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La mancanza di un Club o di una qualsiasi Organizzazione produce effetti di questo genere:

al Team Gemelli Racing (che tutti conoscono) sono stati tolti settanta punti durante il Campionato Europeo Super Gas in base a norme "ad hoc" introdotte nei Regolamenti europei.

Saputa la cosa ho provato ad inviare al Technical Department della NHRA la seguente mail:



Da: Franco Canina

A: NHRA Technicals

Inviato: Luned? 10 settembre 2007, 11:57:02

Oggetto: NHRA membership 287735

Dear Sirs,



I?m an italian NHRA member since the mid seventies.

My membership number is now: 287735.

My name is Franco Canina

My surface address is : 190, Corso Inglesi

I-18038 SAN REMO ? ITALY ? phone: +39-0184-535111



I had the opportunity to exchange some surface mail with your former Vice-President Carl Olson and I know his efforts to obtain the approval of NHRA Rule Book in F.I.A. Regulation in 1993.

I have some question related to this approval and its present application.



1)- Here following a statement included in F.I.A. ?2007 DRAG RACING:TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND RACE PROCEDURES?:



SECTION 9 - PROCEDURES DE COURSE / RACE PROCEDURES

Page 92, point 4)

?The practice referred to as ?deep staging? (staging with the ?prestaged? light out) is permitted. THE FINAL STAGING MOTION, USING APPLIED POWER, MUST BE IN A FORWARD MOTION GOING FROM PRE-STAGED TO STAGED POSITION.?



Is this statement correct? Is it correct ?staging with the ?prestaged? light out?? Is it correct in any case or referred to a specific kind of cars, Classes or Categories?



2) ? During 2007 European Drag Championship (under F.I.A. Regulations) some Italian racers referred that their cars were verified (?Technical Inspection?) by a so-named N.H.R.A. ?official? Technical Inspector: this individual is reported to wear a so-seems ?N.H.R.A. official uniform?. It?s also reported his name is Mike.

Do you have a ?real? (named and in charge of so a specific responsibility) Technical Inspector, here in Europe? If so, since what date? Has NHRA any kind of European branch or Office?



3) ? About ?Points and Related Programs?: during ?European SupeGas Championship? is reported that ?? the points earned during the worst race are not calculated in the final point amount ? valuable for the final results? .

Is this statement correct? If so, why? Since when drag racing has a ?worst race definition?, if any, excluding the run in which the driver lost the race?



I knew N.H.R.A. is a ?National Organization? that, at present (A.D. 2007), hasn?t specific concerns or interests in any ?overseas? Countries, or so I?m believing.

Is such a belief right or am I wrong?



Thank you for your attention: I?m waiting, if possible, for a specific answer. Sorry to trouble you. Again, many thanks.



Franco Canina

francocanina@yhaoo.it





Come si nota chiaramente la mail ? stata inviata (la prima volta) il 10 Settembre. Ho provveduto ad inviare la copia a Phil Burgess di National Dragster in contemporanea, avvertendolo che mi aspettavo la risposta.



Sia per Burgess che per il Technical Departement NHRA io sono un illustre sconosciuto ed, evidentemente, poco importa se "member since the mid seventies".



Qualcuno pu? dimostrarmi che se ci fosse qualcosa di pi? che un "imbecille" iscritto da trent'anni non si sarebbe ottenuta risposta?

Io credo, perch? le Organizzazioni funzionano, che avrei gi? avuto una spiegazione di qualche tipo in quanto "dovuta" ad un gruppo che rappresenta pi? di una persona. Posso anche sbagliare.



In ogni caso la posizione "ci si entra solo con i fatti" ha una sua solida validit?. Peccato per tutti gli altri, che dovranno aspettare....

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