Overnight ORRCA made 2 decisions regarding LIPO that will have differing affects on people.
1. LIPO now allowed in 540 – I personally think this is a great decision.
2. Only LIPO on the ROAR LIPO approval list will be allowed at ORRCA events from after the Qld OFFROAD titles in mid August.
Now I support going to the ROAR list – I always have, but the timing distresses me somewhat. People have been buying LIPO for a few months now following the ORRCA published approval list and now find that a month before the Qld ONROAD titles the goal posts will be moved. I suppose that the rules had to be brought in sometime, but having had a list published for months now, against which people have been buying, why do the rules have to be changed before the Onroad titles – there are going to be some angry racers out there when the full import of this change hits home – come on ORRCA delegates think about this and at least move the starting time till after the 2008 Onroad Titles.
Incidentally, in case anyone is thinking I have an ulterior motive here – no I don’t have any non ROAR approved batteries in stock that I want to sell. I only have the 2 types of CORE LIPO in stock which are both on the ROAR list.
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6 responses to “ORRCA and LIPO”
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+1 – This same thing happened with the 13.5EX Novak BL motor.
I propose a motion that all technical rule changes be ratified and published by at least 3 months prior to the start of the next calendar year, with no further rule changes during that year. In other words, we have one set of un-changeable rules for a full 12 months.
Benefits: Importers/retailers know what to order for next years forecast purchases. Racers know their investment is good for at least 12 months.LikeLike
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Not quite right Matti. The 13.5EX was never an approved ORRCA motor, so I don’t think we can blame ORRCA for that one. You might be getting the Interclub confused with ORRCA – 2 different things alltogether.
When the Interclub allowed the 17.5 the 13.5EX was still allowed to run in the class till after round 3 (virtually the whole year of Interclubs). So teh 13.5 EX is not a throw away until after this coming weekend.
I do agree it would be nice to have a years rules set in stone – that’s what the Interclub committee has always tried to do.LikeLike
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well some good news there. moving with the technology I see.
Go LIPO in 540. I made the change at the right time I see.
Robert.LikeLike
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ORRCA have just announced that limiting LIPO to teh ROAR list will now not take place till 1/1/09 – Great news – great work ORRCA, very well done.
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Yep – right again Heavy – I did get the 13.5EX confused with the ORRCA rules. My bad. 😳
Good to see the introduction date has slid back to the beginning of next year though. Now it is starting to sound like it should! 😀LikeLike
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Do we know what the Control tyre is for the QLD titles?
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