Summer Thunder at NJMP

[mossaidis]

See if you can get it fixed. But if not, as long as the safety equipment is resolved (e.g., glass, mirrors, lenses, etc) the worst that will probably happen is a "fix by next race" notation in your logbook. I can't imagine anyone telling you that you cannot compete for the weekend. - GA

Exactly my thoughts... "Your honor, I present Exhibit A, many Spec Miatae, pre race conditions."

[Kai Noeske]

Mickey: I had considered the same approach (although Matt found out I needed some suspension parts, too). Had asked the sandbox "How neat is neat?" to find out whether some steward would kick me off the grid with a non-color matched fender/door and a hammered-out quarter panel, and got mixed replies - apparently there have been such cases somewhere in the country.

However I suck at bodywork, and futile (and slightly inebriated) attempts of quarter panel hammering by myself, Dave and his friend were unfortunately videotaped and placed on youtube; a google search to investigate the origin of an oddly large number of viewers later revealed that the video titled "3 guys and a hammer" had been linked from a website that collects links to adult videos with same-gender interests.

If you have some rudimentary skills at shaping metal, the above pitfalls are probably not too much of a concern for you.

[gran racing]

I think if you do what you talked about and cleaned up the black rubber marks, it'll be fine. Maybe worst case they'll note it in your log book and need to get it better by the next event.

Yes Kai, that was quite disturbing. LOL!