National Records

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by oldskool

Hey THANKS guys ! Ya'll have provided a lot of great info.

I'm real surprised at the info in this post. I just assumed that the winner of every national and divisional would be torn down. Does that mean that only record setting cars are even checked at divisional races ? Does that mean that some of the cars could be running too many cubes and it would never even be checked ?

If this is the case, do ya'll think it's because of the bracket racing nature of class racing now ? Or maybe because the payouts are so low ? Or maybe a combination of things ?

The only negative I can see about somebody running an illegal engine is in the case of a same class, heads up run. In that case it wouldn't seem fair to the other guy IF he is running legal.

Having been around some dirt racing, I know how some guys will fudge all they can get by with.

So, nowadays, is it just assumed that most everybody who runs just the divisional races are fudging a little and most don't really care that much ?

Hey, I'm just trying to learn all I can about how things operate in class racing today. And I can't think of a better way to learn than to ask those who do it. So, thanks again guys for sharing all this info !

Oldskool

Thanks for your interest in our type of racing.
Its very few and far between that a racer gets torn down and something is found to be illegal. if something is found its usually something very minor and would not have helped the car to be faster.
The vast majority of stock and super stock racers have very high ethics and do not intentionally cheat. That is the meaning of "Class Racers" they have class. There are grey areas in the rules that the go fast guys will exploit. This is a widely accepted practice and this is usually where the rule changes get started from. Most of the stock and super stock racers are very protective of their reputation and would not risk that by intentionally cheating. I have never heard of a tear down in recent history where someone was running the wrong size or was claiming the completely wrong engine
Stock and super stock racers accept that there are rules in our classes and try to run as fast as possible within the confines of those rules. That is one of the attraction for the guys/girls that compete in our world.