I've been thinking about Steroids

[Adger Smith]

It's not what I'm thinking about, but just that I'm thinking that's amazing me. What could be called Steroid abuse in our sport.
Steroids & Drag Racing.
1. Delay box in non delay classes
2. 2 steps in stockers
3. transbrakes in stockers
4. blocking devices
5. Engines with too may cubic inches
6.Acid ported heads
7.Counting devices
8.Matty box
9.Auto shifters
10. Hopped up fuel
By now you get it. I'm talking about what makes a racer better or makes his race car perform better.
Just like all the guys in Major league sports. Just remember most of theses sports figures were already good performers, but they chose to enhance their performance. This afternoon I woke up in my recliner to a Golf Show where the were talking about what the Golf world was doing about drug abuse.. NOT THEM TOO! What would you add to my small list of Drag race Streoids?

Disclaimer: This is an attempt to add some light humor to the off season.
Thank you Lord, I'm not on steroids, but I am High on the drug called life.

[danny waters sr]

Turbo Instead of a Powerglide !!

[div 5]

Hydraulic lifters for a stocker that really aren't and cost $800.
Engines that didn't exist, even on paper, 10 years ago that are legal now.
Valve springs in stock at 300 lbs on the seat.
300 hp manifolds on 220 hp engines.

[FlyingW]

Come on Hopped up fuel ????????????
Last time I checked you have o pass fuel check every round.
a good drivr can and will win no matter what they drive, from a skate board to a top fuel .


Jeremy Waibel

[LNorton]

There are a few ways around a fuel check if you know what you are doing.

[Bushwacker]

Fuel check is a joke... If a man cheating on fuel gets caught ...he must be an idiot!!!
There is zero supervision during fuel check...you can give them any fuel you want for testing.

[Ron Ortiz]

Fuel check to me is of no use anymore. I have had fuel that has passed from the same jug or in the car for over 6 months with no problem. I have had fuel that is purchased one weekend that passes and not pass the following week. This blows the theory that a fuel can go stale and not pass.

Try mixing VP and Sunoco, no good it will not pass. But if I am at a track that only has one brand of fuel, and I am low on fuel, then I have to drain the existing fuel and the lines so that the new fuel will not be contaminated. Seperatly they are ok, whats with that. How about going to a track that only has say one brand grade available, but it is not what you have in the tank, guess what, start draining it, they won't pass together.

Why can't I use pump gas, it is cheaper and it does not have a higher octane rating? Don't forget that I do not have alot of horsepower or compression and therefore do not need a real high octane. But no, I have to use over priced NHRA approved fuel that is available at the track. Or I could buy it by the drum, wait it might go stale.

Fuel check is for the cheating Pros. Sportsman do not need it. The only time that a special fuel might be needed is when there is a heads up run. Other than that there is nothing but handicapped racing going on, why would you need a fuel advantage, just dial a little different.

The part that really gets to me is that you fill your cup with a sample of this over priced liquid to have it checked and then they throw it in a jug to be used later on probably a pit bike.

Fuel check ranks right up there with varying scale weights.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA NOS

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by FlyingW

a good drivr can and will win no matter what they drive, from a skate board to a top fuel .

You're absolutely right. Roger Clemens is an outstanding pitcher and Barry Bonds is a powerful batter. Shouldn't they just legalize steroids and other performance enhacing drugs? They can pitch and swing accurately without steroids, so those drugs are not an advantage. At least if they were legalized, then everybody would be on the same playing field. All the other players are just jealous whiners. The fans, the media, and retired players that are b*tching about it don't even play the game!
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[Chris1529]

Some people stretch the rules just to see what they can get away with. Just sort of a side game to the real action.

But in the other major league sports, the ones in which millions of children in the country participate in
(as opposed to drag racing) look up to all these men and women as heroes. They wear their brand of shoes, wear their jersey numbers, or buy their their brand of equipment based on endorsements.

Do we as Americans as a whole want our children to grow up thinking that steroids or other forms of human growth hormones are the way to go?
Will parents look the other way if their teenage son suddenly starts bench pressing 150# more than everyone else if they think it will mean their child will become the star, or may increase their chances of getting a college athletic scholarship?

It all comes down to character

[Chris DeGidio]

Ron Ortiz, you are 100% dead on with your post.