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SFR autocrossers may
participate in the
SCCA Solo Annual Tech program.
- The SFR Tech Chief will administer the program.
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- Inspection is available at selected events, after 1PM.
- Inspection may also be available at specified times and places as notified here by the Tech Chief
None Currently Scheduled
Under this program, cars of eligible SCCA members will be inspected annually for Solo technical safety and preparation for Solo competition. Thereafter, the competitor will be responsible for verifying that the car remains in compliance with the applicable SCCA rules particularly Section 3.3.3 Safety Inspections for every event. If there is a change in the condition of the car during the year, such as damage or significant modification, the competitor is responsible to obtain a re-inspection before running any SCCA event.
The basic SCCA rules for Solo Annual Tech inspection are in Section 3.3.3.A of the Solo Rules (as modified by FasTracks). SFR will enforce these rules, with the following modifications:
- ELIGIBILITY:
- Must be a current SCCA member, and
- Must be judged responsible, skilled, and capable of insuring the safety of a vehicle for competition, and
- Must have three years as an active autocrosser with San Francisco Region (SFR), SCCA, or
- Must have been certified eligible for Solo annual tech in a previous year in SFR, or
- Must have logged 12 SFR SCCA events at which standard tech inspection is performed, or
- May receive special waiver by the SFR SCCA Tech Chief, such as those with equivalent experience at other clubs or SCCA regions.
- PROOF:
- Proof of Solo Annual Tech will be the Solo
annual tech sticker, which will be stuck to the
front windshield in the lower left corner in such a
way that it is visible from the outside of the
car. In case of destruction of this sticker, the
endorsed rulebook and the inspected car may be
presented to get another.
- Helmets inspected at Solo Annual Tech will have an
official SCCA helmet inspection sticker (this sticker
is also available to regularly inspected helmets).
- New entrants may present SFR web pages showing entry in the requirted number of events. Once a member logs 12
events, she or he will continue to be eligible for the
SFR Solo annual tech as long as they can show their
endorsed rulebook log. Once eligible for Solo
Annual Tech, several of a member's cars may be inspected
under this annual program -- the logging is per
member, not per car. Eligibility in subsequent
years will be endorsed in the new rulebook for that
year.
- COST:
SFR may in the future decide to
charge a fee for Annual Technical inspection; for now there
will be no fee. The personal SCCA Solo Rulebook
of the member must be presented, so an additional cost is
involved in buying the rulebook. One rulebook may be
used for several cars.
- VALIDITY:
A Solo Annual Tech Inspection is valid for a specific car
and driver from its completion
until the availability of the SCCA Solo Rulebooks at SFR
events in the subsequent year, or until the inspected car
is damaged or significantly modified.
Solo Annual Tech inspection is valid for the member whose
rulebook has been endorsed. For co-drivers, this
endorsement counts as technical inspection of the car, but
helmets must also be inspected. If the co-driver
also has an annual tech endorsement in her rulebook, then
together the car endorsement of the primary driver and the
endorsement of the co-driver are valid as Tech for the
co-driver. Co-drivers who are not endorsed for
annual tech, they must present their helmets for tech
inspection at the regular event Tech site along with the
car's annual tech endorsement.
- VERIFICATION:
Registration will verify Solo Annual Tech endorsements for
every eligible car and driver and mark their registration
card as tech'ed. If a driver does not present his
endorsed rulebook, the registration card will not be marked
at registration, and the car and driver must go through the
regular tech before running the event. However, a
car presented at the event's tech station with an annual
tech sticker will be immediately signed off for that event.
- RESPONSIBILITY:
The member receiving Solo Annual Tech endorsement
accepts
responsibility for the continued safety of their car, and
its continued conformance to
Section 3.3.3.B. The member
is also responsible for insuring that any co-drivers correctly
get tech inspection as required above.
Responsibility of any member will be a judgment call by
the Tech Chief or Region Solo Chief. Any
irresponsible activity such as speeding or burning out at
sites, skipping work assignments, gridding an unsafe car,
etc. may be grounds for revocation of any member's Annual
Tech eligibility.
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