John Darby
John Darby
appealing bar bump bumper cars crash energy front integrity maintain race rearrange run
What we know is that we would like to rearrange the front bumper bar configuration to make it not appealing to bump draft. At the same time, we have to maintain the integrity of the front end of the race cars for crash purposes. There's a lot of energy absorption in the front bumpers that we run on the cars here.
address along aware conversation easier meet offense past penalty situation softer somebody topic treated
We're aware of Chad's past penalties. Is it a topic of conversation as we meet about the penalty? Yeah, briefly, but it's a lot easier for us to address each penalty situation on its own, with its own merits, but along with that, it's not that much different in the world we live in: A first-time offense for somebody is a lot of the times treated a little softer than somebody that has a history.
charged completed phase pleased
We are pleased that this phase of a complex, protracted, and emotionally charged investigation has been completed with the subject's arrest.
couple everybody goes next official printed release schedule time turning weeks within
Within the next couple of weeks we'll release the official 'Car of Tomorrow' schedule and that will be the official schedule. We'll say, 'Here it is, we're not turning back.' -- The important thing is to get that official schedule out, because when it goes out it's printed and everybody says, 'here's the deal,' and then it's time to get going.
benefit doubt hold policing process reason repeated responsibility sure
We hold a lot of responsibility for policing the sport, but, at the same time, we have to give the competitors the benefit of the doubt if we can, so that's why that process is repeated. Honestly, another reason it's repeated is so we're sure of what we're seeing, not something goofy, not a mistake.
ability cars evidence inspection outside parts pieces prove react
Without clear-cut evidence in the parts and pieces and the thing we do in inspection that would prove the cars to be outside the rulebook, we don't have the ability to react to that.
attempting happening provide ski
What's happening right now is that ski manufacturers are attempting to provide a one-ski-does-it-all scenario.
changes progress small test ton wing winter work
We've made a ton of progress with it over the winter and it's down to small changes now. We're doing a lot of work with the wing right now to test it out and see how it's going to work. It has been real positive. We will keep pressing on and in '07 it will race.
calls subjective
There could be some very subjective calls made. Hopefully, we don't have to make a call.
apparent becomes bump car create draft issue time touches unless
Every bump draft will not create a penalty. Every time a car touches another car will not create a penalty. Unless it becomes very apparent to us that there is an unnecessary hit, specifically in one of the no zones, we will not issue a penalty.
bump create draft
Every bump draft will not create a penalty.
definitely designed dollars eliminate huge lab purpose quite race running spending taking talking thousands three tire tires weeks
The tire-leasing is not specifically designed to eliminate testing. It has the huge purpose of eliminating tire testing. I'm not talking about running a race track; I'm talking about taking 50 tires to an independent lab and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars testing. It's definitely designed to eliminate that. And quite frankly, we're only three weeks into that, but it's working pretty good.