Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus??

SCOTT SST2871 · 09-30-2010, 09:27 AM

In 2003 i went to gainesville and somehow broke a piston ring on the first pass.a friend offered me his car but it had been entered already and then parked bill holt said no! It started raining and didnt look like it would stop anytime soon so,we tore the engine apart pulled the piston fixed the ring and had it back together about 11 pm about the same time it quit raining and was in the lanes the next morning so i believe if the car wasnt entered in the event you could use it
scott fifield

Ron Finney · 09-30-2010, 10:39 AM

Sounds like it was a division call....no fault of Dewman. If they say he is in, he's in. I wouldn't question the call either if I was in that situation. Not sure it helps bring any clarity to the rules though, but what else is new with this stuff.....

SSTRACER323 · 09-30-2010, 01:29 PM

Well that tells the story then.... that is cool that Jay did that.

In my situation it was later on Saturday, so i was S.O.L.

Chris Williams · 09-30-2010, 03:22 PM

I'm just sitting here wondering what it's like to have two cars in the garage ready to race... And what it's like to live close enough to a track to be able to load up a car, go home, unload it, load up the other, drive back, and unload in time to be in tech within 79 minutes. The track we raced at last weekend was an 8.5 hour drive -- each way.

Bob Verwold · 09-30-2010, 03:53 PM

He didn't take the broke car home, he just went home and loaded the other car on another trailer and pulled it to the track with another truck........And that's the rest of the story!!!

Chris Williams · 09-30-2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Verwold

He didn't take the broke car home, he just went home and loaded the other car on another trailer and pulled it to the track with another truck........And that's the rest of the story!!!

Almost as impressive. Has two cars capable of running in the same class, both sitting there ready to go. Has another spare truck and trailer sitting there too. And lives close enough to be there and back in just over an hour. I have none of those three conditions.

Bill Webb · 09-30-2010, 08:50 PM

The S/C driver was Chris Bear and he always has two diggers in his trailer. A friend of his was going to race the other car in the bracket race. Chris had a crack in a cylinder head below the Jesel rocker bar. He went and asked Jay if he could switch cars and Jay said as long as it wasnt entered or been teched it was fine.

I think both drivers handled the situation well within the rules.

09-30-2010, 09:27 AM	#1
SCOTT SST2871 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PORT ST JOHN FLORIDA Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? In 2003 i went to gainesville and somehow broke a piston ring on the first pass.a friend offered me his car but it had been entered already and then parked bill holt said no! It started raining and didnt look like it would stop anytime soon so,we tore the engine apart pulled the piston fixed the ring and had it back together about 11 pm about the same time it quit raining and was in the lanes the next morning so i believe if the car wasnt entered in the event you could use it scott fifield

09-30-2010, 10:39 AM	#2
Ron Finney Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greenwood, IN Posts: 168 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? Sounds like it was a division call....no fault of Dewman. If they say he is in, he's in. I wouldn't question the call either if I was in that situation. Not sure it helps bring any clarity to the rules though, but what else is new with this stuff..... __________________ Ron Finney 396V S/C

09-30-2010, 01:29 PM	#3
SSTRACER323 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Coal City, IL. Posts: 775 Likes: 3 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? Well that tells the story then.... that is cool that Jay did that. In my situation it was later on Saturday, so i was S.O.L. __________________ The Doughboy Lee Lones S/ST 323L

09-30-2010, 03:22 PM	#4
Chris Williams Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodinville, WA Posts: 401 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? I'm just sitting here wondering what it's like to have two cars in the garage ready to race... And what it's like to live close enough to a track to be able to load up a car, go home, unload it, load up the other, drive back, and unload in time to be in tech within 79 minutes. The track we raced at last weekend was an 8.5 hour drive -- each way. __________________ Chris Williams 6304 SC, TD, ET

09-30-2010, 03:53 PM	#5
Bob Verwold Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fayetteville Ohio Posts: 656 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? He didn't take the broke car home, he just went home and loaded the other car on another trailer and pulled it to the track with another truck........And that's the rest of the story!!!

09-30-2010, 08:50 PM	#7
Bill Webb Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 73 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus?? The S/C driver was Chris Bear and he always has two diggers in his trailer. A friend of his was going to race the other car in the bracket race. Chris had a crack in a cylinder head below the Jesel rocker bar. He went and asked Jay if he could switch cars and Jay said as long as it wasnt entered or been teched it was fine. I think both drivers handled the situation well within the rules.

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