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I'll disagree, Ralf. I may have been one of the initiators of this requirement, and it makes sense. My situation was that I mounted my Flagtronics way forward at the base of the windshield of my '08 Civic Si; I did that so I would not have to re-focus in and out to be able to read it (59-yr-old...

I don't think I've seen a "TYFYI" list as long as that one...ever.

Prelims are up. April 2024 Fastrack Preliminary Minutes/Tech Bulletin 3/13/24 - Preliminary Minutes 3/13/24 - Preliminary Tech Bulletin

Al, buy red-colored LEDs. Same goes for amber if you have amber turn signals, and white for reverse lights. Reason is kinda simple: colored lenses filter out all light colors except the intended one. If the vast majority of the color of the LED is not red, then most of its brightness gets...

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I buy them from superbrightleds.com. Something like $6 or so each.

Well first, you should replace the incendescents with LED bulbs. Then you can add an FIA rain light if that's not good enough. I get it, you may actually get grief from an exhuberent tech inspector if you have functional taillights and a non-FIa rain light. There's always going to be "those...

I thought about that. But I suggest lighting is covered by the main GCR...and as noted we do allow alternate lighting for other purposes (dash, external ID, enduro lights at night, etc). Maybe those are all covered by supps? I was just thinking of it as a way for those that prefer a brither...

Here's an interesting discussion point... There's no GCR reg I'm aware of that disallows additional lighting. In fact, it's common in some arenas to add identifying lights for teams to ID you in enduros, for example. As such...if you already have functioning "original equipment red taillights"...

Yes.

So I monitor new user requests. Usually get a dozen a day. Fortunately, we have a couple challenges, like Captcha, and we subscribe to "StopForumSpam" wihch is a crowd-sourcing of user requests that monitors based on handle (one reason why we want you to use your real name), email address, and...

Ah, I missed that. Totally different deal, then. All I can do in that case is <shrug> and say "oh well".

OK, I think I see what you mean: you're worried that the alternate light must be the FIA-rated one. And you're concerned that you can't add-on the FIA light if you're running stock lights. The basis for the FIA light requirement is fairly straightforward. We used to have verbiage in the regs...

Compliant. Compliant. The clarification states, in summary, that for rain lights we can use either our stock tailiights or we can add the FIA-compliant rain light. It also states that this rain light, whichever one you prefer to use,"...may perform both rain and brake light functions...

Final is up. March Club Racing Board Minutes https://cdn.connectsites.net/.../March%202024%20FINAL... March Technical Bulletins https://cdn.connectsites.net/.../March%202024%20FINAL... January COA https://cdn.connectsites.net/.../FasTrack%2023-21-NP%20...

Name too, please. Either change your handle to a real name or put your info in your sig. You'll get a lot more interest if we know who you are...

Regardless of your opinion on the matter - you likely won't be surprised that I disagree with you - strobing/flashing rain lights were never allowed on non-formula/sports racer cars. Below is an example of this specific reg from the May 2019 GCR: Lights that function as a strobe lights are not...

Thanks, Al. The core of the letter was two-fold. First, within the angst of trying to get Formula/Sports Racers to run FIA lights, it was not clear on what applied to non-F/SR. So I requested a full re-write of the whole section. Second, non-F/SR should not run flashing/strobing rain lights...

I want to offer a bit of an update on how regs are approved. As you are no doubt aware, regs changes are filtered through the various advisory committees, which make recommendations to the Club Racing Board (CRB). The CRB reviews those and makes regs changes recommendations. Unless the regs...

Since I tend to watch for these myself, I'll try to remember to post them here. Sometimes Shelly will come in and do the same. March 2024 Fastrack Preliminary Minutes/Tech Bulletin 2/13/24 - Preliminary Minutes 2/13/24 - Preliminary Tech Bulletin