Re: Olympic rule to be carried over to stock
At the Orlando LODRS event this year we were having all kind of transmission trouble in
our Super Stock car. Friday we discovered the one in the car was hurt. We put another one in and when we tested it we found the second transmission was locking up when shifted into 3rd gear. We had to send someone to Daytona to pick up a 3rd transmission and we got it and started putting it in early Saturday.
Saturday we missed the early session of two scheduled qualifying sessions. It was announced that the last qualifier had been scrubbed and instead we would be running first
round. The point is, we were not on the qualifying sheet. But, since the a session was cancelled, and we were teched, the NHRA race procedures allowed for us to be placed on the ladder. Super Stock was already running first round as we thrased like crazy to get the transmission switch completed and I was literally suited up, belted in, engine running and having an internal hissy fit while the guys were putting the last few
quarts of transmission fluid in. When we finally got to the lanes we found our scheduled
opponent waiting on us at the rear of a line of singles to give us the most time possible
to make the round. THAT is good sportsmanship. (Thanks Merrill)
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