Originally posted by RSTPerformance:
... If a competitor or the SOM came to me ahead of time and said that I was being protested then I would have asked what do I need ot do to be in compliance. ...
I have NO doubt that they would explain that they just can't do that - that you have to be protested first, before they can act and establish findings.

No question. That's just how the system works and frankly, it's that way at least in part because it results in the least hassles in the tech shed.

The stewards and tech folks are at the track to have fun, too and they'd rather be at the BBQ drinking beer and telling stories, than up to their armpits in someone's coolant.

I pulled off the track after a quailifying session at VIR and asked if I needed to stick around after crossing the scales. The tech guy looked at the side of my car, laughed, and said, "There's a National here this weekend - we don't look at no damned IT cars." He was kidding of course but, for a joke to be funny, there has to be some kernel of truth to it...

K