will have a lot of pressure and responsability. Not sure they will have to find someone at fault in all incidents... thus it may be applied only when it is clear who's at fault. Which is rarely the case anyway.

The Viper SRT Cup applies this rule since a while ago I believe and it seems to work. In one incident a friend had in this series they even paid the damages themselves and took care of getting the money from the other guy !

fleadh

Why not just increase the punishment to the drivers who (continually) cause problems?

-mike

GuyIncognito

+1

probation, suspension, pulling of license seems much better than getting $$ involved and heading to court (which would be inevitable).

Matt Romanowski

Plus, when everyone is in a different car with different preperation, you make the poor people take the financial risk/expense that the more funded take. I'm all for you put as much into a car as you are willing to lose.

multi21

I can see "Just a racing incident" used a lot in these cases.

racing916

This concept seems silly. I can't imagine if PCA did this with multiple classes in one run group. Can the class then choose which run group they get to race with. I would rather damage a spec 944 then a cup car. Would they class cars not on performance but replacement costs, or the drivers net worth?

mglobe

I had a wreck a few years ago that was for the most part my fault. I sought out the other driver, and paid for part of his repairs. Voluntarily. I didn't think I HAD to do that, but I felt that it was the right thing to do. I would like to think that a lot of others would do the same if they were in the same circumstance. But I accept that not all will do this, and I live with the risk associated with that.

I'd much rather see sanctioning bodies penalize repeat offenders with loss of license than with money.