[Wade Mahaffey]

I don't have any experience in the "teardown mode", but will have before to long I think. I have requested the ability to sit in on some teardown operations. I would like to become familiar with the proper techniques and procedures on "what to check" and "how to check". I believe that tech officials only have a limited amount of time and resources, and should direct their attention toward the most likely offenders. To me that would be the faster folks. An example would be: a police officer pulling over someone that looks like they could be a bank robber, while the bank across the street is actually being robbed:. In other words, if there was a prize to be found in an illegal combination, would you waste your time looking for it in a slower entry? I have never heard anyone say about a slow car "that SOB is cheating", but that would be funny! Of course the most fair way is for everyone to be checked, but is not realistic here. It seems to me that if you are real fast, then you probably can teardown in your sleep.....everyone thinks you're cheating....go to teardown, and confirm that you are "THE MAN". Then you should'nt be subjected to the barn again until your combo finds another 3-4 tenths somewhere. That way you're not in there every year while others skate by. I think there should be a value on how far under you are....say -80...that would be used to determine if they would like to look at you. Any time you achieve that, you are placed on the list for teardown consideration. If you're the 3rd or 4th fastest car in class in the country, you probably don't care if the 9th or 10th fastest car is cheating or not......BUT YOU DO CARE IF 1 and 2 ARE!

Wade Mahaffey