Fake battery, dq or not

[Crew Chief]

What is the final outcome of getting caught with a fake battery during tech or anytime during a race? At some races you go home, others you get a slap on the wrist. I understand there was one caught at Epping this week. Did the racer get to change the battery or was it a disqualification?

[Lew Silverman]

Here's the NHRA's response, as of 5/26/2015 -

"The NHRA disqualified a competitor from the 2015 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway for violating NHRA Rules, particularly Section 10A, page 10 of the 2015 NHRA Rulebook under Electrical. Tech inspectors discovered a false battery was installed. In addition to the disqualification the competitor will receive zero points for the event and the event will count towards his quota. The disqualification is not appealable."

The way I interpret the above statement is that if you show up to an NHRA-sanctioned event with a false/dummy/fake battery installed in your race-car, and are caught, you pack-up and go home!

You obviously can avoid any drama by not having a false/dummy/fake battery installed in your race-car, knowing that the Tech Inspectors have been checking for this, but some folks must think that they'll never get caught!

I not sure what happened at Epping.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Mr crew chief , you have answered your own question. At some races ( Atlanta Nat. Event ) a racer was DQ'ed , but at another race that same weekend a racer was allowed to install another battery. It is definately not a Stocker Secret any more. M.J.

[BA1927]

It happened again at Epping and resulted in a DQ

[Bob Don]

Originally Posted by BA1927

It happened again at Epping and resulted in a DQ

Do you know who was DQed?

[Larry Hill]

Maybe they should have stopped by a quality automotive shop and had everything checked out.

[Mark Callanan]

Originally Posted by Bob Don

Do you know who was DQed?

Bob

This is a car I own
I gave this car a few years ago to a racer to drive and run for me as I had another I was racing
This is my fault and not the driver who had the car as I never told him about the front battery
it is sad that nhra picks who they kick
But in the end Its the nhra play ground and they can do what they want
With all the things allowed they choose something this foolish to worry about…..
So again I am sorry to the racer he is a great guy and i should of told him

[race watcher]

At Englishtown tech inspector checked our front battery which was Ok. He told me that the word had been put out awhile back about these batteries. He said if you show up with one before the race (in tech) or during the race and they find it you are done. Now this was a national event I don't know what will happen at a divisional although it should be the same penalty.

[RJ Sledge]

I heard it had a lot to with how your name was spelt.

RJ

[BA1927]

I don't know what the guide line's are but I saw the NHRA Tech Inspector look very closely at my son's stocker battery's and made reference to the earlier DQ here at Epping