Track Day Preparation Checklist
Arrive with the car checked, the kit packed and the paperwork done, so the day is spent on track rather than in the paddock.
MT-18 2 pages
Motorsport and track days · MT-15
Scrutineering Preparation Checklist
A motorsport scrutineering checklist — the paperwork, driver's safety kit and car's safety items to check the night before, plus a table for anything queried.
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What this sheet is for
Turn up at scrutineering with everything checked against your own regulations, and keep a note of what was queried so it does not come up twice.
Who it is for
Competitors in club racing, sprints, hillclimbs, rallies and trials, and the helpers who prepare the car for them.
How to use it
- Read your championship's technical regulations and the event's supplementary regulations first.
- Work through the paperwork, the driver's equipment and the car, checking each label and date against those regulations.
- Pack the driver's equipment together so it is presented in one go.
- If anything is queried, write it down with what was done and who re-checked it.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: The night-before run through the paperwork, the driver's safety equipment and the car, so the first visit to the scrutineering bay is also the last.
Check against your regulations, not this sheet. What is checked, which homologation labels are accepted and which dates they run to are set by your championship's technical regulations and the event's own regulations — read those and check each item against them. Nothing here states a standard; it lists what to go and look at.
Write-on lines: Event · Car & number · Class · Scrutineering slot
Paperwork to bring
- Competition licence and any medical that goes with it
- Entry confirmation and the event's supplementary regulations
- Car log book, passport or identity form your championship uses
- Championship technical regulations, with the pages for your class marked
- Club or championship membership card if it is asked for
Car safety items
- Seat, mounts and any date label
- Harness — straps, buckles, mounts and the date label
- Extinguisher or plumbed-in system — pressure gauge, date, pull handles
- Electrical cut-off working and marked as your regulations set out
- Roll cage padding, bolts and any certificate that travels with it
- Tow eyes fitted and marked, rain light working
- Window net, arm restraints or door bars if your class uses them
Page 2
Car presentation
- Numbers, championship decals and class markings as the regulations show
- No fluid leaks, loose items or open fasteners
- Wheel nuts torqued to your figure, tyres as your class allows
- Ballast fixed, weight checked against your own class figure
- Noise test passed at the level your event sets, or ready to take it
Driver's safety equipment
- Helmet — label, date and condition checked against the regulations
- Frontal head restraint and its tethers, label and date checked
- Suit, underwear, balaclava, gloves and boots — labels and condition
- Any other item your class calls for, checked and packed together
Queried at scrutineering — what was raised and what was done about it
Table, 10 rows: Item queried · Rectified how · Re-checked · Signed off
Questions
Why doesn't the sheet say which standards or dates are accepted?
Because they differ between governing bodies, championships and years, and they change. Printing one here would be wrong for someone. Your technical regulations are the only reliable source — check against those.
Is passing this checklist the same as passing scrutineering?
No. The scrutineer decides on the day, to the event's regulations. This list is the preparation, so the things that can be found the night before are found then rather than in the bay.
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