Thought for fuel.

[Ron Ortiz]

So I go to Bradenton for the divisional and I need "race fuel" for my 171 HP rated small blck 2 bbl Chrysler 273. I like Sunoco as it is usually cheaper and available locally at the track here in Bradenton. With the vast amount of horsepower that I generate there is no difference in ET with VP or Sunoco. Besides everytime I run VP it seems that they do not have the VP that I would currently be running. ie C-11 vs C-12, and you cannot mix them. So after all the aggravation, I just run Sunoco. Sometimes it sits in my car for over a year and it still passes fuel check.

Well this year I go and get Sunoco from the above tank at Bradenton the day of the Divisional opener. Ten gallons at $10.00 /gal. Go to fuel check after a run and it comes up going off the charts. I explain that I just purchased it and they understand about the local tracks availability of legal fuel. I am allowed to run it but am warned not to run it in Gainesville the following week. I have 5 extra gallons of Sunoco on my hands for testing.

Gainesville comes the following week and I purchase C-12 from the track as it is supposed to be the cheapest with the lowest octane rating. Vast amount of HP, you know. The VP trailer does not have C-12 on it so I purchase it from the above ground tank that was tested in the morning for legality. Make a run, they check it, it is really close I am told. Again I explain that I just bought it from the track at $10.00 per gallon. They say they checked it but it will not pass at the Gators. That I have to purchase it from the trailer for it to pass.

Are you all getting this picture yet.

I expect to get at least 5 heads up runs in the next 20 years, that is when I will bring out the pump gas.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA it's a gas