Post Race Inspection....

#31 08-13-2008, 02:32 PM

NHRA tears down, or at least pulls a head on EVERY Stock/Super Stock/Comp car that sets a record, and I'm sure the professional classes get their share of "checkouts" as well.

My old boss used to run circle track, and after a couple of feature wins the track decided to completely tear down his motor. He knew he was legal, but obviously they didn't. He made the track officials wait there until the engine had stabilized to air temperature before he would pull it apart for "fear of warping a head". It was a long 4 hour wait..

It can be fun when you know you are legal.

#32 08-13-2008, 04:11 PM

NHRA: "Go out there and check Alan Johnson's head".
NHRA tech: "We checked the head on the Army dragster, everything's ok"
NHRA: "Not that head you idiot, the one on his shoulder."

THIS JUST A JOKE, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ME TEAR DOWN NEXT YEAR

#33 08-13-2008, 08:16 PM

When a team(s) has the ability to make their own one off parts(i.e blowers, cyl heads, blocks and clutches). I think they should be inspected early and often.

#34 08-13-2008, 10:02 PM

If My memory serves me, back in the 60's there was a racer by the name of "Cheatin Chico Breschini" who used to put a colored dye in his fuel that would sometimes be red, blue, green or whatever. It would drive the tech inspection guys crazy and he was never found to be illegal.

#35 08-13-2008, 10:46 PM

The classic NASCAR story is when the great Smoky Unick had to pull the fuel tank out of car because he was suspected of it being too big, he then casually drove the car back to the pits without it!!

Hmmmm...

#36 08-13-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony Smith

When a team(s) has the ability to make their own one off parts(i.e blowers, cyl heads, blocks and clutches). I think they should be inspected early and often.

JFR would certainly be the leader in this category - saw two rows of Fadal multiaxis machines (eight or ten - don't remember) in the shop in May. They can make anything. Has anyone told NHRA about this? -

#37 08-13-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Young

JFR would certainly be the leader in this category - saw two rows of Fadal multiaxis machines (eight or ten - don't remember) in the shop in May. They can make anything. Has anyone told NHRA about this? -

Theres a good 1 and a half million right there .

#38 08-13-2008, 11:49 PM

Those of us in the Sportsman ranks are subject to teardown anytime, after record setting runs and at random. Go to the teardown barn at Indy on Friday & Saturday and look at the amount of the cars being torn down. Every year we won or r/u at the Mopar Hemi Shootout we had to pull a head, piston, rods were weighed, wheelbase checked, etc. It's a lot of work but it sure eliminates the cheating allegations.

#39 08-14-2008, 02:46 AM

Maybe they were looking for weapons of mass domination?

#40 08-14-2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Julie Jordan

Those of us in the Sportsman ranks are subject to teardown anytime, after record setting runs and at random. Go to the teardown barn at Indy on Friday & Saturday and look at the amount of the cars being torn down. Every year we won or r/u at the Mopar Hemi Shootout we had to pull a head, piston, rods were weighed, wheelbase checked, etc. It's a lot of work but it sure eliminates the cheating allegations.

It's certainly a compliment when you're under the microscope.

Hope you and your father are having a great year!

#41 08-14-2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by David Gerard

The classic NASCAR story is when the great Smoky Unick had to pull the fuel tank out of car because he was suspected of it being too big, he then casually drove the car back to the pits without it!!

Hmmmm...

From Days of Thunder..
" I'm gonna give you a fuel line that'll hold an extra gallon of gas."

#42 08-14-2008, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by William Payne

I think they stripped his car once , then when they couldnt find anything they accused him of carrying some device so he stripped down to show them he wasnt .

What actually happened was at Phoenix that year he smoked the Tires 3 times in a row during qualifying which Force never did back then. I over heard some older guy sitting in front of me talking to his buddy that teams were complaining to NHRA about some kind of Driveshaft brake(?) Force was supposedly running. Anyway Force finally did qualify 15th on the last session with a 5.36. However his first 2 rounds in eliminations were total gimme's winning with 5.70-.80 runs, only in the semi's did he run a respectable(Back then) 5.12! Even though he did indeed win the race, his E.T's at the next 4-5 races were much slower than the year before! Things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMM...............

#43 08-14-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Julie Jordan

Those of us in the Sportsman ranks are subject to teardown anytime, after record setting runs and at random. Go to the teardown barn at Indy on Friday & Saturday and look at the amount of the cars being torn down. Every year we won or r/u at the Mopar Hemi Shootout we had to pull a head, piston, rods were weighed, wheelbase checked, etc. It's a lot of work but it sure eliminates the cheating allegations.

Julie, have y'all ever been protested? Your team use to dominate the Hemi wars and when that happens I know racer will put up $500 (I think) and have you torn down.
I hope your family gets healthy and back racing. The Cajun SportsNationals (or any Hemi shootout) is not the same without you guys and gals.

#44 08-14-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Armand Keller

Julie, have y'all ever been protested? Your team use to dominate the Hemi wars and when that happens I know racer will put up $500 (I think) and have you torn down.
I hope your family gets healthy and back racing. The Cajun SportsNationals (or any Hemi shootout) is not the same without you guys and gals.

No we were never protested. To my knowledge, no one in the class, in recent years, has been. The winner of the Mopar Shootouts are required to do mandatory teardown so, in my opnion, that tends to put the brakes on people trying to do something that wouldn't pass a teardown.

Thanks for the compliment. Dad is doing much better but I think we all got a little tired of the work and travel we were doing to run all the races. It's been nice to take a break. Who knows what will happen in 2009?

#45 08-14-2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Julie Jordan

No we were never protested. To my knowledge, no one in the class, in recent years, has been. The winner of the Mopar Shootouts are required to do mandatory teardown so, in my opnion, that tends to put the brakes on people trying to do something that wouldn't pass a teardown.

Thanks for the compliment. Dad is doing much better but I think we all got a little tired of the work and travel we were doing to run all the races. It's been nice to take a break. Who knows what will happen in 2009?

so i wont see the rig @ S&S for the annual maintanace before heading out to indy