We learned a bit in Impound today -- things that are basic -- but I didn't know just how they worked.
That is, the four-hour limit for working on the vehicle is an honor-type thing -- I need to quit working on the vehicle four hours after entering impound. Heretofore I had thought that when the four hours was up -- I'd get a visit from Dan or one of the other officials telling me that the time to quit was here. No -- so I advise everyone to make it a point to set your own alarm clock or something to let you know when to stop working -- lest you be invited out of impound. That'd be a bummer!
I also learned something about fuel tank seals. We had a nearly-full and sealed tank at SpeedWeek, and we asked if that seal, kept in place, would be accepted at WoS if we made it to impound. We were told that it would be okay that way -- there'd be no issue. Well, today we found that we needed to visit Rick Gold at the ERC truck FIRST -- to have him inspect the seal, then re-date it with the present date on it (in other words, the seal dated August 10th or so would be checked and verified and then removed and be replaced by one stating that the seal was put in place on today's date -- the 18th of September in this instance. Again -- we squeaked through on that, but I want to make sure that everyone knows this -- so you don't come to an unfortunate and unhappy place when you think you'd set a record in a gas class.
Thanks to Dan Warner and Tom Evans for helping Nancy and me learn this -- so I could not only do it right, but also tell you folks. If everybody but us already knew these things -- well, shame on us, but at least we're still learning.
