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Originally Posted by NORVELL BOWERS
Just so evereyone is clear, they did check Don's lift with his lifters in place, we pulled his out because last time I went thru tear down we put in a solid lifter in place of the hydraulic to check lift and I thought they would this time but they did not. NHRA should get off of this fine for sportsman racers or the car count will keep going down, but maybe that is the plan to start with? Seems like something the government would do!
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Wait, they checked his cam with HIS HYDRAULIC LIFTER? This is an incorrect procedure in anyone's book. The cam will never check correctly. I would be interested to know why the tech guy did it this way. This is grounds for dropping the violation I would think by anyone's standards. NHRA should do the right thing here.
Bleeding the sportsman racer by fining them is wrong! It's tough enough to afford to race for the average racer as it is. Time off is sufficient punishment. I truly hope NHRA will take another look at this new punishment, that as far as I know, has never been published anywhere or car counts will continue to plummet and IHRA's will grow. Jim
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Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess)
2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion
2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion
1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up
Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.
