At 05:10 PM 6/15/00 -0700, Rob Weinstock wrote:
>I cannot attend the Divisional festivities Friday evenning. Any advice on
>how to get registered and the car teched and prepped in the one hour time
>limit?
Hmmm....registration usually takes about 2 hours because of the 27 forms
you have to fill out, and the line for the mandatory blood and urine
samples gets pretty long (helpful hint - drink lots of water and coffee, so
you don't get "stage fright" and hold up the line...). Tech takes another
3 hours if you want to do the engine teardown correctly. Add to that some
extra time for the gender identity test, and I think you're pretty much
stuck. Probably your best approach is to ask Superman to fly around the
world until it starts turning backwards and time is reversed. This should
give you plenty of time to get ready.
Gee - how long does it take you to get your car prepped at a normal
event? If it's really that long, you might want to think about cleaning
your car out, topping off all the fluids, changing your tires, checking the
air pressures, etc., before you get to the site in the morning. Do it all
the night before. Put the stuff that you need in boxes or bags, so when you
arrive all you have to do is pull out the box and you're good to go. Get
there on time - if you get there in time to register at 7, you should have
plenty of time to get your car through tech, as long as you don't waste it
all farting around with stuff you could have done in advance.
Make it easy on Tech - if you have aftermarket wheels, or use lug bolts, or
have lug nuts where you can't see the stud, bring your lug wrench with
you. Have your helmet out of the bag, and know where the Snell sticker is,
so you can show it to the tech inspector. Come to tech with your car
cleaned out and with your numbers and stickers in place. Kevin McCormick,
the Chief of Tech Inspection, sent out an email about what he'll be looking
for - go through that ahead of time, and make sure that you'll be ready to
pass. If you do all of this, you should be able to get through tech really
quickly and smoothly.
Hope this helps,
Jim Ochi
jochi@liquidaudio.com
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