If I were a betting man, and I am; I'd put my money on Don Shumacher. He is one of the sharpest business leaders in our sport.
The problem has been created by selecting an "official" supplier. Competition works. Monopolies don't.
The stand off here is between the idea of a single supplier versus allowing those with a supply of nitro to compete.
Don's got nitro. He's also got the best of the arguments.
Eventually reality will dawn at Glendora. Let us all hope that it dawns before Don sells his supply to someone else.
Cheers,
Ed

Key Word - Eventually......

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Without seeing the drum, can someone tell the difference (by sight or machine) between VP Nitro and Don Schumacher Nitro? If not, I've got an idea. It might sound like a lot of jacking around but, what's to keep a team from filling up empty VP drums with Don Schumacher Nitro? I've heard of guys doing this with Oil deal years ago. Garlits was sponsored by Valvoline and was have all kinds of engine trouble. Somebody gave him some Kendall and Big would fill up the Valvoline cans with Kendall and then pour it in the engine.

Could this work?

Dave

My limited understanding of the situation is it's the exact same Nitro, so unless VP owns the barrels, and demand their return when done. I don't see why you couldn't get away with it

They bring the drums to your pit at the races and come and get them at the end.they know where they are and how many there is..

It's not too hard to figure out how much nitro a team burns per event. If VP has brought a team an average of 2-3 drums per race depending on how many laps they made and now all of a sudden the same team only uses one drum, I think that they are going to figure it out...don't you??