Request for Wheel Tethers
#27657 from Mark Peyser · Not recommended · Minutes (2020-01 Fastrack)
Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board does not recommend this change at this time. While
wheel tethers have become relatively common in professional racing series, implementation of such a
requirement in all open-wheel and sports-racing classes in the SCCA road racing program could not be
readily accomplished at this time. Unlike professional racing series, which often use a single, spec chassis
and typically involve a relatively small number of sponsored competitors, the SCCA road racing program
includes dozens of chassis variations and hundreds of competitors of varying means. Wheel tethers are
not commercially available for every chassis type in the road racing program and therefore would likely
need to be custom-made for each application. In addition, the SCCA’s volunteer technical staff does not
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have the resources to verify proper fitment of custom-made wheel tethers on each and every chassis
variation that exists in the road racing program.