Hey guys I'd like to clear a bit of speculatiion up that seems to be happening on many various forums.
I am Nev Scott the owner and driver of the blue WRX that won clubsprint class at WTAC.
As will always be the case there are a lot of typical "Keyboard Warriors" who were not even at the event who know the REAL happenings of the situation and wont be able to be told any different because they just know everything about everything.
Firstly the issues that arose on the weekend were brewing about 3 months out from the event and we thought that it had all been dealt with and it wasnt going to be an issue when Ian Baker ( CEO of WTAC ) wrote on the WTAC website
"superlap says:
July 5, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Bolt-on flares are allowed so long as the factory guards are still intact. We have been assured by the owner of the vehicle that the front guards pictured are being removed and being replaced with modified OEM guards for the event to meet our regulations. Hope this clears things up."
The reality is that Ian admitted to me on saturday that they probably should have made an amendment to the regs.
I never set out to break any rules as I rang to organisers to clarify that fitting a flare to the car to accomodate their rule of an "unrestricted wheel size" .
Most cars in the feild were outside the rules if you want to stick to the letter of the rules.
Next years rules will be very clearly defined and there wont be any issues as there was this year.
I spoke to the competitors who were behind the protest and said that I was unhappy that they chose this path to resolve an issue. The bottom line is I was using the same tyre and size as they were and they were beaten by 1.3 seconds.
You cant tell me that a factroy metal guard that had about 250g worth of material removed and replaced with a fibreglass flare will make the car 1.3 secs faster.
We left the event last year and went home with a goal to return and fight for a win, we did our homework and spent months setting the car up and getting the power to the ground and well the times and results show the rest.
I congratulate everyone who was ACTUALLY there competing and everyone did their best on the weekend.
Hard work does pay off and we have proven that.
I know this post will upset some of you but hey .... thats life.
I'm already planning our assault for next year so we will come back a lot faster. Our predictive lap timing showed there was a mid 1.37 in the car but with all the dramas I didnt have my head in the game enough to do it. Maybe next year we will come and run a 1.36 on road tyres with the same car.
Nev
