Double Dipping? At the Double rational Memorial day weekend we had one Miata that ran in ITE, ITA, SM, STU, and STL at some time during the weekend, Which was a real feat since ITA, STU, and STL are in the same run group.
I will explain. Saturday it was rented to a driver who wanted to only race on Saturday registering on line for a national race in and ITA car. Once the error was pointed out he changed his entry to STL after having it marked as ITA in morning practice, the stewards disallowed his time but let him start the STL race from the back. On Sunday it was rented to a STU driver who's own car was not able to take the track after his adventure in Saturday's race. SM has its own run group so that was not a problem. However the comedy of errors was highlighted by the rental driver who put ITE on the car and tried to compete in the big bore GT/Prod group. There was much talk on the radio as to if the black flag should be deployed as he was running lap times about 30 seconds slower than the leading GT1 car. Same car three different run groups, 5 different classes.
At least that was the story as told in the tech shed by the crew and drivers when they came to weigh the car for each driver change.
Jerry
Lone Star Regional Executive
Lone Star Tech Chief.
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