Just a reminder...
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:22 pm
...of this:
3.7 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
A. All vehicles must display numbers and class letters on both sides,
which must be readable by Timing & Scoring, Course, and Grid
workers at all times.
B. Only one set of numbers and class letters may be visible while the
vehicle is running.
C. Class shall be represented by the upper-case abbreviated form rather
than be spelled out. Ladies’ classes shall be indicated by the letter
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“L” following the class letters. (Example: “BSPL” instead of “B Street
Prepared Ladies”).
D. Numbers and class letters should be positioned next to each other.
All letters and numbers must be on body panels, not on windows.
All numbers and class letters must use the same typeface and the
same color, and this color must provide adequate contrast to the
background color (see Appendix F for examples).
E. Numbers must be a minimum of 8” high with a 1.25” stroke. Class
letters must be a minimum of 4” high with a 0.75” stroke. In all cases,
the height of the class letters must be between 25% and 75% of
the height of the numbers. Stroke width must be at least 10% of the
height (see Appendix F.)
F. The “1” on two-driver cars and the “L” on Ladies class cars are subject
to all of the above requirements with regard to placement, color,
size, and stroke.
G. Karts may use numbers and class letters of reduced size provided
that the following conditions are met:
1) Numbers must be displayed on the front and rear in addition to
both sides.
2) Class letters must be on both sides.
3) In no case may the numbers be smaller than 6” in height with ¾”
stroke, using a high-contrast color and background.
H. For National Championship and National Tour competition, current
official SCCA® required decals must be displayed on each side of
the vehicle in a prominent location.
For National Championship and National Tour events, one (1) official
SCCA®-approved National sponsor identification logo must be
displayed in an upright position, in a prominent location on each side
of the vehicle. Additional sponsor and/or event specific decals may
also be required; refer to event supplemental regulations. Further
information is contained in Appendix F.
Now, for those of you that lost interest in the above after 2 sentences and went to the "Off Topic" board, you're screwed. For those of you still with me, thank you. Let me introduce myself. I'm Curt Luther and I am the Chief of Tech for the next event the weekend of 3/17-3/18. While I will have a crack staff of people that understand waaaaay more about the nuts and bolts on a car looking your over your vehicle, my number one concern will be the above. I, like many, are sick and tired of:
1. Dark (read: blue making tape) numbers on a dark colored (read: red) car.
1a. Light (read: white masking tape) numbers on a light colored (read: white) car.
2. Permanent numbers "covered" by a 1/2" wide piece of masking tape that cannot be seen.
3. A number such as 7(slash through 8)42.
4. Numbers that are just to plain small to be seen.
These are just a couple of examples. Feel free to add your own. The biggest abusers are not new people. They are people who have done this far too long. In the trailer, it makes things chaotic when markings are bad. When you're wondering why you hear "hold the start" many times it's because they're trying to figure out a car number and/or class and why the registration is not matching up. On course, the radio people have a hell of a time reading poor markings and, I know because I've seen me do it, a cone or DNF can get logged incorrectly because they are trying to figure out if that was 721 or 574.
You have 19 days from today to fix your problem. Yes. Your problem. I simply will not issue a tech sticker to any car I feel does not meet the rules for above. The event chairman, Ken Lord, is free to overrule me but he will probably be to busy running the event to care about your problem. That's why he hired me. KJ Christopher, our CSCC Solo Chairman, can also overrule me but he once threw someone out of a window "because he was bothering me" so that may not work for you either.
We have an excellent local source in jaycomvinyl.com to serve your number and class letter needs. I'm sure he can even deliver to you at the event. Others feel free to offer up any other sources.
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
3.7 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
A. All vehicles must display numbers and class letters on both sides,
which must be readable by Timing & Scoring, Course, and Grid
workers at all times.
B. Only one set of numbers and class letters may be visible while the
vehicle is running.
C. Class shall be represented by the upper-case abbreviated form rather
than be spelled out. Ladies’ classes shall be indicated by the letter
40 — 2012 SCCA® National Solo® Rules
“L” following the class letters. (Example: “BSPL” instead of “B Street
Prepared Ladies”).
D. Numbers and class letters should be positioned next to each other.
All letters and numbers must be on body panels, not on windows.
All numbers and class letters must use the same typeface and the
same color, and this color must provide adequate contrast to the
background color (see Appendix F for examples).
E. Numbers must be a minimum of 8” high with a 1.25” stroke. Class
letters must be a minimum of 4” high with a 0.75” stroke. In all cases,
the height of the class letters must be between 25% and 75% of
the height of the numbers. Stroke width must be at least 10% of the
height (see Appendix F.)
F. The “1” on two-driver cars and the “L” on Ladies class cars are subject
to all of the above requirements with regard to placement, color,
size, and stroke.
G. Karts may use numbers and class letters of reduced size provided
that the following conditions are met:
1) Numbers must be displayed on the front and rear in addition to
both sides.
2) Class letters must be on both sides.
3) In no case may the numbers be smaller than 6” in height with ¾”
stroke, using a high-contrast color and background.
H. For National Championship and National Tour competition, current
official SCCA® required decals must be displayed on each side of
the vehicle in a prominent location.
For National Championship and National Tour events, one (1) official
SCCA®-approved National sponsor identification logo must be
displayed in an upright position, in a prominent location on each side
of the vehicle. Additional sponsor and/or event specific decals may
also be required; refer to event supplemental regulations. Further
information is contained in Appendix F.
Now, for those of you that lost interest in the above after 2 sentences and went to the "Off Topic" board, you're screwed. For those of you still with me, thank you. Let me introduce myself. I'm Curt Luther and I am the Chief of Tech for the next event the weekend of 3/17-3/18. While I will have a crack staff of people that understand waaaaay more about the nuts and bolts on a car looking your over your vehicle, my number one concern will be the above. I, like many, are sick and tired of:
1. Dark (read: blue making tape) numbers on a dark colored (read: red) car.
1a. Light (read: white masking tape) numbers on a light colored (read: white) car.
2. Permanent numbers "covered" by a 1/2" wide piece of masking tape that cannot be seen.
3. A number such as 7(slash through 8)42.
4. Numbers that are just to plain small to be seen.
These are just a couple of examples. Feel free to add your own. The biggest abusers are not new people. They are people who have done this far too long. In the trailer, it makes things chaotic when markings are bad. When you're wondering why you hear "hold the start" many times it's because they're trying to figure out a car number and/or class and why the registration is not matching up. On course, the radio people have a hell of a time reading poor markings and, I know because I've seen me do it, a cone or DNF can get logged incorrectly because they are trying to figure out if that was 721 or 574.
You have 19 days from today to fix your problem. Yes. Your problem. I simply will not issue a tech sticker to any car I feel does not meet the rules for above. The event chairman, Ken Lord, is free to overrule me but he will probably be to busy running the event to care about your problem. That's why he hired me. KJ Christopher, our CSCC Solo Chairman, can also overrule me but he once threw someone out of a window "because he was bothering me" so that may not work for you either.
We have an excellent local source in jaycomvinyl.com to serve your number and class letter needs. I'm sure he can even deliver to you at the event. Others feel free to offer up any other sources.
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
