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Originally Posted by Dlampe  Yeah, that about it! You know what it is like at a track day. There are always a dozen guys standing around your car asking questions |
This has caused me more than a few issues on the race track. I was just discussing it with my race mates last weekend. It never fails - when we are working on the car sorting through an issue someone pops over and says something like:
"Hey fellows, nice car, saw you out there and was wondering......"
So a 20 minute conversation starts and it is hard to remember where you left off in your work. Happens ALL the time.
I don't want to be anti-social at the track, but when work is going on don't bother the folks doing the work - it leads to stuff like this that is 100% avoidable. I seriously wanted a sign in our paddock area last weekend at Roebling that said something like "Shhhhhhh, work in progress" while we were sorting through issues on the TR8 and Z car.
Our latest tactic has been to use one of our crew as the sacrificial mouthpiece and engage the offending party in conversation, maintaining social civility, while the other two continue work. Seems to be about the only way.....
We need to come up with a name for this phenomenon and start a help group. Then we need to get the offending parties to sign up for the help group. Some tips should be "Never approach a working paddock without a tool in hand or some item to help the crew" and so on.
Sorry to read about that issue Dean. Seems quite common as I've heard that story many times over the years from lots of GT40 owners! Good luck getting her back together!