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Post by festiva91 on Mar 3, 2007 22:33:37 GMT -6
I was watching a race and saw a boy get his car disqualified. The car had already passed inspection, got a sticker on it, and was placed in it's appropriate space on the race table. It had been on the table for over 20 minutes and he was called up for a supposed discrepancy. Is this legal? I always thought once it hit the table it was passed.
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Post by ProQuest on Mar 4, 2007 13:02:17 GMT -6
Greetings Fest;
The purpose of the inspection is not only to detect rules violations, but to provide the builder with an opportunity to correct any problems that may be found. In every scout race I've been involved with the rules clearly state that once inspected a car will not be reinspected. If follows that once a car passes inspection, the car qualifies to race even if subsequent violations are found. The exception is where a car breaks during the race and has to be repaired. When that happens it will be reinspected.
Assuming the "customary rule" should have been applied (that once passed, always passed) in the situation you discribed, then technically, the car in question should have been allowed to race in its illegal condition. While that would not have been fair to the other scouts whose cars were "legal," to disqualify a car after is has passed inspection without giving the builder a chance to make it conform to the rules, was not fair to the builder either. Kind of a no win situation. That is why it is very important that the persons doing the inspection know what to look for and that they inforce the rules consistently. Just my opinion, but the short answer is -- you are right!
ProQuest
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Post by scooter on Mar 4, 2007 17:27:31 GMT -6
Couple questions
Were cars still being scaled and was it still during the inspection period when the car was detected?
Who detected the problem? An official or a complaining parent?
By all means if the inspection time had expired I feel the car should have raced ...
If an official over looked the problem the first time and an official noticed the problem and it was still inspection time I believe the call was legit but the builder should have had time to attempt to suppliment the problem and all cars should have been looked at by more officials for the same problem that may have slipped by the first official...
That is one reason why it is very important for any and all officials to be on the same page during the inspection and the race...
If the inspection time had expired and a complaining parent was the one that reported the problem it would just be tough luck for them and the car should have raced and the complaining parent should be required and made to fill the position of helping with the inspections next time being they are so sharp and noticed things of that nature...
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Post by festiva91 on Mar 4, 2007 18:24:25 GMT -6
The registration time was over and an unannounced anti-drug program was about to start when the boy was called up. His car had originally passed inspection and was sitting on the table with all the other inspected cars. Then he was called up. I saw somebody in uniform talking to him and his father. He was later allowed to race. Everybody in the gym was watching them. The silence was deafening. You could see one of the inspectors sitting down moving his arms around.
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Post by spindoctor on Mar 9, 2007 21:53:37 GMT -6
We had a similar event this year. We setup the track on Friday night for the Saturday race. The kids can test run and tune their track. My 12 year old was running the inspection table and one of the cars was checked while I was still finishing the track. The mother just registered the car and left. The dad was on business. This year we introduced a display stand contest and as I was admiring the work I notice this car had its wheels shaved. We follow our district rules and you can't touch your wheels (except to sand down the flashing). These were obviously spun and sanded. On race day when the scout and dad showed up we let him know. We had spare wheels and we let him swap out wheels so the scout could race. We turned it into a win-win. Scout gets to race and noone thinks he was cheating.
All this being said, it was completly avoidable. We summarized the rules at 2 pack meetings. We handed out a full set of rule. We handed out a reference chart. I gave each Den leader a copy of the rules. The rules are on our website. These are same rules since I have been involved in the pack (6 year) and to top it off it was 2nd year Weblo, so he should have known the rules
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