NHRA?s reminder for Chillers at INDY
 

Ok Stock-Super stock racers looking for real situations as we have all done this before entering staging lanes,NHRA?s reminder about no portable chillers outside your pit area,how have they enforced this in the past a verbal warning? DQ run? ,with INDY approaching in a few weeks,let?s hear it!!!

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Since Stock and Super Stock wasn't creating any kind of hazard and it was adding to the "Indy Excitement" the great Officials that they are realizes what us Stock and Super Stockers devote time and $$$$ to our cars,,they haven't done anything out of respect for us and our respect for them.
Chilling adds to the spectacle and drama of Stock and Super Stock Heads Up Dragracing at Indy.
Hopefully they make a very respectful decision to not enforce chillers at Indy outside our pits.

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When I was there 2 years ago there was racers chilling their cars up near the staging lanes but not up in the actual staging lanes. Maybe this is the compromise. If that is the rule then it needs to be enforced that way. We chose not the chill the car I was driving because we had nothing for the car we were paired with first round. We opted to make a good competition run to be prepared for the Main event. Lost for class first round and the guy I ran was tossed for claiming the wrong engine combo later in the day after class runs were over.

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I don?t know guys, they come out with a reminder just before Indy and some of you still think it would be OK to drag them up to the stageing lanes. Maybe it?s just me, but unless you are someone ?special?, I don?t think I would push it.

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Keith, many S/SS racers think they're special. :rolleyes:

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It pretends to fuel the way I read it. General section 1.5 is fuel

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Fafo

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I don't go into the .90/bracket racing section and comment on *****, why do .90/bracket racers feel the need to comment on Stock/Super Stock threads?

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No problem, buddy, just take your chiller up there. They sent out the reminder, so do what you wanna do I really don?t care, and by the way, I obey the simple rules NHRA lays out and I have run stock.

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Read the first words of my post, ?stock /super stock racers?, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE NOT ! maybe years ago you may have been,didn?t surprise me with Mr. Keyboard KAREN 1320,but you the great fabricator to respond to something that has absolutely nothing to do with you. WOW JUST WOW

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This post pertains to chillers I was answering a question. I have the right to do that. Don?t try to slander me on a forum. I race all over the country. All you have to do is come see me and we will discuss this. be an adult.

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Cuda340, its a good question, most of us that benefit from a chilled motor have chilled our cars up to the staging lanes without any problem running class or heads up at other races. I won't be at Indy, but would want to know what the norm is because you don't want to give up any advantage. It will be interesting to see if NHRA enforces the rule.

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Don't count on that Keith, they never do .

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Ahh for the "good-old-days" when you went to the head of the lanes with 10 gallons of cold water in the trunk and dumped it backwards through the motor right there! ;-)

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Don't worry Keith....some of us stock/super stock guys like ya....lol.....

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I get that you are an accomplished S/ST,S/G racer and have built a couple of very nice cars i might add,I have not seen in person,just articles here and there, You got that part right! it was pertaining to chillers,addressing stock/super stock racers ( go read it again Kieth ) and their situations not all the people that think they need to respond and give their really really valuable opinions,I?m not the great racer you are that has traveled all over the country, I?ll be at Indy in stock chillin my car which is a 1970 Ply. Cuda 340 G/SA 706C ?Chad Langdon

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I think most of us that race Stock/SS echo this sentiment. I don’t see any of us telling any of them how to set up their delay box or throttle stop (although some of our fellow CLASS racers might be able to..lol).

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contrary to what you think and want, this forum isn't yours. ALL that are registered here can replay to any topic they see fit!

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Sure. First Amendment rights, freedom of speech, whatever you want to call it.

You jokers, and you in particular, think your opinions count. I suggest getting a class car and showing the rest of us how smart you are. You won’t or can’t, one of the two.

But keep pounding on that keyboard like it matters.

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I was there Billy. Englishtown stagging lanes after stock time trials looked like a lake. I was usually dragging the little red wagon around like Jack and Jill. Then again we were all trying to go fast back then too since first round was random pick. Lots of circled Rs.

