Thanks for the insite Doug, but again, as you said, one guy can help you or
hurt you, and I think it really becomes an issue when you run in a class
that the particular inspector runs in. Again, I'm not trying to cheat, but
take the stance of a guy like Smokey Yunik who prospered in Nascar by
finding the holes in the rules ( his garden hose gas line incident comes to
mind here), and using them to his advantage. It's just that my brother and I
have worked very hard for 2 years, and invested many hours, and many
dollars, as all of have in our cars, and I'm fearful that our radical
approach to push the envelope will bite us with someone who won't understand
, or like what we are trying to do. That's one of the great things about
SCTA is that there is diversity within the classes, and our car, is far from
a cookie cutter kinda ride !
DARRELL FERGUSON
CELLULARONE
EAST BAY FIELD OPERATIONS
(415) 298-9000
(510) 703-6970
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com [SMTP:ARDUNDOUG@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 1:37 PM
> To: dfergus@bactc.com
> Subject: Re: FW: Altered Cars and Aerodynamics !
>
> Darrell,
> You'll find that a lot with SCTA. The inspectors job is the one
> place
> during the year that a lot of them have any authority, and, a minority try
> to
> set policy by getting into a grey area and making rule definitions.
> My approach is to immediately summon as many people from the
> particular committee as you can, and, make it a "group grope". Also, with
> the
> recently imposed "log book", once a particular car or part thereof has
> been
> signed off, it's presumed to be legal until protested. At that point, the
> same people will be asked to reaffirm their decision.
> In years past, when one SCTA Tech (in my case) would come to your
> pit
> to inspect the vehicle, the atmosphere was entirely different than the
> "big-top" scenario whereby you go to the tech crew consisting of several
> members at a central location. There must be confidence in numbers.
> Don't get me wrong. It's a volunteer effort, and, the guys generally
>
> do a good job. Once in a while, however, an individual will become
> intoxicated with his authority and attempt to make policy and rule book
> definitions on the spot.
>
>
> Ardun Doug King
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