Pro Stock at St. Louis

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

In the interview with Mike's crew chief, he was asked a question on what happened and if they had time to fix it? he said it was a cracked intake, and that if they had 5mins it could be fixed?? what could they have done to fix it in 5mins and be ready to run??

[quickford1]

Some epoxy repair.

[CycloneFE]

1 Mike Edwards, Coweta OK, '09 GXP 6.640 207.82 207.82
55 V. Gaines, Lakewood CO, '10 Avenger 6.686 207.15 207.15

Let's see, I believe that is 16 cars between .046. Pretty quick field.

[BobUnkefer]

#1 Edwards 6.640
#2 Brogdon 6.644
#3 Jeggie 6.647
#4 AJohnson 6.653
#5 Krisher 6.659
#6 Anderson 6.660
#7 Stanfield 6.665
#8 Jones 6.673
#9 J Gray 6.675
#10 S Gray 6.678
#11 KJ 6.681
#12 WJ 6.684
#13 Humphrey 6.685
#14 Enders 6.685
#15 Humphreys 6.685
#16 Gaines 6.686

top 3 separated by .007
final four separated by .001
SIXTEEN car field separated by .046

BUT,
you have to study all the numbers. some cars are work better than others on different ends of the track, so it's not always apples to apples when you compare
Pro Stock is a warground. EVERY HP found is a major deal, find somthing in your chassis that works? you HIDE it from everyone else, thats why wraps that cover the rear of the cars in the pits are now so widely used.
EVERYTHING is sacred in the world of PS

Stock & SS tear down side by side in the barn, wanna see what the next guys over internals look like, just take a peek. Try that with the PS guys & gals and there would be major issues to resolve before the first Dzus button is turned
The PS cars have engine blankets that cover everything but the carbs, so when they roll into the back of the lanes to get fuel the other teams can't see their engine components...once fueld the blanket comes off just as the front end goes on.

I'd invite you guys to come by to see what I mean, but I can't let ya by the ropes....

Thanks to all that called & emailed yesterday after Rodgers crash, appreciate everyone's concern & I passed all the good wishes on to Rodger.
It's nice to see and know how close the racing world "family" really is!

Bob Unkefer
PR & Media, BrogdonRacing.com

[Adger Smith]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was out of fuel and he rushed to start it and had a lean backfire. They might have one of those small metal burst panels that is there to protect the fragile intakes. That is probably what they could have replaced in 5 min,if they had 5 min. I know they are mandatory on blower and NOS cars. Not sure about Pro Stock.
I have a couple of NOS powered boat customers that use them.
They have saved more than one intake.

[keith ohanesian]

So if one of those cars or any car with a sheet metal intake backfire on start up it most of the time will seperate the upper and lower plenium.What made it backfire could be a buch of reasons. I've seen it be driver error.

The quick fix is silicone and duck tape and it takes less than five to put it on. More than five to find it . Been there

[Ed Fernandez]

Quote: If he runs a 6.58, and the next car is 6.62, that is .004

Ed,that would be 4 hun not 4 thou.Otherwise you're correct about the spread from #1 to#16.It's usually 6-7 hundreds.
I wonder if the pro stock guys come here on class racer and read some of the bull$hit
contests that go on here related to S/SS.Don't think so.

[427_ED]

I've seen spring loaded burst panels on sheet metal intakes, mostly hemi cars.
I met Mike Edwards at a test day many years ago. After each pass it was just like race day, clutch service, valve springs, plug readings, etc. Max effort all the time I was there. Get it ready for another pass.
Was his crewman hiding something? I would say yes. Was it something illegal? No way.

[david ring]

Originally Posted by BobUnkefer

I'd invite you guys to come by to see what I mean, but I can't let ya by the ropes....

Unk,

That's the same policy that the Johnsons have with the Mountain View Tire Group and I understand both of those policies.