[quote=“Foglght” post=63366]I’m just trying to make sure that when I get to the tech inspection they don’t tell me I can’t race because I don’t have padding in the places they think it should go, when it appears it doesn’t specifically call that out as being needed.
I will probably purchase some anyway…[/quote]
When it comes to tech inspections, anything that you do that is unusual, like potentially no cage padding, can easily cause concern at the tech inspection. So if a person wants to go their own way on something, be sure to have the rule book close at hand.
You should also be aware that the race director and regional director are free to do what they want. As it should be. So if they don’t like the fact that you’ve no cage padding, they are entirely within their powers to point you to some vender trailer and say “go buy yourself some padding or you’re not racing”.
Back before we were required to have a metal strap holding the battery down, the requirement was something vague that simply required that the battery be held down without directing any particular way. My battery hold down at the time was a pair of flex ties, the biggest flex ties the world has every seen. I figured they were strong enough to lift the car with. The tech inspector didn’t like them and I had to head out to an autoparts store and buy a conventional battery hold down. The morale of this story is that just because you think you’re within the rules, doesn’t necessarily mean that the tech inspector is going to like it.