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Old 03-17-2013, 09:19 AM   #7
James Hill
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Default Re: What's with the hood...

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Originally Posted by Gary Smith View Post
It's a fresh air hood, and probably worth 2 tenths or more in good air. 30 years ago tech would not only toss you at the gate, you'd have others laughing for trying. I swear it's nothing against Dick Lux, in fact he's gonna make NHRA tech dept look like bigger buffoons than they already are.
The car doesn't have an air pan on it, if anything the hood is probably hurting it .05 by all the turbulence it is creating. I am sure if people that actually race in the class or could race in the class with him that have seen the hood thought there was some advantage to it something would have been said.
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