Current rules you’d like to see enforced

[Adub464Q]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

Gump
I believe the rule states no pushing or cooling of cars past the head of staging lanes. I was told by NHRA head of staging lanes is the start line just before the burn out box. I know this because NHRA and myself got in a Disagreement about this three or four years ago in brainerd and they told me I was right afterwards.
This is same line your dial in must be on before you enter the burnout box, I believe the one at Indy is about 20 feet behind the burn out box (like most tracks) I have never seen anyone running a cooling box past that line.

Captain I have no problem with you running a turbo glide that’s what the car came with. But a turbo glide is about as close to a 200 metric or 350 turbo as a 9inch ford rear end is to a 12 gm bolt rear end.

Charlie Bob, this actually came up at Topeka divisional last year as competitors were forced to chill in their pits. I fought with the tech dept on this until they pulled out a rulebook and read it to me personally and I was incorrect. The rule reads as follows:

General Regulations, Section 21, Page 5
Fuel/Air: Any method of artificially cooling or heating fuel
prohibited (i.e., cool cans, Freon, wet rags, etc.), except as
noted in Class Requirements. Cool cans, wet towels, etc. are
permitted in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas,
Super Street, and E.T. classes. Wet towels, rags, ice, etc. must
be removed before vehicle leaves staging area. Coolers, chillers,
etc., where permitted by class requirements, are prohibited
outside of the competitor’s pit. Ambient-temperature air only;
cooling or otherwise changing the conditions of the intake air is
prohibited. Spraying of intake with any artificial spray or coolant
prohibited.

[Jeff Stout]

Originally Posted by Adub464Q

Charlie Bob, this actually came up at Topeka divisional last year as competitors were forced to chill in their pits. I fought with the tech dept on this until they pulled out a rulebook and read it to me personally and I was incorrect. The rule reads as follows:

General Regulations, Section 21, Page 5
Fuel/Air: Any method of artificially cooling or heating fuel
prohibited (i.e., cool cans, Freon, wet rags, etc.), except as
noted in Class Requirements. Cool cans, wet towels, etc. are
permitted in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas,
Super Street, and E.T. classes. Wet towels, rags, ice, etc. must
be removed before vehicle leaves staging area. Coolers, chillers,
etc., where permitted by class requirements, are prohibited
outside of the competitor’s pit. Ambient-temperature air only;
cooling or otherwise changing the conditions of the intake air is
prohibited. Spraying of intake with any artificial spray or coolant
prohibited.

I for one dont care which way the rule should be written, but I have 2 questions.
1 With the current way rule is written can you leave ice in the cool fuel container when going down track?
2 I asked this question before but having bags of ice on the hood constitute cooling the air around carb?

[doglover44]

How do people keep doing certain stuff and not get caught/busted ?

[Charley Downing]

Billy
No idea on the t-5 to jerico. My cobra jets came with liberty trans as produced from ford motor co. Technology has come along ways in 30 plus years

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

Billy
No idea on the t-5 to jerico. My cobra jets came with liberty trans as produced from ford motor co. Technology has come along ways in 30 plus years

I wasn't referring to your "Factory Built" SS car that runs in Stock. what's the difference between Capt. Jack running a metric in his car vs. a G-force or a Liberty?

[Daran Summerton]

Why do automatic stockers have buttons on the wheel?

[gmonde]

Originally Posted by Daran Summerton

Why do automatic stockers have buttons on the wheel?

radio communication !

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Daran Summerton

Why do automatic stockers have buttons on the wheel?

Good question, 2-step switch must be on the brake pedal.
Must be for the delay box.

[Jared Jordan]

Originally Posted by Daran Summerton

Why do automatic stockers have buttons on the wheel?

Some guys have line-loc's there. My car was that way when we got it in 2017, but I've never driven one with it anywhere other than on the shifter so changed it before I ever drove it.

[Stephen Belanger]

We should Outlaw Dry Ice,cool cans, thin oil,chevy2 oil pans. Any run under 1.00 your beer drinking buddy has to take your throttle body or carb off and let everyone with the same combo look at it. If you go 1.20 under you have to take your car all the way apart motor,trans,rearend lay it all out on card board in your pit area for everyone to look at and take pictures because you have to be cheating because you are not smart enough to go that fast.