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Very little for sure ........Since we've been talking rules lately and I recently came across this NHRA 8" ruler - anyone know where it came from or what it was used for ? I haven't a clue where I got it ( probably stolen ) or who I got it from .....................Can you tell I'm a little bored waiting for my relatives to show up for dinner .I gave up going to the D1 banquet for this mess - but there are valuable points involved and I may need them in a month or two .

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Since it says 1992 it wasn't to measure 7 inch slicks. Lynn has a thought, but I won't go there!!
Have a nice dinner. Tell Deb hello for us.
Rich & Lynn

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And if you look closer you'll see it's a 7 1/2" ruler.

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Measure height on front end of pro stocker.

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Measuring the Min bore for the DP's and C J's.....Could'nt resist that one lol..... It was coming sooner or later Jack.......PS .. You gave it away with your getting "bored" statement...

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Maybe its for measuring the stacks of cash they get from us!

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In the old days, they poured water on the ground, pushed the rear tires through the puddle and used the rulebook to measure the 7" tire width on the wet track on the ground...and send you back to use the cheese grater, again, on the rear tires.

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I had my tires measured a lot. Never like that. They did often use the rule book, but they just measured the tires directly. We did use Surform (sp?) (cheese grater style) body file. First time I ever won class at a nat'l event was the first Spring Nationals at Dallas Texas. Trimed them to exactly 7", Red Anderson checked us just before pulling out for class finals. At the scales they handed me a trophy to hold just for a picture (still have the picture), rolled up to fuel check, they measured tires again(with a ruler) and hot they were 7 1/16" wide. I got tossed. We cut them to 6 7/8" next time.

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Rich - Please tell Lynn thanks for keeping her thoughts to herself as I'm no Johhny Holmes .

Ed F.- Yep , at first glance I thought it was 8" but its really 7 1/2" .

Danny - Nope - the "bored" part was real with no other agenda .......

Ed W . - Been there myself back in the day .............

The real answer -- whatever that is has so far eluded us ..........

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Does it have the tech quick reference chart on the other side?

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Well, you know how the S/SS racers like to hang their you-know-whats out. The ruler does seem a little small though. Maybe that ruler is just for the lower classes. :)


-Toby

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hey!!!!!

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Measuring Rollout in the Staging Beams?

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Jeff - Yep , I just turned it over and there is a quick reference chart on the back ..........

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They were designed to fit right in the rule book so tech guy could use it as a quick reference before looking through the book. the ruler on it was just there to have one more aid to help speed things up.
Have a stack of them in my shop somewhere.

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I'm going to guess that the height is used to measure the minumum ground clearance. A kind of "go/no go" gauge.

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It does look like it is 8" from end to end. Wonder why it doesn't read like that? Probably so when there was a complaint, they had a margin of error. ;)

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travis used it in the 1970's to measure bore & stroke... LOL

jack

current use is to measure how far we will take it up the a#%& before we revolt

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pre-stage is 7 inches before the stage beam

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Probably used for a book mark as well for the rule book . Seems like the rule book was close to that length

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It's a go/no-go gauge. I you exceed the measurement you are a "Pro". If you fail to measure up, you're a "Sportsman." If you don't register at all, you are an "Official".