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Jamie Loge · 05-09-2009, 09:33 PM

Tommy, Come on!!! While I appreciate your loyalty to your engine builder, it does not do any good to try and defend a blatant wrong doing. As was my thought on the previous incident that was somewhat similar last year at Sanoma by a different racer, Good for them, they pulled a fast one and got away with it. Both cars can and sometimes do run in my same class and yes it drives me nuts knowing that the last time I got hit HP, one of my tallies was a complete "ACCIDENT" simply because I just did not think the car would go that fast. Maybe I am stupid, but when I got my time slip the thought of losing weight before the scales somehow never crossed my mind. From what I read, it looks as if your saying they would have been light regardless of "WATER DRAINING." If so, why would they bother going through the trouble? Seems to me when they went up to make the pass they had every intention of making a legit run to set the record and "ACCIDENTALLY" went to fast and then proceeded to alter weight before the scales to make sure they would be light. I am pretty sure that just shouldn't be done. Just so happens that the scales were fluctuating to make it seem they were lighter than they really were. I have heard numbers of 15 to 20 lbs. in fluctuation in the scales which would make them only 20 to 25 lbs. light. What were those numbers you were figuring in your previous posts? 28.5 lbs. They got lucky and good for them.
Now on to another thought, the Sorensen brothers are very intelligent, there is no doubt about that. Every thing they have ever had has been fast, real fast. But obviously that combo needs hp if they are legit. I would like to think that when it comes to my combo I have come pretty close to max on potential. I have all the good parts and the right guy building the engine. If that said right guy were to have my car he may be able to squeeze another seven hundredths to a tenth out of my car max. By what I can figure, Sorensen would have had me covered by about four tenths. So if said guy had my car he would have it covered by three tenths. He could take the hp and still have me covered by at least two tenths. That really erks me when I got hit six hp last year because I made two runs just barely over -1.15 under and I can get outrun by four tenths. I wouldn't be surprised if they had some left to boot. I was always curious how fast that car really was and now I guess I know. Or do I?
Regardless, 1 lb. or 50 lbs. light very impressive run.
Maybe my wife was onto something when she asked, why do you spend all that money making your car fast? There will always be someone faster than you!

Chad Loge
7355 b/sa
Brentwood CA

05-09-2009, 09:33 PM	#77
Jamie Loge Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sorenson 1.408 under at Boise Tommy, Come on!!! While I appreciate your loyalty to your engine builder, it does not do any good to try and defend a blatant wrong doing. As was my thought on the previous incident that was somewhat similar last year at Sanoma by a different racer, Good for them, they pulled a fast one and got away with it. Both cars can and sometimes do run in my same class and yes it drives me nuts knowing that the last time I got hit HP, one of my tallies was a complete "ACCIDENT" simply because I just did not think the car would go that fast. Maybe I am stupid, but when I got my time slip the thought of losing weight before the scales somehow never crossed my mind. From what I read, it looks as if your saying they would have been light regardless of "WATER DRAINING." If so, why would they bother going through the trouble? Seems to me when they went up to make the pass they had every intention of making a legit run to set the record and "ACCIDENTALLY" went to fast and then proceeded to alter weight before the scales to make sure they would be light. I am pretty sure that just shouldn't be done. Just so happens that the scales were fluctuating to make it seem they were lighter than they really were. I have heard numbers of 15 to 20 lbs. in fluctuation in the scales which would make them only 20 to 25 lbs. light. What were those numbers you were figuring in your previous posts? 28.5 lbs. They got lucky and good for them. Now on to another thought, the Sorensen brothers are very intelligent, there is no doubt about that. Every thing they have ever had has been fast, real fast. But obviously that combo needs hp if they are legit. I would like to think that when it comes to my combo I have come pretty close to max on potential. I have all the good parts and the right guy building the engine. If that said right guy were to have my car he may be able to squeeze another seven hundredths to a tenth out of my car max. By what I can figure, Sorensen would have had me covered by about four tenths. So if said guy had my car he would have it covered by three tenths. He could take the hp and still have me covered by at least two tenths. That really erks me when I got hit six hp last year because I made two runs just barely over -1.15 under and I can get outrun by four tenths. I wouldn't be surprised if they had some left to boot. I was always curious how fast that car really was and now I guess I know. Or do I? Regardless, 1 lb. or 50 lbs. light very impressive run. Maybe my wife was onto something when she asked, why do you spend all that money making your car fast? There will always be someone faster than you! Chad Loge 7355 b/sa Brentwood CA