Alright guys, i'm looking for everyones opinions and experiences with Tech procedures. Both at trucks pulls and any other motorsports event.
Friday night a pulling club(which I am the head diesel tech for) event I had a puller meltdown on me for DQ'ing him. Here is an account of what happened.
I arrived somewhat late and the other Tech who does not pull had been teching trucks. Fast forward a few hours, one of the regular pullers in an 06 LBZ took the WS class ( OEM Charger rule) by a large margin, atypical for his truck. I asked the other tech if the truck had been looked at yet this evening and it had not been. When we looked at it, the turbo was quite obviously brand new, where as previously in the season it showed typical amounts of corrosion/discoloration for a truck around these parts. When I questioned it, I was told not to worry about it. As I pressed the issue, the puller became more evasive, ultimately refusing to pull his intake unless 2 other pullers had theirs removed first. It was not a long argument at that point, but it was not a short yes no exchange either. I moved on to those 2 other pullers who were 2nd and 4th place ( keep in mind this is now there second look for the night), looked at there turbos, which did not appear any different than they have all season. I asked said pullers if they would remove there intakes and when they quickly started to comply I did not require them to finish pulling them. I consulted some other officials to see if they saw any issues with my stance, then I disqualified the winner for his refusal to submit to a Turbocharger check.
He went to get his prize money and had a meltdown that scared the woman finalizing the standings and payouts to the point where she called her husband, who was flagging and in turn sent the other tech and myself over to make sure she was OK. When the DQ'ed puller caught up with me later he ran directly up to me literally nose to nose screaming at the top of his lungs. Threatened me to the point where I'm sure I could get a restraining order if I felt it necessary. Then moved on to the club president, upon demanding the club president Tech his truck, the president came right out and said Al (myself) would need to be present as he was the only one who had a clue what they were looking at when it came to Dmax chargers. He then refused to let me anywhere near his truck.
So where I'm at, is I don't feel that a puller should be able to issue an ultimatum about when he will allow his truck to be checked, especially when he has made an obvious change while no one else has. I'm getting so many differing opinions about whether asking him to pull his intake and not requiring the 2 others he mentioned to do it.
Please guys, all opinions welcome. Friday night I got called everything under the sun including poor and was accused of needing the DQ's prize money to feed my kid ( which my truck wasn't a contender for a win even if it hadn't broke). So i doubt you're going to hurt my feelings :roflmao:
Friday night a pulling club(which I am the head diesel tech for) event I had a puller meltdown on me for DQ'ing him. Here is an account of what happened.
I arrived somewhat late and the other Tech who does not pull had been teching trucks. Fast forward a few hours, one of the regular pullers in an 06 LBZ took the WS class ( OEM Charger rule) by a large margin, atypical for his truck. I asked the other tech if the truck had been looked at yet this evening and it had not been. When we looked at it, the turbo was quite obviously brand new, where as previously in the season it showed typical amounts of corrosion/discoloration for a truck around these parts. When I questioned it, I was told not to worry about it. As I pressed the issue, the puller became more evasive, ultimately refusing to pull his intake unless 2 other pullers had theirs removed first. It was not a long argument at that point, but it was not a short yes no exchange either. I moved on to those 2 other pullers who were 2nd and 4th place ( keep in mind this is now there second look for the night), looked at there turbos, which did not appear any different than they have all season. I asked said pullers if they would remove there intakes and when they quickly started to comply I did not require them to finish pulling them. I consulted some other officials to see if they saw any issues with my stance, then I disqualified the winner for his refusal to submit to a Turbocharger check.
He went to get his prize money and had a meltdown that scared the woman finalizing the standings and payouts to the point where she called her husband, who was flagging and in turn sent the other tech and myself over to make sure she was OK. When the DQ'ed puller caught up with me later he ran directly up to me literally nose to nose screaming at the top of his lungs. Threatened me to the point where I'm sure I could get a restraining order if I felt it necessary. Then moved on to the club president, upon demanding the club president Tech his truck, the president came right out and said Al (myself) would need to be present as he was the only one who had a clue what they were looking at when it came to Dmax chargers. He then refused to let me anywhere near his truck.
So where I'm at, is I don't feel that a puller should be able to issue an ultimatum about when he will allow his truck to be checked, especially when he has made an obvious change while no one else has. I'm getting so many differing opinions about whether asking him to pull his intake and not requiring the 2 others he mentioned to do it.
Please guys, all opinions welcome. Friday night I got called everything under the sun including poor and was accused of needing the DQ's prize money to feed my kid ( which my truck wasn't a contender for a win even if it hadn't broke). So i doubt you're going to hurt my feelings :roflmao:
