Tampering with fuel

countrypuppy4865 · 06-28-2015, 06:13 PM

Anybody know what this is about? I'm assuming they found something in somebody's fuel. http://nhraracer.com/content/general...754&zoneid=132

HR9121 · 06-28-2015, 06:37 PM

I heard Mickey Whaley was putting that cherry bomb smelly stuff in his lol!

SSDiv6 · 06-28-2015, 07:30 PM

It may be a warning to both Pro Stock and Comp Eliminator.
The NHRA mandated Sunoco SR-18 fuel has been a nightmare for both classes.
NHRA will not give the option to Comp to still use the VP C-25 fuel while others in Comp can use any of the approved fuels.

Bryan Worner · 06-28-2015, 08:27 PM

Maybe there are fuel additives people have been using for a few years now that they finally have a way of checking for???

rod butcher · 06-28-2015, 08:36 PM

I heard rumors at the Epping national event that Pro Stockers my be mixing there fuel with C25. A 50/50 blend was mentioned.
I know in comp. it took us 10 runs to get the fuel curve close with SR18 in the truck I am working with. We had 2 pails that didn't pass fuel check that came right off the truck but Sunoco replaced them.

SSDiv6 · 06-28-2015, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

Maybe there are fuel additives people have been using for a few years now that they finally have a way of checking for???

Go to insidecompracing.com and read about the fuel issues with the Sunoco fuel.

countrypuppy4865 · 06-28-2015, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

Maybe there are fuel additives people have been using for a few years now that they finally have a way of checking for???

That's what I was thinking Bryan. Sounds like it might be multiple issues here.

Dwight Southerland · 06-28-2015, 10:44 PM

It's gotta be the Cajuns. They are always carrying around questionable liquids.

Ed Wright · 06-29-2015, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

It's gotta be the Cajuns. They are always carrying around questionable liquids.

They drink most of them.

Bryan Worner · 06-29-2015, 12:26 PM

I heard from a fellow racer that when an oxygenator is detected in a fuel, NHRA tech is telling the user of that fuel to "not use it again!"

In Charlotte at the 4 Wides, two different devices were used to check my fuel during qualifying. When I asked what they were checking for with the new device, they would not give me an answer. Well, now I know what they are checking for.......oxygenators.

It is well known around the Stock and SS community that certain "additives" have been used over the past few years that were not detected during fuel check. Well, now they are being detected. I think this pretty much sums it up.

06-28-2015, 06:13 PM	#1
countrypuppy4865 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Donaldsonville, LA Posts: 966 Likes: 8 Liked 183 Times in 62 Posts	Tampering with fuel Anybody know what this is about? I'm assuming they found something in somebody's fuel. http://nhraracer.com/content/general...754&zoneid=132 __________________ Jimmy "Cooter" Hidalgo, Jr. 4865 E/SA '04 GTO 4865 SS/GA '99 Firebird

06-28-2015, 06:37 PM	#2
HR9121 Live Reporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 3,352 Likes: 112 Liked 2,866 Times in 640 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel I heard Mickey Whaley was putting that cherry bomb smelly stuff in his lol! __________________ James Williamson W200 J/SA

06-28-2015, 07:30 PM	#3
SSDiv6 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 2,991 Likes: 693 Liked 1,457 Times in 543 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel It may be a warning to both Pro Stock and Comp Eliminator. The NHRA mandated Sunoco SR-18 fuel has been a nightmare for both classes. NHRA will not give the option to Comp to still use the VP C-25 fuel while others in Comp can use any of the approved fuels.

06-28-2015, 08:27 PM	#4
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 802 Likes: 117 Liked 410 Times in 66 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel Maybe there are fuel additives people have been using for a few years now that they finally have a way of checking for???

06-28-2015, 08:36 PM	#5
rod butcher Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 248 Likes: 291 Liked 129 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel I heard rumors at the Epping national event that Pro Stockers my be mixing there fuel with C25. A 50/50 blend was mentioned. I know in comp. it took us 10 runs to get the fuel curve close with SR18 in the truck I am working with. We had 2 pails that didn't pass fuel check that came right off the truck but Sunoco replaced them.

06-28-2015, 10:44 PM	#8
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 1,980 Likes: 53 Liked 724 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel It's gotta be the Cajuns. They are always carrying around questionable liquids. __________________

06-29-2015, 12:26 PM	#10
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 802 Likes: 117 Liked 410 Times in 66 Posts	Re: Tampering with fuel I heard from a fellow racer that when an oxygenator is detected in a fuel, NHRA tech is telling the user of that fuel to "not use it again!" In Charlotte at the 4 Wides, two different devices were used to check my fuel during qualifying. When I asked what they were checking for with the new device, they would not give me an answer. Well, now I know what they are checking for.......oxygenators. It is well known around the Stock and SS community that certain "additives" have been used over the past few years that were not detected during fuel check. Well, now they are being detected. I think this pretty much sums it up.