Sprint Race Pitting

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Originally Posted by BryanL

I have had this happen to me before. Can't remember why I came in but it turned out to be nothing. I go to head back out and Clifton said I couldn't go back out after going to the paddock. Had I known that prior I would have stayed on pit road to get out of the car and check it out so I could go back out if there was nothing wrong.
This is a good topic to address.

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That is a good rule of thumb... if you haver an issue pull up to the stewards and ask for help checking your car. Then if they send you back out and you have a failure you have the comfort of knowing you had it checked out by others and it was n't something you might have overlooked yourself.

Most of our rules come from SCCA. Their rule book is MUCH bigger than ours. I'm willing to bet that since Clifton is familiar with SCCA, he is bringing his experience over to our series (NOT A BAD THING).

Mike P, Jeff W or anyone else have a SCCA rulebook?

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Originally Posted by David Love AI27

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Originally Posted by BryanL

I have had this happen to me before. Can't remember why I came in but it turned out to be nothing. I go to head back out and Clifton said I couldn't go back out after going to the paddock. Had I known that prior I would have stayed on pit road to get out of the car and check it out so I could go back out if there was nothing wrong.
This is a good topic to address.

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That is a good rule of thumb... if you haver an issue pull up to the stewards and ask for help checking your car. Then if they send you back out and you have a failure you have the comfort of knowing you had it checked out by others and it was n't something you might have overlooked yourself.

Most of our rules come from SCCA. Their rule book is MUCH bigger than ours. I'm willing to bet that since Clifton is familiar with SCCA, he is bringing his experience over to our series (NOT A BAD THING).

Mike P, Jeff W or anyone else have a SCCA rulebook?

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http://cms.scca.com/documents/Club%2...CR/2009GCR.pdf

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Originally Posted by donovan

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Originally Posted by David Love AI27

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Originally Posted by BryanL

I have had this happen to me before. Can't remember why I came in but it turned out to be nothing. I go to head back out and Clifton said I couldn't go back out after going to the paddock. Had I known that prior I would have stayed on pit road to get out of the car and check it out so I could go back out if there was nothing wrong.
This is a good topic to address.

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That is a good rule of thumb... if you haver an issue pull up to the stewards and ask for help checking your car. Then if they send you back out and you have a failure you have the comfort of knowing you had it checked out by others and it was n't something you might have overlooked yourself.

Most of our rules come from SCCA. Their rule book is MUCH bigger than ours. I'm willing to bet that since Clifton is familiar with SCCA, he is bringing his experience over to our series (NOT A BAD THING).

Mike P, Jeff W or anyone else have a SCCA rulebook?

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http://cms.scca.com/documents/Club%2...CR/2009GCR.pdf

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Thanks Dave...

6.10.2. Retiring to the Paddock
A car once moved to the pits shall remain there or on course during its
track time. A car that enters the paddock during qualifying and subsequently
re-enters the track shall forfeit any qualifying times recorded prior
to re-entry. A car that is removed from the pits or course during a race is
ineligible to return during that period of track time,

Well? What happens with this information?

Looks to be an SCCA rule, not a NASA rule. I'll talk to Clifton and the others to get a clear read. My past practice has been to allow re-entry only if/when cleared by an official.

2.10.10 Re-Entry Marshal
The Re-Entry Marshal shall be responsible for communicating with Event Control, so as
to keep the grid informed of the time remaining before they will be expected to enter the
course. He/she will generally control the traffic entering onto the track. During HPDE
(non-competition sessions) the Re-Entry Marshal should hold vehicles in the pit lane
until traffic conditions present a safe window to release them. Normally, during sessions
allotted for the competitors (not HPDE groups), the Re-Entry Marshal will NOT hold cars
from (re)entering the track during their session. Certain deviations from this rule are
found in the Endurance Series Rules, which supersede the corresponding rule(s) found
here. Additionally, the Race Director may have vehicles held for assistance in entering
the course, should conditions warrant.

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Originally Posted by Todd Covini

Looks to be an SCCA rule, not a NASA rule. I'll talk to Clifton and the others to get a clear read. My past practice has been to allow re-entry only if/when cleared by an official.

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Not the first time I've seen some crossing over. Thanks for starting this rules discussion. It has been enlightening plus less "gray" area for people to argue about...