A little NHRA trivia .........

[Bob Mulry]

In the old days, they poured water on the ground, pushed the rear tires through the puddle and used the rulebook to measure the 7" tire width on the wet track on the ground...and send you back to use the cheese grater, again, on the rear tires.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Bob Mulry

In the old days, they poured water on the ground, pushed the rear tires through the puddle and used the rulebook to measure the 7" tire width on the wet track on the ground...and send you back to use the cheese grater, again, on the rear tires.

I had my tires measured a lot. Never like that. They did often use the rule book, but they just measured the tires directly. We did use Surform (sp?) (cheese grater style) body file. First time I ever won class at a nat'l event was the first Spring Nationals at Dallas Texas. Trimed them to exactly 7", Red Anderson checked us just before pulling out for class finals. At the scales they handed me a trophy to hold just for a picture (still have the picture), rolled up to fuel check, they measured tires again(with a ruler) and hot they were 7 1/16" wide. I got tossed. We cut them to 6 7/8" next time.