Let's clear up this bribes thing (Page 2 of 3)

Corrupt judges and bribery......OF COURSE...its all part of the "game".... really only "cheaters" or people with poor attitudes need to worry about judges

Tech inspection is TOTALLY DIFFERENT.....safety should never be compromised...since in reality whatever money you spend trying to bribe a tech inspector you should have spent building a safer car....

hey, i was just describing my experience.  i thought it was shady as all hell with tech swiping our bs bribes.  we felt our car was sound, as we had some issues while on the tech line with seat and extinguisher that we were made to fix, and other than that it was the same thing we had brought the year before to stafford.

but that race was one of the first, if i recall correctly, to have to bring a jack and stands to tech to make sure the fuel/exhaust wasn't going to blow.  we had forgot the jack in the pits and as i was about to run back and grab it, one of the tech guys said we didn't need to jack it up since we bribed them.  they made a half-assed attempt to kneel down and look under, but i don't see how they could have seen anything.

believe me, i'd rather have tech swarming all over these things to make sure not only ours, or the none of these other crap boxes have something go wrong safety-wise on the track

"Suppose to have $500, we have about $5,000".  Ding, we have a loser!

there's a part of me that can't help but suspect that these things are somehow related.

and that ugly ol' girl certainly qualifies.  i love that car...who needs a "pretty" Lemons car anyway?

Well, the setup was more of the order of magnitude of their build documentation. It was supposedly epic-level. What I have heard, is that the car used to be some circuit car that was rolled or crashed or something like that. they were going to scrap it, but instead sold the hell out of every spare part that was on the car. Not saying I disbelieve anything at this point, but after the crushing I saw headers, and I have seen the video of them on the track.

Do they come with aluminum driveshafts too?  They were quick to remove that along with their 'stock' ECU among other things.

The tech inspectors do their best to make sure we can get our cars around the track in a safe manner. I would not be so happy if I went through tech and they went over my car with a fine toothed comb and then let the next guy skate through without as much as a "looksie". That would mean that no matter how safe my car is, the guy racing next to me is a liability. I think that Jay and the gang do their best to make sure this doesn't happen. That's part of the reason why the rules are always changing, to meet a better standard of safety.
If there are dishonest inspectors accepting bribes then it needs to stop. I for one will tell any inspector that after he or she is done with inspections for the day they are welcome to come over for a cold one for doing a great job.
As far as the Judges:
In my opinion having the judges waiting for you when you get out of tech inspection is a huge part of the fun!  Our team does it's best to bring out the most ugliest lamest bribes we can think of. It's more a badge of honor to get "Bribed" painted on your car. Our car is a total piece of shit, and way under the $500.00 dollar rule, but we still bribe the judges. It is for us a way of saying thanks for letting us be a part of  fun and experience of a lifetime.

i bet they did just that.  and if i ran a salvage yard and my team was building a Lemons car, i'd pay sky high "prices" for the parts the team was selling off as well.

"oh, you have a pair of stock seats?  yes, i'll give you '$1000' for them.  BTW, am i driving first or third stint?"

but more than that, they acted and drove like total d-bags.  that's what got them crushed.  end of story.

while loading the carcass on the trailer, they were really worried about "the cams."  i didn't realize stock Ford cams were valuable enough to rescue from a crushed car.

We did not bribe the refs and neither our truck or Isuzu got any BS laps. But the truck promptly demonstrated it was a gifted crapcan...on six wheels.

That's because the type of person who runs a Spec Miata doesn't get Lemons at all.

At NL our team fixed close to a dozen teams incorrect harness installations. We missed quite a few other cars as they drove past and we couldn't stop them. Remember that incorrectly installed harnesses are the same as no harnesses in an impact. The best way to mount the belts is using the bolt-in ends for the shoulder belts. We saw incorrectly webbed belts, belts at very strange angles, right and left belts of different lengths, belts led directly over sharp objects, you name it.

when you are a poor-ass college student, booze are a lot easier to give than cash!