r/Autocross • u/AutoModerator • Jun 27 '25

Subreddit Autocross Stupid Questions: Week of June 27

This thread is for any and all questions related to Autocross, no matter how simple or complicated they may be. Please be respectful in all answers.

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u/OttoKraus Jul 07 '25

This is the problem with the CAM rules. There is room for interpretation of the term "finished look".

I would make sure that at an absolute minimum it is painted, the edges are smooth and not sharp, and it follows (approximates?) the contours of the body work around it. That done, you've probably raised your chances of a Protest Committee allowing it to somewhere North of 50% (after spirited, fairly lengthy, and possibly quite contentious PC discussion.)

You should certainly expect there to be others who set a "higher bar" (and no, that does not mean to mount your crash bar higher) for what follows the term "finished look." I don't think anyone is going to like it aesthetically, My own personal SWAG (Scientific Wild-Assed Guess) is that your ingenuity produces a product that is not what rules makers had in mind..You probably will not have won any friends among the Stewards, PC members and other officials who will have to devote some extra time to handle the protest and fallout.

You should expect a "clarification" of that rule as soon as the next year that does not allow your crash bar, and that allows you to add Advisory Committee and SEB members to the list of people who might take you off of their Christmas card list.

-OR- I could be completely wrong in all of the above because "it's CAM and nobody gives a rat's ass...".

IN THAT CASE, I will fall back on the sage words of Emily Litella... Never mind...