03-30-2009, 08:54 PM
kcook Wrote:Jewels Wrote:We literally took every race car straight off qualifying right through the scales and then we had JJ, Jim, Matt, Kaan, and a little of Mark checking each car for proper shoes, gloves, head and neck. Also, proper NASA stickers per rules, and series classification on the car. Nobody ever impounds all race cars. Some of those guys were completely lost. It was soo much fun.
Dragon is Matt Leech, chief of Grid.
thanks julie. how often do you guys surprise them? I dont recall you guys doing this at any of the events I did last year although I prob didnt know it was going on, nor what it was. Were any not allowed to run in the race?
Not really that often, but that might change. At VIR we have gotten permission from the SCCA to use their drive on scales. Now that you don't have to have 4 people in tech just to do weights it frees up Kaan and Rex to start busting nuts. Rex and Matt nearly busted a guy on false grid for not having NASA stickers in the appropriate spots. But as Matt was calling up to JJ the guy ran and got some. Don't look for this to happen at Summit because DC region SCCA will NEVER let NASA use their drive on scales. And also there isn't really enough impound room. But it won't surprise me if this happens a little more often now at VIR.
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