What's with the hood...

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by chris3racing

This stuff just gives me a good laugh. With all of the good racing going on and we get another thread about some poor joe who has a hood that don't look right. I have been left out of super stock racing over the last few years over this same thing. My hood on a 340 Duster is not right. Please, help me understand how a hood, which never did much even back in those days is such a heartburn.

It's a fresh air hood, and probably worth 2 tenths or more in good air. 30 years ago tech would not only toss you at the gate, you'd have others laughing for trying. I swear it's nothing against Dick Lux, in fact he's gonna make NHRA tech dept look like bigger buffoons than they already are.