DQ in super stock
 

What was the DQ in super stock. Tom

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Stephen Bell posted on the live from indy thread, that he was dq'd because of a wheelbase issue.

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AFTER they spent the hours tearing the engine down. Why not measure that stuff first?

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I agree Ed.

Kinda seems like they made a galant effort to find SOMETHING

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Any one know what method they used to check his wheelbase. Do they have some sort of a fixture to go from center of spindle to center of the axle. Or did they just use a tape measure. Years ago mine was checked with a tape. Not real accurate. I passed though

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Wrong wheelbase equals NO horsepower on monday.....Looks like politics to me

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Politics????? S/S was mine shaft condition and not 1.20 under that means NO horsepower on Monday.

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^^^^ please reread mineshaft conditions.

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In Chicago for allstars, they had a fixture that sat on the wheel and had a good point to measure from on it. At the Atlanta national earlier in the year they also did a random check on all super stockers if I recall correctly.

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They checked us with our COPO at englishtown 2 yrs ago. It was a tape measure and engine was half way apart. Maybe if it was really close to being not correct they would break out a better fixture. I wish they would check items like this more often. These things and many others like it are checked twice a race at any sort of oval track race you enter.

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I have seen wheelbase checked 2 different ways in teardown. The last time I watched, the tech guys had a piece of aluminum about 15 inches long by 3 inches wide that had a mark in the center, held it against the wheel and measured by tape measure to the front spindle. Another time they put the edge of the tape measure on the front or back of the rear wheel and measured to the corresponding spot on the front wheel. They also made sure the wheels were straight before starting. I have also seen the tech guys measure the front and rear overhang(to the end of the car) but I have never seen a spec on this.

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Why don't they make it part of the Tech inspection BEFORE the race? Its on the tech card and a simple tape measure would do the trick!
I know the Bell camp was very disappointed!! They deserved the #1 qualifier spot

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Sometimes it depends on who holds which end of the tape

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Wheel Base is part of the package. We had to shorten our cars slightly last year because it looked real good, but was about 1/4 too long. Now they are correct. A funny wheel base story; a few years I raced trucks in Stock. I had a long and short wheel base. I let this guy who works for me race the truck with the long base. We are in Indy and naturally both trucks are in tear down. We are finished with mine and ready to fire his and the NHRA tech folks are measuring the base. I am busy, but listening and one calls the measurement to the other. It was 129", so I stopped what I am doing and step back and look. The guy had moved the rear wheels 6 inches forward. I almost died. The wheel wells are so big it didn't show unless you were looking. The true w/b is 135 inches. They didn't notice and he got the trophy and got to race some more. Needless we had a come see Jesus meeting after we got back to the pits.

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Are wheelbase measurements done in an "as raced" condition on a level surface, with the driver weight in the seat?