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Originally Posted by Alan Reinhart
Hey Prof. Dave,
When you said "No cheating in my class" Did you mean COMP or economics 101?
Took me three days to figure out that I didn't know what class he was talking about. Told you I wasn't that bright. Good thing I finally got a driving job.....
Alan
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I meant economics classes. As for cheating in Comp, I feel the same way about cheating in comp that I feel about cheating in class, which boils down to this: Cheaters should know that if I ever catch them, then they should be very happy that there are severe penalties for homicide. And Federal privacy laws prevent me from telling you what happened to the kid whom I caught cheating last spring (hint; I doubt he'll be tempted to cheat when he is taking the class again this fall). As for my own comp car: I don't drive it and the driver is the one who suffers any penalties if cheating is discovered, so I would never put Lee Zane at risk for something that would go on in my car. Here's an example of that. Using NHRA's formula for calculating cubic inch displacement, the motor in the car is 175.49 cubic inches. NHRA allows you to round to the nearest cubic inch, which would be 175 cubic inches. We claim 176 cubic inches because I don't want to risk Lee being disqualified for what I do. That extra cubic inch means the car has to weigh 10 pounds more than it would if I wanted to push the envelope with the rules.
Good luck with the test session. Given what Don Schumacher said what he was looking for in a driver to replace Szelci, namely a character, I hope you "Zip" down the track.
