@rmcdaniels,
I stumbled across this thread a bit late, and am incredulous. A bit of history for some who may not be familiar: At the last CMP race of 2010, one of our drivers, Rob, lost his brakes on the main straightaway at CMP, and came into the hard right hander at the end carrying way, way too much speed as a result. Our Tunachucker Volvo Amazon crashed into the Duff Honda with enough force to twist up the front subframe on our car and render the Honda undrivable as well.
While this wasn't a major deal for us- we trailer our 122 to and from the race- I had found out the night before that the Honda is driven to and from races. (sidebar, I found this out while wandering the paddock, slightly inebriated, at 2AM searching for signs of life. I found them- Roger was knee deep in some helpless Honda plant scattered across 4 sheets of plywood that also contained something that appeared to be a car- and we had a nice conversation despite him obviously being in the midst of something very icky)
Anyway, after the awards ceremony I went searching for the Duff Beer team- I felt extrememly bad about the incident, even though it was an accident (our Volvo sprung a massive hydraulic leak and, being a pre-1967 car, had only a single pot master cylinder) I wanted to apologize to them. I found Roger, and told him how sorry I was about the incident and how bad I felt about it. He was absolutely, amazingly forgiving and not even phased about it. His feeling was, it happens, its a part of racing, he'd leve the car at CMP and come back and fix it, and drive it home. He was truly a class act. I couldn't imagine a nicer fellow.
This incident with the NC inspectors is absolutely abhorrent. I sincerely hope everything comes out in your favor; I doubt you'll ever see a dime of that money again but as long as your record stays clear and the neighbors stay at bay, that's the best you can hope for.
And like another poster said, move to SC. No inspections. We're a very car friendly state.
See you on the track.
Tunachuckers: 15 Years of Effluency
'08 - '10: 1966 Volvo 122, "Charlie"
'10 - '18: 1975 Ford LTD Landau --> 2018 - current: Converted into 1950 "Plymford"
'22 - current: 1967 Volvo 122, "Charlie ]["