Eating Crow - Tear Down at Indy

[Jason]

Asking a question. Why did only one car fail while all the others in teardown passed the wheelbase check? A measurement of 106 3/4 on a 108 W.B. is 1 1/4 short. The rulebook allows +/- 3/4 inch. Look closely at the Video. It looks like the rear wheel is moved forward in the wheel well opening.

[Larry Hill]

Just questing but if WB is 108” it can be 107 1/4” to 108 3/4”. Everything else is wrong.

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Wyatt Wagner

They checked it with some homemade tool and a 10 cent tape measure. They measured 3 times and got a different measurement each time. Ask to take all four wheels off and measure that was to get and exact measurement. The response I got was “your still gonna get the same result. See you later”

There was some encouragement for racers based on Lonnie walking through the process on NHRA Live as well as the free NHRA.TV coverage for Wednesday/Thursday and to hear their response to your request is disappointing to say the least. Sorry to hear you were treated like that but to your credit you’ve been transparent about the infraction and handled it professionally.

[bubski]

Originally Posted by Wyatt Wagner

They checked it with some homemade tool and a 10 cent tape measure. They measured 3 times and got a different measurement each time. Ask to take all four wheels off and measure that was to get and exact measurement. The response I got was “your still gonna get the same result. See you later”

Bubski's like OMG!! They checked your wheelbase with a stick rule with the end chopped off n a spokeshave !! then they checked it in cubits !! than finally they used a Harbor Freight tape measure with the wheels exactly where they wanted them and your hosed !!?? Bubski like thinking "what a joke " These "tech guys" should be inspecting Sizzli's at WaWa so you don't get beat for some artificial meat !!