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Haha, you had me going for a second there! I actually had to check...
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Here in the US, ROAR is equally idiotic in their rules enforcement re. numbers. No trimming of the white, and three numbers on the shell. (Best thing is to stick them on your shirt first so they come off easily.)
What's good is that technology and independant spirit are overcoming the organizors. First, as use of personal transponders grows, many clubs no longer supply transponders -- having yourself counted becomes your responsibility. Only the ever-dwindling number of long-in-the-tooth race announcers even know how to hand count, much less are willing to do it. Second, ROAR is rapidly becoming irrelevant. Even their National Championship races are not covered as much in the magazines as are a number of private races, both on-road and off-. But that's another thread... I think the numbers thing is all about power and control. As the organization becomes less important, they must demonstrate how important they are.
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I dunno, in off-road, as they supply you with handout transponders and it is their responsiblity to make sure the transponders count, if they fail in a race, then it is up to them to count your laps, mucho difficulty when you got tiny and obscured numbers.
On the flip side, there are far better numbers (Corally off the top of my head) so I don't see the need to have these MASSIVE numbers on the car.
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We do have active and good referees at nationals and regionals, who do a good job especially helping the leader work through back markers and the like..
but at the same time, "orange car going onto the straight, you've got the leader coming up to lap you" works just as well as reading a number.. if its even possible at the speeds these cars go. My beef is that I like the look of the buggys, but they are spoilt with huge and ugly numbers, I wouldnt mind them if they looked cool. and JEEZ, how the hell is a driver going to see out with a huge number on the window ? ?!? THAT is why i dont do well... 
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That would be true unless you and Jonesy were in the same heat Jimmy.
The main reason the numbers haven't changed is money + the size currently used works well on just about every class raced from 1/4 to 1/12th. Admittedly they are a bit big for 12th but the organisers in this class will let you cut numbers down within reason or use the corally type but the latter is at your own expense.
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driver still has a small 'envelope' of window to see through
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in the paperwork sent out with the national entries there is a set of rules.
at botom of one of the pages it reads a few points worthy of mention 1. you will be issued three (3) standard brca numbers that must not be substituted, trimmed, cut down or in any way mutilated. they should be fixed to the front and side windows of your body shell and not in any other place. the numbers are for the benefit of the referee's and officials. be warned - you will fail scrutineering if you dont fix the numbers as specified.
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Thats interesting, I never saw that and indeed its not in the latest rule book..
Its interesting that you can have a open frame buggy in the rules, without any windows at all.. you'll have to stick them to air in that case.  Get the Javelin finished john, lets try it at southport and see where the number go.
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Well, the BRCA state at the race directors discretion, and as the BRCA do the timing at Nationals (if I remember rightly) then they are within their right to set where the numbers go.
I presonaly see it as a slightly daft rule from a racing perspective, but then appreciate the fact that, if god forbid I get to do Nationals again and ever get in the position of lapping and not being lapped, the fact that the Ref could call the car number and get me through would be ace. Bit swings and roundabouts type thing.
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probably most of the 'race' orientated ones roflol
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scruitineerings isnt a rule for brca regionals, north west has not had any scruitineering for as far backj as i can remember.
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:eek: . you should not have a capital unless it is at the start of a sentence and 'freeee' is spelt with only two e's. Tut tut 
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