Water Drain holes in Lower?

[OmniGLH]

Isn't the whole point of running a race lower is that it DOESN'T have holes in it?  As in - it's supposed to catch fluids?  Putting holes in it might cause you to drip coolant or oil if you ever wind up with a leak of some sort... something that I thought the race bellypan was there to prevent.

[r6_philly]

Unless you keep your bike outside in the pouring rain, you won't have a problem.  There won't be that much rain collecting.

I collected about a gallon it seems (filled the lower) at Daytona after ONE GTU race. Yes you will collect a lot of water during a race

[r6_philly]

Before drilling any holes, I would locate some plugs first. Duct tape over the holes may not pass tech.

I used to use duct tape. they just told me to cover it "nicely" after checking the rule book, which didn't mention what kind of plug it must have.

[r6_philly]

Isn't the whole point of running a race lower is that it DOESN'T have holes in it?  As in - it's supposed to catch fluids?  Putting holes in it might cause you to drip coolant or oil if you ever wind up with a leak of some sort... something that I thought the race bellypan was there to prevent.

Its in the rule book as allowed to drill drain holes for when the race is "wet". It has to be contained in dry races.