National event chaos?

[Crew Chief]

Here's a thought that does not sound appealing....local bracket tech men from the track where the national event is held could be the ones walking through the staging lanes and randomly checking stock and S/S.

[Tim Lewis]

Originally Posted by Crew Chief

Here's a thought that does not sound appealing....local bracket tech men from the track where the national event is held could be the ones walking through the staging lanes and randomly checking stock and S/S.

Problem with that is some of these guys don't even have a clue what they are doing much less looking at. I've been saying for YEARS that ALL tracks need tech people who have to stick 100% to the book. We don't race junk and have 4 cars now that range from 4.20's to 4.90 and our local guys don't even look at them. Ive even offered to show them my gear and the cars and they just look at me like I'm crazy.

[4543]

I am ok with most of this. I have never understood the issue with stacking whenever you arrive. I leave many races and drive to the next race arriving Tues or We'd before the next race. Now we will have find somewhere to stay on those days. Usually we will park motor home and either sightsee, visit local restaurants etc or do maintainance on the rig or car. If they are going to let us self park at the track surely we have enough sense to pull in a field outside the track and get in a line. Mike McMahan 2543 H/SA

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Tim Lewis

Problem with that is some of these guys don't even have a clue what they are doing much less looking at. I've been saying for YEARS that ALL tracks need tech people who have to stick 100% to the book. We don't race junk and have 4 cars now that range from 4.20's to 4.90 and our local guys don't even look at them. Ive even offered to show them my gear and the cars and they just look at me like I'm crazy.

My last National Event I entered I about didn`t pass tech since my battery was in the stock location and I was using the stock battery mount. "I`ve never seen this before" was what was mumbled out of his mouth as I stood there and watched him go through his rule book. Maybe local track tech officials would be a good approach. My local track is by the book as far as tech is concerned.