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Jimmy Alund? He's entered as a 70 Nova and it's definitely a 68-69. I've heard the stories about Racers being tossed for such things BUT I don't know of anybody who has personally been tossed.
The cars are about the same but the engine combos are different.
Slap him on the wrist or toss him out?

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Seems like a stupid, inconsequential thing to be tossed over, but I don't know what the letter of the law is on these things. This is why I asked the initial question on the other thread. I knew Holroyd had raced the car as a '70 so the taillights caught my eye and I went to check the entry list.

I've heard of people changing bodywork to convert a car to another year with a more favorable combination. I'm pretty sure if he put the 402 combination in a '67 Chevy II, it would be a completely different discussion! I just don't know where the line is drawn.

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I started out with a '70 body to build as a G automatic to run with the '69 255. I e-mailed many questions to Wesley(D4) and he said it shouldn't be an issue, as there is really
only a minor difference. When I get it to the track, I may get scrutinized for it.

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What would Marty and Greg do?

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Billy,
The problem is that the car needs to be entered as a 1968 to run AA/A, as a 1970, it can't legally make the class, a 1970 is a natural B car. A few years back, they DQ'd a racer for this exact infraction, a 1970 Nova in AA/SA. Had he entered it as a 1968, he'd have been fine, but he made the error and then made qualifying passes.

I suppose an absolute purist could make the case that the tail lights and possibly the marker lights, and maybe even a grille, would be grounds for a DQ. I'm not sure I'd go there, we may not even have a tech guy in every division that knew enough to make the call. Is that sort of thing something we really want to do?

I can agree with having to claim the correct year if it determines the ability to make a class.

I can even agree that in some cases substantial trim differences are grounds for a DQ. I don't think you should race a 68 Camaro as a 67, or the reverse. I don't think that even though the grille and tail lights are the big differences between a 68 and a 69 Chevelle that you should race one as the other. I had a guy tell me that he was told you could run a 69 300 Deluxe post Chevelle with a 427/425, I don't think that's right, either.

In the end, I think we need to think long and hard about what we ask for here.

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Luke Bogacki is a very well respected racer that was tossed at Brainerd a few seasons ago for basically the same infraction. I am sure Mr Alund will not be dealt with as harshly. What would Marty and Gred do.......You are outta here !! As Alan stated , this goes beyond tail lights and grille, he is claiming the wrong year for the class.....

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Nothing.....as long as the grille is correct for the year claimed......if its not warning not to come back till its right....

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This same car was entered at Pomona 2015 (Winternationals) as an A/S car (70 model) by Clark Holroyd. What is the problem now and why wasn't it addressed much sooner?? How long has this car been run AS IS??

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He would at least be tossed for the event.

Alan, I understand the difference between the year claimed and the class. I also know the differences between the 69 and 70 engines.
I guess the biggest problem that I have with it is that the class DOES change as does the engine combo and right now he's not legally either.

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Somebody last year was DQ'd for having the wrong bumper supports on a Firebird, 72 vs 73, if I remember correctly.

Rick Thomason
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