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Originally Posted by TOM KASCH
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So, I assume this is simply a list of the entrants name, perm number, the year & brand of their car, & the class they ran.
I did see an interesting thing. It said the engines were not allowed ANY internal modifications. They gotta be kidding.
Wonder what the tech guys considered a "modification" ?
Just went back & looked thru an old thread here. This is a copy of part of a post.
"...There were 'no' Stock Eliminator Championships at the 1972
* Gatornationals
* Springnationals
* Summernationals
* Grandnationals..."
BUT, I have pics of Truman Fields at the '72 Summer nats. He was running A/S in his '68 Firebird. Even shows him shaking hands with somebody, with the Summer Nats sign behind them. You'd assume he either won the race or got the class win.
But, as mentioned, I read that he won & was DQ'd for tire infractions.
I see he was also on the Indy entry list. His number is 2022. Since his number @ the Summers was 2006, I assume that in '72, the Stockers were not allowed to have a perm number, but rather were given a number, at each race, beginning with #2000. I suppose the 1st car teched in got the #2000, 2nd car was 2001, etc.
Since I read that he was also DQ'd at Indy, does anybody here know if he either won the race or at least won his class, & was then checked & DQ'd, or was it just a random check that discovered his infraction.
Truman Fields was a top notch racer, who won Indy in '73, & won class there several times. It just seems odd to me that he'd do something so obvious that he'd get DQ'd for exactly the same thing, at 2 different nat events, in the same season.
Can anybody here shed any light on this Truman Fields DQ deal ?
Rules said cars had to be driven to the race. So, for you guys who were there, did the Stocker guys actually have to drive their car into the facility ?