Chase teams are crucial to every score race
team, so coordination is key to making sure
that teams are available to get to their race
vehicle anywhere along the race course.
Top race team owners, managers and crew
chiefs often manage and coordinate their
activities on the course, but always making
sure that safety be the major priority. "Once
the course map comes out and we know
where we're going, we can put out an
itinerary of who's going where and what
stop each chase truck is going to go at,"
says Sean Hoglund, Logistics Director for
Terrible Herbst Motorsports. Hoglund also
points out it's important to stock and take
inventory of what goes inside the chase
truck, to make sure it has all the correct
tools and parts.
Because there can be many volunteers
and new people helping a team for a big
race like the SCORE Baja 1000, experienced
team coordinators like Amber Malloy for
Rob MacCachren Motorsports, makes sure
that each team member has wrist bands
with their names and personal information
so in case of an injury, its readily available.
Having some kind of way to indicate your
vehicle is a chase truck while on the race
course, is also an important safety factor.
"One of the problems of traveling through
the dust in Baja is that racers are not
expecting a slow moving vehicle," says Kevin
Davis, owner of Green Army Motorsports.
"Having a market or flashing light on the
vehicle so that the guy coming through the
dust can see you."
Watch this episode of World Of SCORE
to see more safety tips for crews and
teams who want to have a safer race and
experience in Baja. SJ
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