[Graham]

Event 2 Scrutineer Report
   

All the cars have been accepted as compliant with the rules and no further actions will be required.

There are a couple of concessions made regarding car 11 which arrived without navigator and is very slightly lower at the back end than the specified track clearance. However taking into account that the entrant's first car was found to have the issue with the high magnetic downforce with the Pirahna motor and that otherwise that car had indeed been found to be fully compliant otherwise and fitted with Navigator. The replacement car was assembled at "break neck speed" in order to meet the deadline, bearing in mind that the owner lives in the USA. His deep enthusiasm for our Proxy events drove him to strive to enter an alternative car, and in that very short time period he did not have a spare interior with the navigator, and his motor mount did not allow sufficient track clearance due to it being the only one to hand at the time of the assembly. 
So I have regarded the circumstances as exceptional, as we would not have known prior to the entry that the original motor would have caused an issue.

On the issue of Magnetic Downforce motors,
Last year I thought the problem with the BRM 23k rpm motor was a "one off incident" and mistakenly though this was only related to this particular brand. Unfortunately we learned this year that other brands are also producing similar High magnetic downforce motors using "Neo" magnets etc. And to be honest there is some evidence that even lower level magnetic downforce motors have a performance enhancing effect on metal rail plastic tracks.
So in future I will use a specified list of permitted motors for all future Proxy events, which in fact I have already instigated for the Autumn "Touring Cars Slotting" proxy series. If anyone wants to use an unspecified motor, they are welcome to send me the motor in advance for me to test on its own, and if compliant with my permitted limits on Magnetic downforce, I am happy to accept the motor onto the list.