Blahaa.great story...So...at the riders meeting the CMRC official says to all the 65 parents. If you do not have red on white, and someone protests, you will be fined $250!. As you can imagine, I soil myself, not having any Canadian money with me and wondering..."fine...what the?" I guess, the wrong number color scheme is not a spot loss penality, but a fine....yes...they just flat out fine you up there. If someone protests you, some result in a spot loss and some in a fine! I was really having a hard time grasping that!
So, I go back to the pits asking every RV if anyone had any red duck tape...no one has any and each say...they wish they did as the would sell if for $50 a roll. Guess there were several of us that had black on white.
So, I get back to the RV and meet the greatest camping partners I could have ever asked for...their kid racing the 4-6 50cc class. Any way, Terry is going to town for ice and finds me some red duck tape. I stay up Tuesday until 1A taping over my black numbers...stuff made it all week. I also taped over the Lorettas banner on the front number plate, to avoid any other rules I was not aware of. Next year, I am going to read the rule book to make sure there is nothing else I am missing.
Hey, John...not too bad hugh! Was a tedious process. The other part was the CMRC was asking all rides to show up with clean gear, whether they wore different sets, or went to town to wash their gear....it was a mud fest. They wanted people to look good for the pics and TV....I pointed out along with about 5 of us that our numbers were going to look rough on TV and in pics...he said "if someone protests your number color...I am coming for the $250 fine."...not sure what happens if you fail to pay them...maybe they don't let you back to the US.
