Tech/scrutineer of the year! In the new Sports Car.....
Tech/scrutineer of the year! In the new Sports Car.....
NC Region
1980 ITS Triumph TR8
Hey Ty,
Congrats!
Now my first stint as Tief of Chech is for Lone Stars Regional on May 24th. I'm open for pointers.
Jerry
Lone Star Regional Executive
Lone Star Tech Chief.
Heh, thanks guys.
Jerry - Impound the top six in the SM group on Sunday. Make them completely disassemble their cars. Weigh their wrist pins. Count the teeth on third gear (or whatever gear would be most advantageous to change at TWS). Inspect their front hub spindles for REM treatment. CC the heads. Count the teeth on the ring gear. Use an ultrasonic tester to measure all their roll cage tube walls. Measure the valves. Send the cams and shocks to Jeremy for evaluation. Don't release them until 10:00pm.
How many techies will you have on your crew?
With that bunch it seems like the more I make them take their cars apart, the more they like it.
Please sir, may I have another?
That’s my formula, and I’m sticking to it.
Ty Till
#16 ITS
Rocky Mountain Division
2007 RMDiv ITS champion
Jerry,
I'll second Ty's SM impound idea, those SMer's are an interesting lot.
Seriously, treat the racers how you would like to be treated. Don't come into the event acting like the new sherriff in town trying to clean up Dodge City and start blasting away or act like an ogre. Read what Ty said about treating the racers, I agree with his philosophy. My tech mentors taught me the same things.
Bill Etherington
NNJR Tech
Bill,
Even in a past life when I was riding a patrol car my approach was to treat the driver the way I would expect to be treated if the roles were reversed.
Ty,
Not enough crew to tear down one much less the top 6. All the SM (is that not an appropriated name for that class?) cars got checked for last weekend was kill switches and restricter plates. And the whole class went to impound on Saturday per the ACS Steward. That was fun.
Jerry
Lone Star Regional Executive
Lone Star Tech Chief.
Yeah, I hear that. We often have a national with only two of us. For a regional we’re lucky to have more than one. It kind of makes it hard to do an effective impound. Dep’ty Sherrifs are easy to find; hardworking, knowledgeable scrutineers that are there for the right reasons are a *little* tough to come by.
Ty Till
#16 ITS
Rocky Mountain Division
2007 RMDiv ITS champion
Meh, I guess he's OK.
Probably won't see you in Pueblo this year, Ty....PROBABLY.
Jarrod
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Jarrod Igou
ITR/STU BMW 325i, #92
Des Moines Valley Region
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