Hopefully you will all have received the proposed rule change info which LHD sent out last week.

If not I have copied it below for easy reference.

I don’t know if there are any other proposals on the Agenda for consideration and perhaps Dave could clarify this, but in the meantime I will use this new posting to allow any comment….for those of us who are willing to stick their head above the parapet.

If it goes some way to give a flavour for the general feeling of the drivers and also reduce the length of the drivers meeting…all well and good!!

Naturally I am happy to start the ball rolling and will place the first comment, which will deal with mainly the class A regs as that is the one I attempt to participate in.

Proposed regulation changes for 2010 season.

Generally the championship seems to be working well with ten rounds and a number or those as double header events.
The RAC MSA has indicated that the championship will be granted a permit for 2010 and a set of ‘Draft’ regulations will have to be submitted very shortly. This does not mean that the items below will or will not be adopted as default.

The drivers still have the chance to vote on amendments at the drivers meeting.

There are undoubtedly some changes that will appear to the MSA driven part of the regs, for instance the safety car amendment will be rolled into the main document.

All classes (sporting, not technical)
Clarification of grid times used to set two grids from a single qualifying session
Use of first and second fastest times. Trying to avoid inconsistency if championship
has some classes running in another race.

Points scoring to only use official posted race results. No more point for entry on in time. Easier for those that want to keep score for themselves. Also with many completing the season entry form it has become irrelevant to its original purpose of encouraging people to enter before the closing date.

However, it is still felt by MGCC that this is an incentive worth keeping so perhaps we put the season entry list up on the website or push for closing date entry lists from the club.

Class A
Clarification of Shock absorber mounting regs.
Make it very clear that the shockers can only mount on existing mounting holes, no
extra holes or alternate mountings like turrets.

Fibreglass panels may only replace bolted panels.

No fibreglass rear wings or rear valences etc. However no replacement of doors
whether cage has door bars or not.

 Restriction on cylinder head mods.
As well as valve size restrictions we could specify inlet/exhaust port/gasket
dimensions.

 Allow MGC to run a non standard cam.

Currently the MGC is restricted to a standard cam and it has been asked if a
sportier option could be allowed. If the engine is built to the limit of the current
regulations will it be slower than an MGB?

Class B
Restrict MGB V8 models in Class B.
3.5 litre engines only? Do we continue to allow 3.9 engines? Several people are
looking at building/buying cars and have 3.9 engines. Do we set the 3.9 weight
higher as per the MGR V8?

Move MGB V8 models to Class C.

Same comments as above.

Restrict MGC models.
Two main areas where MGC is possibly ahead, induction and tyre size
Reduce tyres back to same as B variants on 6inch rims.
Restrict carbs to production SU HS or HIF 6.

Restrict class B current popular cars to encourage Midgets.
How do Midget times compare? Similar to MGC above we could restrict the carbs
or tyres on MGBs. This would be at odds with the Cockshoot regs and would not
allow a progression from class A

Should any form of differential other than original be allowed?
Currently the MGB and V8 are allowed limited slip but not locking differentials,
should this continue, should it extend to other models?

Class C
V8 to be 3.5 litre only
See class B point above. Currently class B allows 3.9 litre engines and if we put all
V8’s in class C what engine maximum is allowed.
Further clarification of K series regulations.
Clarify the spec of the K series engine.