HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted

[SS/GSI]

Originally Posted by Stocker 2

However if a car IS found wrong in the post-run inspection, no horsepower hit is applied. That happened at two races recently, the Dutch Classic and the Jeg's Northern Sportsnationals. Both cars in question were found illegal in teardown so no horsepower was put on either combination.

Kudos to the tech dept for doing their job.

"Kudos" REALLY! The racer(s) above mentioned got away with zero HP and no penalty, WTF! Some of us work hard and spend a lot of time/money to TRY and go fast, and trust me if we were off a thou we would be gone in a heartbeat. I'm sorry, but saying you made a mistake or didn't know, doesn't exonerate you from punishment. At worst I would have expected NHRA to say, off the record, "pick your poison", 6-12 months or the HP, something! Maybe there was a bias due to the assembler??? I know if it would have been a hand full of other engine builders, the outcome would not have been the same, just guessing. Next time, if you don't know what's under your hood and don't wanna take the consequences of putting trust in your assembler, DUMP @ the 1000' every time! Not hard, half the guys out there do it.