Autocross Tech Inspections, How does you club do them??? Options

[URY914]

Seems there has been alot of autox events that everyone is attending lately. I was wondering how the different regions and clubs conduct the tech inspections and what gets inspected.

My region makes everyone line up in two lines and several guys check tire pressures, torque the wheels to 85 psi, check the Snell label on your helmet and check that there is nothing loose to roll and around in the trunk(s). Then we have a driver's meeting and then we line up again to grid. I personally think this is a little silly and a big waste of time.

I would rather have the tech guys come to you and look over the cars where they are parked. I think checking the helmet and the overall condition of the car is all that needs to be done.

So my questions are:
How and when is the tech inspection done?
What gets checked?

I know there is no set rules for this but I want to start my club thinking about another procedure.

Thanks,
Paul

[URY914]

Don,
It is not that the driver's meeting is a waste of time, its the having to move your car to the tech line, back to park it than back to the grid.

Driver's meetings are good to have and important. Of course no one does anything that is said but that is a local problem.

I've been a member of several clubs where the tech guy or guys come to you where you are parked or even tech the car on the grid.

I'll be talking to our new autox chairman and want pass on some other ideas for speeding the process up. Where I am in central FL, during the summer months you can set your watch by the afternoon showers at 3:00pm. And of course it is hot as hell in the summer. My intent is to get us completed and out of there before the rain starts or we die from the heat.

Thanks,
Paul