Interesting Tree Malfunction

[Mike Carr]

I had this happen a few times to me, with an HF/SA Sunbird. Billy (the car owner) had built a new header for it. The header, which came down the front, would sometimes trip the beam. I could not be staged shallow, or what happened in the video would occasionally happen to me, and get a bad redlight (second amber or ealy on the third) without moving an inch. Like the ET slip shows, I was red by large margin (about -.4 to -.5 red, and all my incremental numbers down track would be off by the same amount. If I was shown as .233 red (old style, now a -.267), I'd be off about .26 ET all the way down. It is possible that something on the car was in the beam, hanging by the tire which caused this issue. Once I pumped my front slicks up to 45-50 PSI, I wouldn't have an issue (the header would gain clearance, because the front of the car sat higher). If they were 35-40, I could get a redlight at times. Have your friend go through and check ANYTHING that could interrupt the beam (wire, front spoiler, etc) and move/remove it, so this issue won't happen again.