NHRA?s reminder for Chillers at INDY

[Frank Castros]

Will you guys please post some photos of your Chiller set ups?

[Cotten]

I think we should all agree that after leaving your pit spot no one raises their hood until fuel check.

[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.

[GUMP]

The Pro pits bring in the spectators. No Pro show, NO INDY, NO NHRA.....

[1320racer]

EXACTLY! You ain't special and the spectators ain't there to see you.

[curtis hieb]

Originally Posted by GUMP

They should be!

(It really sucks to get beat heads-up by .01 when the guy in the other lane has just been allowed to break a bunch of these rules and tech made you take your ice off before you entered staging...)

Kind of like all the illegal blinders

[1320racer]

Again, no victims, only willing participants!

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by Cotten

I think we should all agree that after leaving your pit spot no one raises their hood until fuel check.

I heard from a rep that the use of chillers is going to be the same as always. Behind the lanes is ok, in the lanes, not ok.

I remember in Topeka one year the tech guys were checking fuel cell temps because several were dropping dry ice in their fuel cells.

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I heard from a rep that the use of chillers is going to be the same as always. Behind the lanes is ok, in the lanes, not ok.

I remember in Topeka one year the tech guys were checking fuel cell temps because several were dropping dry ice in their fuel cells.

Was the co2 gas oozing out the vent like a decoration at Halloween Jim?

[Frito]

Originally Posted by GUMP

The Pro pits bring in the spectators. No Pro show, NO INDY, NO NHRA.....

Exactly, check out the bleachers at most Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events.. Known also a "points meet"