Thanks for the replies, guys.
My fuzzy old memory remembers something about Joe going to California to look at the real insurance contract, not the talking points that's posted in the digger, and that he had statistics on the seatbelts. After the trip to California, I don't remember hearing or seeing anything from Joe again. Didn't know if he went the way of Jimmy Hoffa or what!
The rip some of the bracket racers had was that it appeared to them that Joe was wasting time and effort on the qualifying pairings and the muffler issue. Thanks for the information; the reason I asked here was that this question appeared on my website, North Texas Bracket Racers. (
http://www.voy.com/96963/)