Thursday, April 27, 2017

Sorry I haven't updated much today...it has been a long busy day! The urban concept car HAS PASSED tech inspection! The prototype has 2 left to pass...this things have now been fixed and should be passed in the morning! They are very picky this year! Lots of advisors are noticing this...not just us! But...that is ok! We are just about there!

For those of who that are not familiar with the process, there are 10 tech stations that they have to pass before they can get on the track. 1. Vehicle weigh-in (the cars have to meet certain weight requirements) 2. Driver weigh-in (the drivers also have to meet certain weight requirements) 3. Turning circle (the car has to have specific turning requirements) 4. Vehicle dimensions (the cars have to fit into specific specs) 5. Seat belt (they check to make sure the seat belts work properly) 6. Brake system (check brakes on an incline) 7. Visibility  (check to make sure you can see all directions out of your car) 8. Time to exit (make sure the driver can unbuckle and get out of the car in under 10 seconds) 9. Design Check (check for sharp edges, wiring, gaps, good fire wall, lights, etc) 10. Fuel system  (give you fuel, make sure the car runs, and all the shut-off's work.) So that is tech in a very brief summary...it is a lot more involved than that and pretty stressful but in a nut shell...and there was some changes this year that were not in the rule book...so we had to do some scrambling but...it's all good now!





















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