Fine them and then make it legal. Wowwser

[CopoCommodore]

As a fan from Down Under I find it difficult to believe a few things.

1. The NHRA didn't specify the OD of the pulleys (as well as tooth count) to ensure this didn't happen. (Or the temptation there to explore a grey area of the rules) I am sure there are other classes with toothed belts that have explored this in the past and NHRA would have closed the loophole?
2. Specify the pulleys had to be marked and manufactured by Magnuson, or have an NHRA approval number on it.
3. Inspect these critical components after every pass with fuel and weight, considering it is a 10 second job to measure the OD with a Vernier and count the teeth to see if there is any distinctive gaps between the teeth.
4. Question why covers had been put over the rear drive belt (covers were mentioned in this thread earlier) as the cover is there to hide something and not protect the driver when there is a windscreen and firewall between the driver and the pulleys.

This has tarnished my view of racers and engine builders that I look up to in the /FS, /FX world as I have built my GM car using the /FS rules as inspiration.

[AC]

Originally Posted by onefarmer

My understanding is there was 32 nubs on the outside so the counting could be done and the teeth where spaced out where the belt rode to catch the cogged belt correctly, close to 1/2" or a 36 tooth. Pretty smart design as apparently it has been in use since mid season last year and passed tech several times. Looking at all the numbers from the races from last year to Indy is easy to see who all had something extra under the hood in FSS and FX Mph and ET don't lie. We did not run our FSS car after Las Vegas race last fall because we were not competitive there. We laughed and said all year we would have to swap the rear pullies to run the cars in show down . Well now we know that was the truth. We have been working all year trying to get our engines better to make more HP since we were down 4-5 mph with the FX cars prior to Indy. Now we know the 80hp we were looking for was never gonna be found. I believe I lost 3 races last year to pully-gate 2024, and 3 this year. This makes my win at Norwalk this summer all that much more rewarding. My lose to Aaron in the finals at Indy was a legit lose. He clearly out drove me as I brought my worse pass of the weekend to the final. Now since the engine in the car was ran Sunday in Greggs car then switched Sunday night before he raced Alex and I, well that is another story in its self. The rules are the same as Pro-stock, once a engine makes a pass in one car it can not be used in another car at same event. But since the engines were never teched in with the serial numbers as should have been it was left go. Again I guess some people think rules are more of a suggestion then the standard.....

Makes you wonder about their prostock program and past championships.