NHRA?s reminder for Chillers at INDY

[DG]

Curious as to how this worked out 1st round of class at Indy? Does anyone have a report from the track whether or not racers were able to run their chillers outside their pit?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Yes, I am here …. NHRA sent their officials patrolling the grounds looking for offenders . There was a fairly heated altercation between a racer and 5 NHRA officials. Very simply, NHRA does not want racers to use chillers outside of their pit area. It puts the racers pitted in the north 40 at a severe disadvantage …

[Mike McCandless]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Wouldn`t it be great if NHRA allowed all the class car that are not allowed to tow to the staging lanes, pit close to those staging lanes, so they don`t get their engines too warm, and let the classes that are allowed to tow to the staging lanes, pit further away, since engine heat is not a concern? Common sense, I know, and unlikely to ever happen, but when you have to drive, thru the crowded pits from 1/2 mile away, and not allowed to cool the engine, certainly can put such vehicles at a performance disadvantage, especially in the case of a heads up race. Of course, I really doubt that NHRA officials would ever want the spectators to have to walk past a bunch of lowly Sportsman cars to get to the "PRO" pits, so they can get some autographs of the Nitro stars.

I imagine part of the problem would be the empty area that would quickly appears as eliminations happen. Visually, not ideal. I know it's not the answer people want, but that's my guess.

[cutta]

Disregard, posted in wrong thread.