HSAX Tech

[Rplatz]

Tech is a two way street, we all need to work together. Drivers need to come to tech ready, numbers on, paper work done, helmet out for inspection. Drives must have respect for the tech workers, their there for us. Tech workers need a standard system, with team work. Just having a couple of people walking the line checking numbers & paper work speeds up the line. Could have one line for novice drives & new bees to help let the regulars through the other line. Thank You for all of the tech volunteers.

[ooldguy]

also, a street car could be driven 30 - 40k mi. during a 6 month " race season " making the car receiving the annual in April much different from the vehicle running an event in October

[ooldguy]

and if a car is damaged on the street how would tech know it ?

[Rplatz]

Your correct about street cars. A lot can change over a summer on a daily driver.

[AM150]

Could you put an annual tech sticker similar to the helmet sticker somewhere on the front and the rear of the car? Maybe on a headlight and tail light, or on the underside of the hood and trunk lid? It's going to be hard to take significant damage on the street without having to replace one of those parts and thus lose the sticker.

For mileage concerns you could have a sticker similar to an oil change reminder sticker that voids annual tech if the car mileage exceeds that number.

Then you can have two tech lines. One where you are just checking for 3 stickers and helmet, and one where you are doing the full inspection.

Just a thought, and not a particularly well developed one at that.

[MBC Racing]

Honestly, tech really does not do much to validate a vehicles safety. No slam against tech people, but they don't have time that would be required to do the in depth inspection that would truely validate a cars safety. As long as your batt has tape, brake lights, no obvious stuff, you are good to go. I say YES to annual tech for people that have competed for X amount of events. Not sure what X is, but I am definitely not concerned with the regulars keeping their cars up to par.

[TonyK]

My HSAX car sees maybe 700 miles of street driving per year, I would love to be able to get an annual tech.

[Dizmm]

Originally Posted by MBC Racing

Honestly, tech really does not do much to validate a vehicles safety. No slam against tech people, but they don't have time that would be required to do the in depth inspection that would truely validate a cars safety. As long as your batt has tape, brake lights, no obvious stuff, you are good to go. I say YES to annual tech for people that have competed for X amount of events. Not sure what X is, but I am definitely not concerned with the regulars keeping their cars up to par.

well put.

[gt6jason]

Originally Posted by Dizmm

well put.

I agree.
The annual tech for regulars with a proven record of good safety and honest modification disclosure has some good merits.
Sounds like a proposal for the autocross committee meeting should be in the works.
Then, as old guy points out, if it garners support there, it could be brought to the board for discussion and may be passed.
Anyone interested working up a solid and well thought out proposal to take to the next Autocross Committee Meeting?

[ErikG]

I don't see the difference between W2W and Timetrials competitors. Either one could pull an all-nighter doing a repair and not getting some part of the job race worthy. The result is the same. Does a W2W license confer some special ability or training in maintaining a car? Is that part of the W2W school and provisional license process?

Is MCSCC accepting any liability by signing off on a tech inspection? If not, then why not an annual or self tech?

Why is it OK for a self tech for HPDE and not Timetrials?

Timetrial competitors should be afforded the same opportunity to have an thorough annual tech.