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August 02, 2020 at
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Just curious if they tech motors after race's anymore..i know they weigh in ?
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August 04, 2020 at
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August 04, 2020 at
12:42:51 PM by onporch
Good question. I always wondered about that myself since it takes them about 90 seconds after the checker to make it "official" .
If one car was using rocket fuel in the feature and the rest were using methanol, would the rocket fuel guy ever get caught ?
"If ya ain't cheatin', ya ain't tryin" I've heard in regards to every time there ever was a something considered a race.
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August 04, 2020 at
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Posted By: onporch on August 04 2020 at 11:13:59 AM
Good question. I always wondered about that myself since it takes them about 90 seconds after the checker to make it "official" .
If one car was using rocket fuel in the feature and the rest were using methanol, would the rocket fuel guy ever get caught ?
"If ya ain't cheatin', ya ain't tryin" I've heard in regards to every time there ever was a something considered a race.
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Knoxville techs engines at nationals, weekly check cubic inch at times. They check tires of every car every week. Most non legal tires was because a traveler did not know what was legal as a track 2hrs away has different LR tire rules. We got nailed twice over alot of years. Once they changed compound on LR over winter. We had a tire from last year and never looked at it. Another time really pissed us off, tire guy who we have bought tires off of for years gave us a not legal RR. Why check numbers, never had problems before. Very little if none checking for nitro. Guy passed away and no one else knows how to do it I guess. It is difficult for tracks to go all over engines. Got to have a knowlegable person to do it, it is late at night when races are over and engines are dirty and you do not want dirt inside a engine.
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August 05, 2020 at
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Posted By: linbob on August 04 2020 at 02:32:52 PM
Knoxville techs engines at nationals, weekly check cubic inch at times. They check tires of every car every week. Most non legal tires was because a traveler did not know what was legal as a track 2hrs away has different LR tire rules. We got nailed twice over alot of years. Once they changed compound on LR over winter. We had a tire from last year and never looked at it. Another time really pissed us off, tire guy who we have bought tires off of for years gave us a not legal RR. Why check numbers, never had problems before. Very little if none checking for nitro. Guy passed away and no one else knows how to do it I guess. It is difficult for tracks to go all over engines. Got to have a knowlegable person to do it, it is late at night when races are over and engines are dirty and you do not want dirt inside a engine.
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Thanks for the detailed post Linbob. It is nice to hear from somebody with experience.
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August 05, 2020 at
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Posted By: onporch on August 04 2020 at 11:13:59 AM
Good question. I always wondered about that myself since it takes them about 90 seconds after the checker to make it "official" .
If one car was using rocket fuel in the feature and the rest were using methanol, would the rocket fuel guy ever get caught ?
"If ya ain't cheatin', ya ain't tryin" I've heard in regards to every time there ever was a something considered a race.
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If he's using a lot of it, yes. When you line up for the restart behind the chemist, your eyes start to water.
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