some good points stillracin your best point may be bring it out in the open at least an announcement the following week (drivers meeting for that class)would be a good place to start

totally agree....shows that tech is on the up n up and stops the rumours that always go around.

I’m really hesitant to write this because as a tech man at a race track I understand that I place myself in a position with a large target on my back. But here goes nothing.

Up until this year, I have always believed that what goes on in tech is between the tech people and the driver involved. However, I am starting to change my thinking on this issue and perhaps the best way to deal with disqualifications is to openly publish them.

A couple of years ago, a Modified was disqualified for having an illegal set of renumbered cylinder heads on their car. The obvious decision and solution was to DQ the car. Rather than owning up to the fact that they were caught fair and square, they have for the past 2 years done nothing but bad mouth the track and the officials claiming that it was our fault they had renumbered heads on the car.

Another Modified was found to have had several minor variations from the rules and was given a few warnings to make the changes so the car followed the rules. Their response to that was, “we were picking on them”. How do you deal with that Neanderthal thinking? You give the guy a break and they blame their problems on the tech people.

Another guy quit racing because we found him breaking the rules too many times and his solution was to get rid of me from tech. Another example of more Neanderthal thinking.

Over the years, I have found that some people don’t know the difference between a 2 barrel and a 4 barrel carburetor. Is this a case of someone who can’t read a rule book or were they trying to take the fun out of racing for everyone they beat that night.

I could go on with many more examples of rule infractions that I have run into over the years but I think everyone gets the picture. Perhaps it is a good idea to expose the cheaters for what they are and put them in the stands where they belong.

Another area of tech that takes the fun out of racing is a place that writes a rule book and then doesn't follow it. If you're not going to tech race cars, throw the rule book in the garbage and let everyone know from the start that this division is “run what you brung” and anything goes.
thanks for the in-site K-man most have no idea what you have to deal with
I for one don't think tech gets the respect they deserve that is one of the reasons i suggest having next car in finish order make the final call(at least on minor infractions) and the next should have the right to reverse call (hard to get 3 cars lined up that would cheat the system together IE: I wont dq u this week if you leave me alone next week the boys love their points too much for that

...............I think the tech should report an infraction to some kind of race director and he can take it to the team involved and then to next finish order to finalize the call and maybee take the bullseye off your back as I would rather replace 10 good race director to keep one good tech man