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Originally Posted by Skimmer
I realize that -- the same way I could protest the decorative trim rings on your dash and armrests.  Both, I believe, would be frivolous protests as all of the items we're talking about are "decorative" in nature and weigh next to nothing. That's why I think that removing the grille is within the framework of the rules and is not a protest that event officials would even entertain. How could removal of a 6-ounce plastic grille reasonably be viewed as a performance advantage? |
It's an advantage to the car that has a 30lb chrome grill. Or has a restrictive grill with less than optimal cooling under race conditions. Removing the grill is NOT within the framework of the rules. That's cut and dry. You are justifying it, and I'm sure you'll never get a protest on the local level, but you justifying doesn't make it legal.
If he added the trim rings, they are legal.
I'm not trying to point out anything you don't know, but I am trying to make sure that we keep putting good information out there. Too many bad interpretations of rules get passed around and people not familiar with the sport take the bad info as gospel.