An Education and Guide to the Protest Process

[RSTPerformance]

I said that I would post some documents that Stewards use when dealing with protests. I posted one above it is from 06 and is outdated. All of the documents are far to big to edit and post into the forum so I made up a webpage on our RST website and posted the info/documents in that page. Please follow the link, procrastinate and educate yourself on the processes. Then feel free to ask away any new questions/concerns. I will inturn give answers or get answers for each of you ASAP.

http://www.rstperformance.com/Stewards/stewardsinfo.html

I certainly hope this helps and is worth the effort I have put in to educate (at least a little) those that don't understand the process;

Raymond

 

[gran racing]

On the cam thing.
item 1- When you go and meet with the Steward who will run the protest, you will fill this info out. Don't worry about things like the VIN, he or she will take care of that.

2- You don't supply a stock version..that's a conflict of interest. Topeka (Jeremy or John) will prcure one from a dealer, and then return it when finished. Once the data is "in the books" for a specific cam, they don't even need to do that. So the protest bond includes a charge for the service, and it includes a presumed amount for the restocking charge for the part, usaullly 10 or 20%.

After re-reading the GCR and since I had Jeremy from National on the phone about something else, I asked for clairification on this. The National office does not procure the cam. Instead, who obtains it is up to the SOM. It might even be that the protestor obtains the OEM cam in a sealed box from a dealership. Now how the box can be properly sealed that a dealer would be okay with doing is beyond me. I would imagine that an official who is part of the protest process would be the one to do this, but who knows and there's no set way of doing it. In calling a few dealerships, I wasn't able to find one that would accept the cam back for a full or partial refund.

Has anyone been through a cam protest? How was the bond amount determined? Just curious to hear others experiences on this.

 

[jjjanos]

Can yo protest someone even if you are not racing?

If you are an entrant, driver or race official, you may file a protest.

Can you protest someone in a different class?

Yes.

Can you protest for a non competitive advantage... say I think someone is breaking a safety rule that doesn't really affect me?

Yes. Violations of safety rules affect us all - higher insurance when driver gets hurt.

Can you protest an entire race group?

Yes, but it better be a upheld or with a good basis otherwise you likely will get nailed for filing a spurious protest.

Why can't you volenteer to help have an item checked in impound without going through the entire protest process? Or in other words why can't I ask for 1 simple thing even something like ride height be checked then have a volenteer to do it for them?

You can volunteer to have your ride height checked. You can ask that tech check everyone's ride height and they might do it. In short, you don't have a right to have something checked until you file a protest.

IIRC, in DC Region, the driver's rep may ask for a non-invasive (weight, open hoods, ride height, track, etc. Cams, valves, pistons, no.) check of all cars in his class and that request usually is honored.