Driver mode on: If you don't check engines and check the rest of the car instead then please ask in advance that tech and the Stewards work together to ensure that we/you do not DQ people who have illigalities that DID NOT give them a competitive advantage. Those that do NOT have a performance gaining advantage, just write them up, put them on probation and have the log book and car checked at each race after (3 or so races) to be sure that it has been brought into compliance. Basically don't DQ someone who travles 5 or 10 hrs to compete just because thier washer bottle isn't in compliance. If you do DQ a bunch of people for things such as washer bottles then IMO you will give the race a bad name for those just looking to have fun at a well attended and respected race.
Again I only say this because I feal that if you skip out on checking things that would lead to success (cams, over boaring, compresion ratio, etc) then we should be a little more gentle on the things that didn't even put them on the podium.
Now this does not mean all your suggestions shouldn't get a DQ... I do think that ride height, air dams, camber adjusters, seam welding, too many additional chassis stiffening bars, tire contact patch underneath fenders, air intakes, and so on are performance gainers and deserve a DQ. But things like heater cores, washer bottles, cage designs, missing door panels, etc. may or may not give a significant performance advantage. Those things should be looked at closely to determine the appropriate "disciplinary action."
Your asking for feedback... thats what ya got!!!
Raymond [/b]
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