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Originally Posted by Chuck Beach
Terry I hope you understand and I will clerify my comments, they are not directed at the tech guys themselves but at NHRA/IHRA who puts the policies, process and guidelines in place for the tech guys to follow. By setting up this type of system (which should have been done years ago), the tech guys would have an easier job of understanding and enforcing the rules. In addition, when the tech guys find an infraction and do the right thing, IHRA/NHRA should be behind them and support that decision. Unfortunately we know where that stands .. I go back to 2003 when we were at St. Louis and a good friend of mine was protested and had to tear down on raceday. The tech guys said no, the rule book makes it clear for protests, they were over ruled by the higher ups and he had to tear down anyway, with no possible way of making 1st round.
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Yes I understand. The instance with your friend sounds like some back door back slapping went on. I have seen how some racers were treated differently in the past at NHRA events. That is probably how the cylinder head and intake mess got out of hand when it was first being done. I also was up against the upper management the last couple of years I worked for IHRA. Now you see what we have.