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ChampCar Tech Desk

Official channel for ChampCar technical questions, interpretations, and VPI requests.

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The Tech Desk is for rules clarifications and technical questions. It is not a post race tech line, a place to protest results, or a place to fish for how other teams built their cars.

Most questions can be answered by reviewing the current BCCR Rulebook. Please read the applicable section before submitting a ticket.

If your question is already covered clearly in the BCCR, your ticket may simply be answered with a reference to the rulebook section.

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For all Vehicle Performance Index (VPI) requests you must include:

  • Year, make, model, and trim level
  • Engine size and engine horsepower
  • Drive type: FWD, RWD, AWD, or 4x4
  • Transmission type: automatic or manual
  • Car weight and all factory options that affect performance
  • A link to the vehicle on automobile-catalog.com or another site with full specifications if it is not listed there

Requests that do not include all required info and research will be denied without review.

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2020-03-20 - Passenger seat rule clarification
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2020-03-20 - Passenger seat rule clarification

Q1.
We installed a passenger seat in our car for HPDEs and to take advantage of practice days where passengers are allowed (like Watkins Glen.) It is of equal specs to the driver's seat/harness. We recognize the BCCR allows no passengers during a race, however, it does not state any rule for having a passenger seat installed during the race. We were told by several officials @VIR that passenger seats weren't allowed, yet I could not find a reference to any rule that stated this.

Q2.
We are building a Mazda Miata for the first time with ChampCar.  I wanted to put a passenger seat in the car to use during test sessions for use during coaching. it would be a race-style seat with 5 point harness, that would be removed before the race.
Is this allowed?
If so, any other safety requirements?

 

A.
Our policy is no passengers during the race.

I recommend people remove the seats for the race as corners can sometimes mistake them for a person, but we do not require their removal.

When ChampCar hosts a test day, we allow passengers for instructing purposes.

Mike Chisek



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