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Kandra Villani · 09-21-2007, 11:39 AM

I've driven a car that IS set up so the 2 step is only engaged in low gear on the line. SOME of you are making generalizations for others based on only YOUR car about no problems involved in "holding the car" on the line, The car I mention is NOT a SS car, it's a SLOW stocker. (See the "other" forum for a post by Lane Weber leaving Class Racing). This car has NO availability for larger drums, and therefore cannot be "held" at a decent rpm on the line. The brakes on this car basically suck, we used to footbrake it, but it cost ET. The car I mention STILL, after spending a bunch of money, and now having blown the new engine in less than a season, battling the index. Between letting this racer (who kicks our butts in anything, including a bathtub with wheels if it were available) no longer have a 2 step, and changing the index, he's basically done. Yes, some cars can hold just fine on the footbrake, but there are a select few that the combo just doesn't have that ability. Ok, put larger drums on, fine, IF available. He's tried vacuum cans and all the tricks, the car won't hold. So, now he's done with class racing. This man is a former WORLD CHAMP, not in Stock, but he's a former D5 champ in Stock, and so..........he's thinking he's just flat done. Thanks to the whiners and maybe a couple of cheaters. The technology is available, why can't we use it???? I think it just makes it so NHRA doesn't have to go looking, and I understand, it's a tough job, but taking out racers that don't have serious amounts of $$$ to change everything, isn't right.

BTW, NHRA has refused to change his hp in the past, yet there are combos in his class that have recieved hp back TWICE in just one year!!!! We started that combo in 1997, he's still battling it!!! He's written letters and the like, the person on the East Coast that has/had that combo ran well, but with WAY more funding.

I think that the decision by NHRA is a hasty one. I know 2 other D5 racers that the changes will probably push out of competition as well.

Kandra

09-21-2007, 11:39 AM	#5
Kandra Villani Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Federick, CO Posts: 24 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Cheating [2-step And Buttons] I've driven a car that IS set up so the 2 step is only engaged in low gear on the line. SOME of you are making generalizations for others based on only YOUR car about no problems involved in "holding the car" on the line, The car I mention is NOT a SS car, it's a SLOW stocker. (See the "other" forum for a post by Lane Weber leaving Class Racing). This car has NO availability for larger drums, and therefore cannot be "held" at a decent rpm on the line. The brakes on this car basically suck, we used to footbrake it, but it cost ET. The car I mention STILL, after spending a bunch of money, and now having blown the new engine in less than a season, battling the index. Between letting this racer (who kicks our butts in anything, including a bathtub with wheels if it were available) no longer have a 2 step, and changing the index, he's basically done. Yes, some cars can hold just fine on the footbrake, but there are a select few that the combo just doesn't have that ability. Ok, put larger drums on, fine, IF available. He's tried vacuum cans and all the tricks, the car won't hold. So, now he's done with class racing. This man is a former WORLD CHAMP, not in Stock, but he's a former D5 champ in Stock, and so..........he's thinking he's just flat done. Thanks to the whiners and maybe a couple of cheaters. The technology is available, why can't we use it???? I think it just makes it so NHRA doesn't have to go looking, and I understand, it's a tough job, but taking out racers that don't have serious amounts of $$$ to change everything, isn't right. BTW, NHRA has refused to change his hp in the past, yet there are combos in his class that have recieved hp back TWICE in just one year!!!! We started that combo in 1997, he's still battling it!!! He's written letters and the like, the person on the East Coast that has/had that combo ran well, but with WAY more funding. I think that the decision by NHRA is a hasty one. I know 2 other D5 racers that the changes will probably push out of competition as well. Kandra