Racer Suspension - Page 3

SS Engine Guy · 05-18-2013, 11:29 PM

And there are racers that have been through tech with the same crank you got tossed for and went through without a second look. Same as all the worked over combustion chambers that went through for 3 years or so until the rule got changed. Lack of consistency is the problem. If a belt is bogus you don't pass tech. End of story.

Carl Weisinger · 05-19-2013, 03:11 AM

The two year seat belt rule is probably the most irritating rule to racers.

Those with big bucks invested in purpose built race cars, huge motor homes,
stacker trailers, spare engines, the best in tools, etc. don't see it as a big
expense. But, the not-so-high-dollar class racer or local bracket guy notices
it when the track tech guy shows him a perfectly good set of belts that have
a tag on them that is over two years old and tells him he needs to purchase
or recertify the belts. The racer many times hears "blah-blah-blah-blah seat
belts, spend more money".

There would have been nothing wrong with having Bob Dennis put a different
set of belts in his car, taking pictures of all the elements of the belts thought to
have a counterfeit S.F.I. tag and allowing Bob to take up the issue of the S.F.I.
tag with whomever he bought them from. Hell, it could have been the only thing wrong with the belts WAS the tag.

PS. I'm predicting Bob Dennis will quit before he pays $5,000 to NHRA over this.

05-18-2013, 11:29 PM	#1
SS Engine Guy Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: usa Posts: 256 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Racer Suspension And there are racers that have been through tech with the same crank you got tossed for and went through without a second look. Same as all the worked over combustion chambers that went through for 3 years or so until the rule got changed. Lack of consistency is the problem. If a belt is bogus you don't pass tech. End of story.

05-19-2013, 03:11 AM	#2
Carl Weisinger Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 98 Likes: 5 Liked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Racer Suspension The two year seat belt rule is probably the most irritating rule to racers. Those with big bucks invested in purpose built race cars, huge motor homes, stacker trailers, spare engines, the best in tools, etc. don't see it as a big expense. But, the not-so-high-dollar class racer or local bracket guy notices it when the track tech guy shows him a perfectly good set of belts that have a tag on them that is over two years old and tells him he needs to purchase or recertify the belts. The racer many times hears "blah-blah-blah-blah seat belts, spend more money". There would have been nothing wrong with having Bob Dennis put a different set of belts in his car, taking pictures of all the elements of the belts thought to have a counterfeit S.F.I. tag and allowing Bob to take up the issue of the S.F.I. tag with whomever he bought them from. Hell, it could have been the only thing wrong with the belts WAS the tag. PS. I'm predicting Bob Dennis will quit before he pays $5,000 to NHRA over this.