Novice, new car build. Talk to me about getting it tech'd/log book'd

bbenthin

bbenthin

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Okay, as you may have seen in my previous thread, I'm finally getting off my but and gonna get to gettin'.

Anyway, a guy needs a car for that.
I have one. The final touches are being put on by my good friends at TC Motorsports. :D

Once it's ready, how do I go about getting it tech'd and it's first log book?
I'm not sure if that's something you do at your first race or what....seems like it'd be stressful if that were the case.

Sage club racers and car builders please enlighten me! :wink:
 
If you plan to come to your first race on the Friday night before, the tech officials are usually roaming the paddock doing annuals. Just gotta find them and let them know you're ready. You will need a cage stamp if it's a new build, be sure to articulate that point. This is the easiest way.

Or, there is always the schmooze option. You can contact a tech official in your area, and maybe offer to cook them dinner or something in exchange for a private tech inspection if you keep the car at home in a place that's amenable to an inspection without crawling around in the dirt , or offer to buy them lunch in the Auburn area and meet them at TCM for an inspection. Just be sure the official in question possesses the cage stamp punch.
 
Brian, as a new novice driver, I would be more concerned about bribing those infernal report writing turn workers.........ya beer
 
bbenthin said:
Great advice! Is there a fee involved?
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No fee for tech. weekend or annual.

As this is a new car, new log book, new roll bar stamp.... Do you have an inspection hole in the roll bar? If not, ask TC where a good place is to have it drilled. They want to check for wall thickness.
 
Actually, there is a fee.

The fee is..., one day, after you get familiar with how things work, and discover how cool Conference is considering that all the officials are volunteers, you should consider taking on a role that supports Conference one way or the other. You will get more back than you put in, it's a pretty special thing.

That's all.
 
I'm under the assumption that Novice Licensed drivers cannot get an annual tech, you have to have an Area License for that....

Am I high or am I right?
 
Well, I'm not aware of that. AND we had Jeff's Reynard annual teched on a Friday night in Portland when he was a novice.

The annual serves two functions. One of value to you and the other of value to the club.

1.
You don't need to push the car through the tech line every weekend.
2.
When you have it, they just issue your weekend sticker after you register and have gear checked. Saves Tech Staff time.
 
I remember James T. and I were going to get our annual done at Pac. Raceways early 2008 (maybe 2007) but he wasn't allowed because he still had his novice license. We both thought it weird at the time but shrugged it off.

I'm glad it's done away with.
 
What is the first event that they are doing Annual tech at? The enduro this weekend? Or is it the first race in Portland?
 
colin_koehler said:
I remember James T. and I were going to get our annual done at Pac. Raceways early 2008 (maybe 2007) but he wasn't allowed because he still had his novice license. We both thought it weird at the time but shrugged it off.

I'm glad it's done away with.
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It wasn't done away with last year when I went through the novice program. Last season I was explicitly told by one of the assistant race stewards that novices had to go through tech inspection for each of their three novice race weekends. Only after that was I allowed to get an annual.

No big deal, really. But it'd been nice to have only gone through it once. ;)

BTW, Colin, will you be racing your CRX at PIR in April or at Pacific in May?
 
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There is no Competition Regulations or Policy and Procedures prohibition against Novices getting annual tech inspections. In fact, a logbook is required at the race weekend technical inspection, and the only way to get a logbook for a new car is to get an annual/comprehensive or full technical inspection, where a logbook will be issued.

This may have been an informal policy of previous License Directors, but it is not the policy of the current License Director.
 
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I should add that if you have a new race car that needs its first inspection, cage stamp, and log book, you need to find one of the Stewards (Bill Spornitz, me or Ken Hill). We're the only people with the cage stamp. As previously mentioned, we'll always be in the paddock on Friday nights before race weekends, and we're happy to help you out. If you have trouble finding us, check in with tech, and they should be able to point us out.

Tom - 2010 Asst. Steward
 
tom_olsson said:
,,,,,, you have a new race car that needs its first inspection, cage stamp, and log book, you need to find one of the Stewards (Bill Spornitz, me or Ken Hill). We're the only people with the cage stamp.....Tom - 2010 Asst. Steward
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Yup, that's a fact. First time through IRDC tech we needed a new ICSCC car log book (at least) even though we had TWO SCCA log books on the car.

Jeff and I had both spent a total of maybe an hour looking all over the roll bar in the logical places for the SCCA roll bar stamp and couldn't find it. Sooo, we assumed somewhere in its life the roll bar had been reworked and the stamp had vanished. A Steward with the stamp came over to help us out and all THREE of us once again looked for the SCCA stamp and couldn't find it.

The Steward reached in his handy stamp kit and reached out to place the stamp head on the roll bar. At which point he said "There it is !". And indeed there it was (the SCCA stamp) very clearly right under the head of his stamp. One of racing lifes strange story's.
 
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