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Originally Posted by Andys dad
Is it un-sportsman like to take advantage of a situation, which is clearly wrong but within the rules? If it hurts your fellow competitors is it OK? Should you still feel the joy of accomplishment when you have been given an unfair advantage? Is there any moral obligation on your part to have the advantage corrected?
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Well if youre talking about running a DP car then no that is 100% Ok
But if youre talking about a "technical" mistake, that dosent hurt other competitors if YOU are the first to take advantage of it and they can follow, its no different for a rule change allowing something now, and others just arent doing it. Like a "loophole" those get closed in short order usually sometimes they dont and the other competitors can take advantage of the same rule.
If you are talking about something that is "Allowed" but not obvious no , no problem, like Titanium valve springs in Stock, they are ALLOWED , But noone except the NHRA sees the rule that way, Im not saying they will buy you anything but if they did would it be "wrong" to run them just because other people felt so ?
BUT you were talking about something to hurt other competitors ? How ? Is it something that you are doing they cant ? If they can too then how is it hurting them ? If its a "mistake" in rules or classification why wouldnt it get corrected immediatley after ? So say the rules rated the 1 Camaro 100 hp lower and its a typo , wouldnt they figure that out and correct it ? How would it hurt other competitors, you qualify #1 and what then ? Same uphill eliminator right ? Thats not a "lock"
I was looking at a 3 valve Mitsu engine thats listed in the Guides but they DONT list the 3rd valve specs OR Cam lift on it (the 3rd very odd valve), whats that mean ? Can I run anything I want there as long as head mod isnt needed ?
I cant imagine there is something "shady" or "underhanded" , but maybe Im wrong, if there was something that qualified as such , say an accidental change that made a whole bunch of peoples cars "technically illegal" and you went out just to get them DQ'd to move up the ladder and were able to. Then yeah Id say wrong is wrong, even though its "technically" right.....I would also suggest sleeping in my car with armed guards in the pits .... Or my ex wife....shed scare the piss outta sasquatch.
Wrong is wrong, right is right, Grey is Gray....its either way if thats not as clear as mud I dono what is.
