What happens if a team mate 'no-shows' or is sick? (Page 1 of 2)

Borrow someone from another team.

Only one person from the team has to be at tech.

One less driver means more seat time for the others.

Ask the Angry Hampsters about only two drivers...

That's what I thought...

Just needed to be sure.

KT

Since we always have plenty of teams at every race that can't find their next driver when his/her turn is due (the contrast between teams that have their organizational shit together and those that don't tends to be quite stark), having at least 4 drivers is a very good idea.

The flip side of that coin is that if you only have 2 drivers, then you only have one other guy who has to keep his shit together, and somehow that seems much more doable. Lemons just seems to attract some flakes. Wait! Is that a news flash?

That hanger on probably has to be registered already, paid for his comp license, etc.

ANY registered driver can drive any car.  Any registered crew member or driver can hold a fire bottle while you fuel your car.  If you want to drive the whole race, go for it!  Now, if your team doesn't show up for a ChumpCar race, you'll have to find at least one extra driver.  They have a 2-hour stint limit.

Yet another reason why Lemons kicks the shit out of Chump!

One of our drivers was walking through the pits with all his gear on at American Irony...and he stumbled on a team (sorry I forget the name!) who was in the pits and the next driver on the roster was MIA.  They started to scramble looking for safety gear shouting "we need a driver!!  We need a driver"  our guy stepped in and jokingly said that he could drive, and without hesitation they put him in the car for a few laps while they sorted things out, then had him come back in and swap out with the guy who was supposed to be driving.  I actually (unknowingly) passed him while I was driving our car.

One of the many events that keeps us coming back to Lemons..the most smiles per hour!

It's his money and you get to treat it like the pole-dancer does.

just Drive, she Said.

rule section 5 just says four drivers, and if four are registered, you have four drivers. Also note that all drivers registered can drive any car. Which is to say if a multi-car team had four cars and four drivers it is conceivable that you could pay for sixteen slots and still have fours cars out at one time - but you better have some extra crew for refueling, and I'd hate to see the mess coordinating drivers changes would bring...
(This would be HIGHLY inadvisable - even the pros switch at a max of four hours, except in Baja or similar places that have ugly breakdowns and crashes and a helicopter standing by)
...if you are worried about some 2hr max rule in the other guys' club, note that that is 2 hours at one shot, followed by some sort of minimum break.

~if it's an extenuating circumstance, you *could* split the nickel 3 ways and reimburse him - but that depends on the buddy and the circumstance, now doesn't it!