JP1738's Stocker and S/G car

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by BIGG18c

Dawson, I always look forward to reading the latest updates on all of your racing and wish I had the gumption to put all of my racing escapades on a forum so please do not take this the wrong way. If the 6.0 rules specifically state no throttle stops allowed then I believe the promoters did the right thing. On the other hand I also agree with your logic of the car is not fast enough to use one and your dad's car not even being hooked up. In the end the rules should be enforced as stated. Please keep updating us on your racing endeavors and good luck!

BIGG18, I can agree with that, honestly. There was a point during the arguing in the staging lanes where I realized that there was nothing I could say or do to justify my car's entry into that class. That's when I gave up and took my medicine. I still think it's horse sh!t. Not to mention the only reason my dad went was because he was convinced by the two brothers to come follow a particular driver out, only to get disqualified from the race by the same people.

We've run our cars in the same way, with the same configuration, for the last 10 years and no one has ever batted an eye. Now all of a sudden, while neither of us are cheating, they decide to throw us out on a glorified technicality.

I very much appreciate the kind words and am looking forward to the next time I hit the track. We've had a few rain outs these past couple weeks, one for a heat index that was egregious and this coming weekend was canceled due to the forecast. So I don't know when that will be, but hopefully soon. And you can bet I'll be back here to report it at some point, win, lose, or draw.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Dawson,
Hang in there kid. You got screwed and it sucks.
Frank

preach.

[pmrphil]

Huge difference between USING a throttle stop and "having" a stop. Our local track would only make sure any delay box OR stop was disconnected AND wiring removed and that was always good enough.
Yes, I agree, you guys got screwed, more than one way.
Pretty chicken ***** way to do things.
And wanting to see it in writing would probably not have helped - "the race director has final say" bullcrap is what you would have heard.

[Tim H]

My view is that the car with "all the technology to make it work" was illegal, sorry. The argument that you don't use it just doesn't fly with me. The other car that was not wired should not have been bounced.
I, like many others, truly appreciate your updates especially regarding the stocker. Thank you for those.

[Mike Gray]

Years ago I had a super-gas mustang that I would run in the Hot Rod Heritage races close to home. I ran into the throttle stop problem and disconnecting the wiring was not an option. The controller had to be completely removed from the car.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Tim H

My view is that the car with "all the technology to make it work" was illegal, sorry. The argument that you don't use it just doesn't fly with me. The other car that was not wired should not have been bounced.
I, like many others, truly appreciate your updates especially regarding the stocker. Thank you for those.

Fair enough, I can live with that. I did have it zip-tied open so even if I turned it on, it wouldn't work. That evidently was not disabled enough though.

Also, there was no universe where I could ever actually use it on purpose and still run the index, I'm simply not fast enough and all of the guys that we race with know that. But it was on the car, wired, and plumbed. Bad look either way, and like I said, I took my medicine. It just tasted like caster oil.