Well, Jeff, I've been working Tech for a few years; I only work Nationals (if its a Regional I
race), and I'm still waiting to see the first mechanical protest (other than at the Runoffs) from a competitor.
OTOH, I have had a lot of people come up to me and whisper in my ear that I should have a look at so-and-so's car, because he's clearly cheating. Bull$hit. I don't do witch hunts. Need a pen? Here you go. I've got forms, too. Wanna use my table and GCR while you write that up? Help yourself.
Is anybody aware that the items that will be checked in impound are (or are supposed to be, anyway) agreed to by the chief of tech and the chief steward before the first car hits the track Saturday morning?
That isn't to say that, as an official, I can't write that paper myself, for any infraction I see. But tell me, why would I, if that person's fellow competitors don't care? Around here anyway, tech is usually pretty short staffed; rarely are there more than two scrutineers working. The only thing I've ever written up are things that I come across, in the course of checking something else, that normally couldn't be seen by another competitor. Something I see while I have it apart, in other words.
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