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Old 06-20-2008, 10:23 AM   #21
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I am not sure if anyone has seen the pics or not. I have the picture of pete and Sal racing in comp.
Pete was 2ft ahead and sal got the win. The ESPN guys told sal about it.
I have the pics, also have the pic of me .0006 behind Erks 1st rd of the all stars, Funny thing , looks to me like I was 8 inches ahead. We were still about 4" from the stripe with the pic so who knows on my run.
I would post them here but I do not know how. I will Gladly e-mail them to someone that knows how to post them.

my e-mail is Mike@nitroplate.com

The pics are interesting to say the least.

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Old 06-20-2008, 11:30 AM   #22
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Old 06-20-2008, 01:11 PM   #23
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We have been doing this a long time and have made thousands of hits....so when things don't add up its clearly evident....we may miss the tree once or twice....but not 6 times in a row.....

so there was definitely something not quite right....different is fine...but inconsistent is bad...

we get so few hits at a national...so far apart its hard to tell sometimes...but we made 14 runs at the

Divisional.....not to mention the right lane is quite a bit tighter than the left.....

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Old 06-20-2008, 01:25 PM   #24
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Look at the pics closely, look at the painted lines on the wall, they are not straight. They are angled to the left at the top. Also look at the fence posts. The left ones angle to the left. The ones in the center appear to be straight up and the ones to the right appear to be angled to the right. I remember reading somewhere about how pixels are stacked or something, I cant remember , but I thought that the accuracy of still pics taken from video was off. In the 2nd pic, is it possible that the front of the roadster was higher than the beams and the first thing that the beam saw was the wheels? I still agree that 66 has some type of timing issue.
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Old 06-20-2008, 02:08 PM   #25
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Rock guys are saying they saw it at the nats. but no one as far as I know mentioned it to anyone at the race where I could have looked at it.
As for the 2 pictures, the lines on the wall and ground are refreance points the painters rarely get the lines dead in line with the sensors. As for the bottom photo it looks like the front bumper is higher than the beams, so the nose of Sals car got there before the tires of the roadster.
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Old 06-20-2008, 02:18 PM   #26
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Not at Divisionals only Nats, ask any NHRA official they can find me.
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Check your p.m.

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Old 06-20-2008, 02:41 PM   #27
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It was definitely there at the nats.....we didn't know that there was an avenue for questioning it....

Jeff I think we can all thank you for posting and giving us some insight on the situation....without I-card we can't see everybody's times...so it probably wasn't as known to everybody...because racers don't always go around telling everyone that they can't get a light or whatever....till after the race....when everyone starts talking....like what's happening right now....

(I know Craig was frustrated because he didn't mow down the barbequed fish we made....)

Many of us have data on our cars....and we were shaking our heads at some of our runs.....I'm thinking there was 3 or 4 hundreds varibility.....in some cases....

thanks again Jeff ...and if it happens again we will present you with our data so you can look into it properly....

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Is it a shadow or does Pete have something hanging at the front of his car to trip the lights.

to me there looks like a plate in the center of the car at the most forward point.

Refresh my memory... the finish line lights are 6" up and the starting line is 3"?
I think that is right or do i have it reversed.
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Old 06-20-2008, 03:13 PM   #29
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Finish line 5 to 5 1/2 inchs up, start line 1 5/8
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Rock

Besides what our buddies in Lowsy Anna have cooked, that was the best fish I've ever eaten, honestly. Hope ya'll enjoyed the taters' and corn. By the way, what you asked me about got taken care of today, via a phone call from them. Thanks again, I owe ya one.

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