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By symbolic
Published: February 15, 2006
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1-11-06 New Rules for 2006
You will immediately notice that the 2006 NASA TT rules are much longer than the previous rules (23 pages vs. 6 pages total), and that everything is covered in much greater detail, with definitions that would be more difficult to misinterpret. Many of the cars moved up in base class by an asterisk or more (especially the cars that were in G or H), and there are more modification points to be had (there are now over 100 different items to review to calculate mod points, but it still does not take more than 15 minutes to figure out a car’s competition class). Asterisk handicaps are now valued at +7 and +15 points (instead of +5 and +10). And it takes 20 modification points to jump up to the next class. TT licenses will be required after your first weekend of competition. Frequent TT drivers now have the option of using a car tech procedure very similar to that of the racers, with a logbook and annual inspection by NASA with spot checks for compliance. Any driver choosing to use this option must be very careful to fully comply with the procedures, or risk monetary fines (and worse). But, for those of you that are currently having to tow your car to a tech station a few days before an event, or those of you that seem to run out of time every Saturday morning trying to get your car tech'd, this will save you a lot of trouble.
We still have the same goals that we did when we started the program over two years ago--to have a fun, fair, exciting, competitive, time trial competition, in an advanced level driving arena, with no discrimination based on what make of car, or extent of modifications one has. We are just ready to accommodate many more drivers than we had back then, all across the country. So, if you are one of the competitors that is affected by these updates, I want you to know that we haven't changed our initial intent of any of these rules. We believe that we have written them so that our drivers will understand the intent more clearly, and avoid making classification errors.
We have revised the TT on-line calculator for the 2006 rules. Be careful that you add in the free mods that you are prompted for (cage, NASCAR door bars, etc.), or you may wind up with some extra points on replacement seats and other items that should be free.
