Flouresent yellow am plates

[fraschizzl]

This past weekend was my first weekend racing with CCS, and i had a great time.  I think you guys do some stuff well and some stuff i do not understand.  I want to thank everyone from CCS for putting together a great weekend.  However i was one of the guys that had the forbidden number plates.  The conversations regarding tech and how they are their for the saftey of everyone, well my experience with tech was so pleasant that it is scary.  I went to tech without my leathers, boots, helmet or gloves with my belly pan on and passed.  They said nothing about my number plates eventhough it they were neon.  Not to mention other racing organizations but they would by no means allow any of this to go on except the number plates.  The rule book for the others states prefered neon.

[spyderchick]

Nope.. I'm asian/pacific islander. Aren't we yellow?  ???

Really, you're yellow? :o ;) Does that mean if I'm caucasian, I'm white, like an expert plate? ;D Stupid color references to people. >:(  People are people colored, who cares what shade it might be.   :D

Oh yeah, and asian guys are HOT! ;)

[L8brake731]

Some Yellows are faster than the Whites.... Oh, but that's another thread! :o

[cstem]

Fraschizl- I talked to one of our tech guys this morning who believes you came up dressed to go to practice, let tech take a once over of you ( all of this after you had teched). Also, the bellypan may be on it the inspector can see the plug.  Also- if you expect to have all your gear teched and belly pan off when you go to tech- why did you not briing the gear or have the belly off?  BTW- you should probably take care of the neon plates.  Bottom line is this.  The rule book says yellow. There are many interpretations of yellow unfortunately.  If your yellow is hard to read, you may have troubles if your transponder fails.  You may not be scored and will be DFL in the results.  Take your chances.  I swear roadracers are the most spoiled of any I have any worked with.  Motocross guys (who incidentally whine more) usually work with no calls due to no PA, tend to look around them to see what others are doing and like to ask the race director before they do something.  Roadies seem to spend huge amounts of money sometimes only to find out it was a waste because they did not ask someoone in charge.  BTW- someone in charge of most questions is not Tiff or Linda or anyone else on this board except for YOUR race director or referee.  Tiff and Linda are way to busy with home office stuff and final acceptance of somoething usually rests with the Race Director (ala the rule book)  This whole issue of neon plates could have been avoided if the racer in question sat and thouhgt, hey I am gonna spend $$ on this paint, and I think I will race WERA and CCS, I better check with them to see if this is cool, especially since I read the rule book and it said yellow and not neon. HMMM. Use common sense, take responsibility for your own actions and if in doubt ask.  Any SW region can email me (my link is on here) and I will guarantee it will get answered by the correct person, and I guarantee timely response and hopefully racer satisfaction.  Help us help you.

[TiffineyIngram]

BTW- someone in charge of most questions is not Tiff or Linda or anyone else on this board except for YOUR race director or referee.  Tiff and Linda are way to busy with home office stuff and final acceptance of somoething usually rests with the Race Director

Well, not exactly, but on 'at the track issues' such as number plates, yes, the final call rests with the race directors.  90% of race operations is work done in this office.  I don't just answer phones.

[rotoboge]

Also- word has it you were told by another long time SW racer that the neon would not fly before you painted your bike and youstill did it.  I am not calling you out-just giving you some reality.

Cory, as I mentioned earlier, I rode a GSXR600 last season with the same color plates and not once, did someone say anything negative about it. Whoever has told you I knew before painting this new bike, is a flat out liar. Besides, why is WERA OK and CCS not?

I have repainted to avoid further comments or complaints, but please consider the source when being told something as outlandlish as "I knew better" by a longtime racer... ;)

I have faith in the CCS organization and promote them every where I go, but this whole issue made no sense to me to begin with! ???

[roadracer67]

Alright the secret is out. I was the one in tech over the weekend and I was probably the one who allowed a NEON plate to go through tech. Don't ask me how it happen, it just did. Maybe I am color blind. ;D I was only doing the best that I could to make sure everyone was safe and compliant and out on the track in a timely manner. If you looked at the NEON plate just by itself it was pretty bright. Sitting next to 30 other bikes w/ yellow plates it looked totally out of place and wrong and that is why it was brought up. I am glad it has been changed and I am glad we can now move on. Thanks to all the racers and family and friends that came out to the races. It was a great weekend!!!!! Please let the NEON plate issue alone so I can go back to my corner and hide out again ;D See you in Phx!

[Johnny B]

If your yellow is hard to read, you may have troubles if your transponder fails.  You may not be scored and will be DFL in the results.  Take your chances.

Scoring is not the only reason that the numbers need to be easily legible. You have cornerwokers, control and various other officials who need to be able to read a number at any given time. I had quite a few riders that got by me coming off of the track last season because cornerworkers didn't get the numbers right. I am also calling in the numbers of bikes coming off the track during a race so that we can note the DNF's.
Up at Loudon, we have the Head Scorer at Friday evening tech to make the decisions on the plates and numbers. As stated in the previous post, it's hard to make a decision on a bike sitting in tech. So we have initiated a new policy up at Loudon. Instead of trying to come out with a specific wording in the rulebook as to what is acceptable, whenever it is determined that a bike's numbers cannot be easily read by any cornerworker or official or scorer while the bike is on the track, I will get a radio call telling me to stop them on their way into the paddock, and I will tell them to fix the numbers and/or plates, no arguments.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Oh yeah, and asian guys are HOT! ;)

Asian men hava smaaaall penis.  You American men hava such Large penis! We Asian men could not cause you trouble with sucha smaaaall penis!
Sorry!  Big South Park fan.  I just couldn't resist! ;)

[Thingy]

When I was an ametuer, I always painted my number plates the same shade of yellow that matched yellow duct tape.  That way it was easier to hide my crash damage.  I even painted the rest of the bike duct tape grey one year.  ;D

[jp233]

once again I repeat if you would just get white plates Sanee, you wouldn't even have this problem :)

ya BAGGER :) :P :P :P

unless you went and painted your "white" plates like egg shell, or cream, or off-white, or something...  ;D

[davegsxrold929r]

once again I repeat if you would just get white plates Sanee, you wouldn't even have this problem :)

ya BAGGER :) :P :P :P

unless you went and painted your "white" plates like egg shell, or cream, or off-white, or something...  ;D

i agree., damn sandbagger...