I suppose the data varies with everyone's experience. I work tech at about
25 events a year. We occasionally find someone who tries to deliberately
sneak one by. (One guy this year who said his hubcaps would not come off was
found to be missing 5 lugnuts.) These folks become well known quickly and
for the most part are NOT regular competitors.
One of the non-SCCA clubs seems to on the right track. If you are trained on
how to do proper tech inspection, at each event you can sign a form at
registration next to your printed name certifying that your have teched the
vehicle yourself and avoid the line. Get caught on a spot check and you
loose the privilege. With documentation that the cars have been checked by
trained individuals, insurance issues are likely avoided.
A problem with this system for SCCA events might be that some SCCA members
do not maintain their cars like most PCA or BMWCCA members do. I would not
ride down to the corner in some of the cars that show up at our events, let
alone in competition. As a result, we are all stuck living with a system
designed for the bottom 2%.
Jim Hedderick
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: Mari Clements <mlc4@psu.edu>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 6:59 PM
Subject: RE:annual tech inspection
>In our region, there are cars certainly cars that have needed to have
>something done to pass tech. Often those are newbies' cars. However, the
>ONLY people that I know of who have DELIBERATELY tried to sneak something
>past tech (out of date helmets, completely gone wheel bearings, etc.) have
>been the "seasoned competitors."
>
>mlc
>Yes, I occasionally am the tech inspector.
>Mari L. Clements
>Department of Psychology
>Penn State University
>442 Moore and 160 University Support Building 1
>University Park, PA 16802-1012
>(814)863-5664; fax (814)863-7002
>http://www.personal.psu.edu/mlc4
>
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