Paul Haszlauer

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Racer1320, How about you mind your own ****ing business or have the balls to race among the best in the business.

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Your beautiful Firebird would make a great Super Stocker, back up your trash talk or shut up.

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Dammit Keith stay in your lane. Have you not learned anything from me.

1290, you are on your own.

ep

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Your ability to state the obvious is truly amazing,keep it up homie! Everyone loves you!

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Good question, Chad! I?m rather curious, too. During class at Vegas, we were told by the staging lane official that we couldn?t bring our chiller in the lanes. After helping to push the car in the lanes, catching my breath, I looked around and observed a few racers with chillers on their golf carts (one in our class). As we don?t have a golf cart, I guess our chiller was too obvious! A consistent consensus as to where we can?t use them would be nice.

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The extended forecast for Indy looks like chillers are going to get a work out. At this point they are calling for upper 90s all week. Yikes.

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You're kidding right? :rolleyes:

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Between all the hate mail.What is causing NHRA to spend time and money on this subject? Besides a lot of traffic possibly. The family reunions around each vehicle in the lanes. Then there are the few that can't wipe the extra water off. Spread it all over the starting line for the mop crew and the following competitor. I can't imagine we are in anyway causing this focus on water.

Paul H

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I’m older but I’m pretty sure there was a thread on this years ago?
Lanes clogged and as you stated; water on the line.??

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I'm not kidding. I think you're a good guy, I respect your knowledge, your equipment is top notch, especially your Firebird, but you stick your nose where it doesn't belong. You're a top notch .90s and bracket racer but not a Class racer. Mind your Ps & Qs brother.

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President of Team Stupid acting up again?

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I saw nothing disrespectful with Kieth?s remarks. He?s just reiterating what the release was about. And although Ed is unbelievably abrasive, he also is right. Gentlemen, it is stated in black and white, so much so that NHRA felt the need to remind us all of the rule. No chillers outside your pits. This has nothing to do with our respected categories, it?s literally in the rule book. I don?t see what any of this has to do with Keith being a .90 racer.

It?s clear that many class racers here are upset about the rule enforcement as you see it as a disadvantage for your program, and that?s a fully legitimate reason to be upset. It feels like to me some of you are projecting this anger onto onlookers instead of the sanctioning body enforcing rules you don?t love.

(This is coming from a certified class racer who can be found at the very bottom of the D2 points list)

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If stock racers followed the rule book exactly as written in black and white most of us would be 2-4 tenths slower. We learn pretty quickly the question is what can I get away with?

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2-4 tenths is a conservative estimate.

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WRONG! Not only are .90 classes and bracket racing one on the many NHRA classes, they are also part of this forum, Class Racer.com.

This place is not Stock/Super Stock Racer.com!!

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Actually , ED is a top notch Blowhard. His son is a BAD Azz racer that definitely knows how to turn on win lights ?No need to reply to this ED, just stay in your lane ?.😁

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As an outsider looking in, I think some of you need to just CHILL.


Stan

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Actually, Eddie, this IS a Stock/Super Stock section that you are on! If you care to look at the list of catagories, you will notice that there are actually sections that cater to the .90 and bracket classes that you run in. I am sure that the other racers over there , that would be more interested in your opinions, skills, and "wisdom", than the Stock and Super stock racers, of which you are not, never have been, and likely never will be a part of.

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No Pun intended? 😂

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So I have no skin in this game however i have raced TS, SG, SST and brackets and have always loved and respected STK & SS. Some of you with unlimited resources have put many of the classes out of reach for the normal working guy to build a STK eliminator car that can be competitive.

I know some STK racers that have poured 6 figures into their motor combos and I get it and respect it. But what about us small guys that might want to jump in and build a car and have fun doing it.

I am just saying lets be respectful to one another, we just lost a bracket racer over the weekend at a 1/8 mile track. We are not promised tomorrow only today.

If you want to flame me go ahead, I always try to be respectful and I enjoy this site a ton, Love Ken Miele for all that he does. I am retired now, but still love drag racing. Don't chase people away from this site because of ego's just saying.