Tech Inspection stories?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Either Dwight Southerland or Dave Lebrun

[James Perrone]

2006 I barrow Joe Lisa E/SA Camaro 9 cars in class I’m the 3rd slowest
Run fastest car 1st rd he goes red every round we are trying anything metring rods carb and lo and behold we are in the final and have to win class to get in So I get the by to the final and racers are have given me an X pipe carb and as I about to leave a racers says Put this yellow stuff in the oil And don’t pedal it and shut it off
Well that stuff smelled like NITRO 😂
I have the pleasure of racing some GIANT man child in a PINK car and I get lucky and the GIANT goes red I’m cheering as I go down the track
Bruce says at the scale congratulations you just won class now go in the barn
Piston and rod wow I’m the slowest winner there We pass tear down and the officials want know why haven’t left
I told him I wanna get the oil pan on then leave after An hour and change We DROVE IT TO Get our class photo s. Unforgettable
By the way the nitro was worth a bunch. But with 3 quart ls of zero wieghy glad it was Joes engine

[JP1738]

Not necessarily tech, but very frustrating and strange. I went to Richmond dragway a few years ago to footfeed my pickup truck as my bracket car was down for the count and I still wanted to go have some fun. I get there and pay my sportsman entry, then go to "tech" to fill out my card and officially enter. Guy hands me my tech card back with the car number already filled in. I asked the guy "can I not run my own number?" I was just going to shoe-polish my usual number on the truck. He looked at me and laughed right in my face like it was crazy to him that I wanted to choose my own car #. Maybe he thought I was some dumb kid who didn't know anything about bracket racing, but I'd NEVER been anywhere that gave you a number instead of letting you have your own. F*ck that guy and that track, I'm not even mad it went under. I know it seems petty, but the way he pointed and laughed with such distain, it infuriated me. Everyone that worked there was a dick to me every time I went, race car or not. Racers were great though, met some awesome people while I lived in that area for a while.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by JP1738

I'd NEVER been anywhere that gave you a number instead of letting you have your own.

FYI, At the Flings they give you a number which is preceded by A, B, C or D depending on your class and you get 2 letters if doubled entered.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

FYI, At the Flings they give you a number which is preceded by A, B, C or D depending on your class and you get 2 letters if doubled entered.

And I think that's dumb too.

[1320racer]

well, if you ever compete at a Fling, I guess you can drop that in the suggestion box.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by JP1738

Not necessarily tech, but very frustrating and strange. I went to Richmond dragway a few years ago to footfeed my pickup truck as my bracket car was down for the count and I still wanted to go have some fun. I get there and pay my sportsman entry, then go to "tech" to fill out my card and officially enter. Guy hands me my tech card back with the car number already filled in. I asked the guy "can I not run my own number?" I was just going to shoe-polish my usual number on the truck. He looked at me and laughed right in my face like it was crazy to him that I wanted to choose my own car #. Maybe he thought I was some dumb kid who didn't know anything about bracket racing, but I'd NEVER been anywhere that gave you a number instead of letting you have your own. F*ck that guy and that track, I'm not even mad it went under. I know it seems petty, but the way he pointed and laughed with such distain, it infuriated me. Everyone that worked there was a dick to me every time I went, race car or not. Racers were great though, met some awesome people while I lived in that area for a while.

I've been to many tracks where they have the tech cards pre-numbered.
I just cross out their number and write in my own.
Your mistake was to even ask about it.

[Jack McCarthy]

twice ive been tossed both by travis an hes good friend

85 sports class teardown was 5-7# over valve springs travis was laying carpet in my house on tuesday .... he says as i push outta the barn still doing carpet ?? im like sure you didnt f&*k me did you he replied i tried all 3 spring testers you got bounce 3 times

like 89 ? indy at paul harvey ....
he says lets check #7 dont think weve done that cylinder yet (car has passed several teardowns) and damnit 3degrees over intake duration that lobe only ...
nhra drops duration rule jan 1st so i was LAST guy to take the duration DQ.

travis once carried a concrete block in his van to reach his short *** over the 60 fenders !

capt

[Jim Caughlin]

A few years back, I was at a Divisional and the tech guy told me I couldn't run because the rod end support on the front of my ladder bars was below the height of the top of the rear wheel. I tried to explain to him that what the rulebook actually said was that the attachment point on the rearend housing couldn't be lower than the top of the wheel. He said that I was wrong and that no suspension component could be below the bottom of the wheel in case a tire went flat. I pointed out to him that on a tube chassis car, the entire frame was below the top of the tire. Anyway, he said cut them off or don't run so I cut them off. A few weeks later, I went to the next divisional race and the tech guy not suprisingly told me that I couldn't run because I had no ladder bar rod end supports. Go figure...

[Rick J]

So I'm at a Phoenix NHRA divisional back in the day, Max Wedge guy had just set the A/SA record, I happen to stroll on by when tech guy is trying to measure the stroke with a dial caliper ..... he looks up and yells at the other tech guy - Hey, does a Max Wedge have a 4.250" stroke? 😆 🤣