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Re: Good for Dunkeswell.
Posted by 'SimonS' on 28 May 2014 @ 11:48

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" What am I missing?"

Perhaps you are not reading the rules in the same way as other people, or you have missed the point of the post.

In the recent clarification, http://www.msauk.org/uploadedfiles/msa_forms/track_limits.pdf
‘a driver will be judged to have left the track if any wheel of the car either goes beyond the outer edge of any kerb or goes beyond the white line where there is no kerb’

So when I wrote " if you are seen to cross the white lines " , I meant that that the wheel had crossed the white line, not was still on it.

The popular place in Dunkeswell to go outside the white lines is on the run out from pit bend where the track surface is painted green. This isn't a kerb which at Dunkeswell is painted red and white, it's 'hard verge'.

Another place is on the outrun to the carousel, where the grass attests to the number of drivers who put a wheel on it. Both areas have seen their fair share of accidents.

Riding a kerb is outside the limits of the kart regulations where it is adjudged dangerous by the CoC. At drivers briefing the CoC made the point that the kerbs at Dunkeswell are such that riding them is seen to have caused accidents, particularly when the driver is seen to be thrown up and down or sideways by the impact.

One might disagree with the CoC and claim that certain kerbs can be ridden with impunity, but when the point has been made at drivers briefing, the argument would be difficult to maintain. There were a number of incidents where contact with the kerbs was quite clearly a contributing factor.

Surely making the limits clear and policing them is to be commended? Especially when all the conditions are exactly in line with MSA regulations, clarifications and official briefings?

Message Thread:

Good for Dunkeswell. by 'SimonS' (27 May 2014 @ 18:02)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (27 May 2014 @ 20:03)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'AndyOxfordshire' (27 May 2014 @ 21:04)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'd-i-y71' (28 May 2014 @ 10:24)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 10:57)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 11:02)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'd-i-y71' (28 May 2014 @ 11:29)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 14:27)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 14:36)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'd-i-y71' (28 May 2014 @ 12:17)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 14:32)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 14:39)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'ComfortablyNumb' (27 May 2014 @ 23:25)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'itpro' (28 May 2014 @ 11:23)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 11:43)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'itpro' (28 May 2014 @ 11:51)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 11:59)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'd-i-y71' (28 May 2014 @ 12:09)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 14:34)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'BilandRacer9' (28 May 2014 @ 14:30)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'd-i-y71' (28 May 2014 @ 11:57)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'MaxRacewear' (28 May 2014 @ 13:59)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'SimonS' (28 May 2014 @ 14:47)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 14:51)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'SLK' (28 May 2014 @ 16:45)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'raceinstructor' (28 May 2014 @ 17:01)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 17:04)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'Pauper' (28 May 2014 @ 19:31)

Re: Good for Dunkeswell. by 'christkm' (28 May 2014 @ 19:46)

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