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Post by Goat Boy on Feb 21, 2009 19:42:30 GMT -6
I am new here and can not find the answer to my question anywhere. If I am sending in some cars for the monthly race, how soon before the race date are the cars required to be there? Thanks in advance for any info.
Ian
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Post by beakerboysracing on Feb 21, 2009 20:32:33 GMT -6
I am new here and can not find the answer to my question anywhere. If I am sending in some cars for the monthly race, how soon before the race date are the cars required to be there? Thanks in advance for any info. Ian Hey Goat, The more time you give Warren between receiving the car and the race, I'm sure it is better on him. That way on race morning he doesn't have to scramble looking for cars at the post office like he had to with mine last month. Priority mail is usually two to three days. I would send on Monday morning before the next race to give yourself a couple of extra days. Scott Beakerboys |
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Post by Lucky 13 on Feb 22, 2009 1:36:31 GMT -6
I am new here and can not find the answer to my question anywhere. If I am sending in some cars for the monthly race, how soon before the race date are the cars required to be there? Thanks in advance for any info. Ian Ian, I agree with BeakerBoys, try to have your cars to Warren by the Friday before the race. I usually try to ship mine by the Monday of race week (if not sooner). One suggestion, please check out the "Shipping-Best Practices" section of the board to help you get an idea of what you need to do to get your cars to the race in one piece. USPS can be very rough on the cars. You will find info there on building shipping containers, as well as info on containers that are available for purchase. Lucky 13 |
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Post by Mr. Slick on Feb 22, 2009 22:36:47 GMT -6
I try to start the check-in process on Thursday before the race. If all goes well, I can get most of the cars checked in Thursday and the rest on Friday. Once I get the cars checked in I can upload the photos for Lucky13 to "clean up and finish" so they are usually ready by race time or shortly there after! Getting cars on race day makes it hard - we have to do the check-in process at the race site and only then can we get the final line ups together. BTW, as of the MARCH race, SPECIFY if you use Graphite or OIL as a lubricant. That way I can use the correct check-in devices.  The best way may be to label the bottom of the car with GRAPHITE or OIL. The cars should have a number on the bottom that is used to track the cars through time. . . . I understand that sometimes things get resanded, painted, etc. and may need to be re-identified. We try to include the CAR NUMBER, DIVISION, BUILDER and now LUBE METHOD on the bottom of each car. This allows us to speed the check-in with the car number and division. Having the Builder on the bottom sure helps to get them back in the correct boxes. Having the method of LUBE will allow us to keep the OIL cars separate from the GRAPHITE cars in the check-in boxes. This month I noticed that my graphite dimension tester must have warped a bit since there were a couple of cars that scraped their bottoms. I would have checked them with a different gauge but hadn't assembled it yet . . . . I'll be getting that done before the March race. I must be feeling better - getting long winded! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D BTW, all of the boxes are stamped and will be going out tomorrow EXCEPT for 2 that needed some additional "re-working" to help prevent damage. My plan is to finish those tomorrow and possibly get them in the mail too! Watch your e-mails for the USPS notification. |
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