"Live" from the 2012 US Nationals in Indy!

[Larry Hill]

163 stockers went down first run. Warm and sunny. DA 2060' by our guages. 18 B/SA cars. We are middle of the pack at 10.47 -.77 under. Wong, Marshall, and Downing's truck is #1 at 1.54 under at only 84 mph. Lots and lots of new cars! DRC should be posting as soon as they get all the indexes that were wrong sorted out.

[Larry Hill]

At .77 under we are #85 with 11 DQ's. Probably most for fuel or weight. Wong #1 -1.55 Mulenhart # 2 -1.11 same truck.

[Chevy454]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

At .77 under we are #85 with 11 DQ's. Probably most for fuel or weight. Wong #1 -1.55 Mulenhart # 2 -1.11 same truck.

Forgive my ignorance, but are these DQ's effective for the entire event or just this particular qualifying session? Ie, if they throw in some ballast or good fuel will they be allowed to make the later qualifying pass?

[ChevyII]

Most situations the car spun or something happened so they bypass the scales altogether. DQ's the run.

If car is found light at scales, DQ's the run.

If fuel was contaminated say with water or mixed with another type fuel it will come up bad at the fuel check. The tech guys usually let the racer know they are on the verge of failing or they did fail. If fuel fails, it DQ's the run only.

Unless tech caught something else (and that is rare until racer has to go to teardown barn which is usually performance driven), YES they will be allowed to make all of their qualifying passes.

Mike

[Chevy454]

Originally Posted by ChevyII

Most situations the car spun or something happened so they bypass the scales. DQ's the run.

If fuel was contaminated say with water or mixed with another type fuel it will come up bad at the fuel check. The tech guys usually let the racer know they are on the verge of failing or they did fail. If fuel fails, it DQ's the run only.

Unless tech caught something else, YES they will be allowed to make all of their qualifying passes.

Mike

Ok, thanks!

[Ken Miele]

Just a quick reminder from Ford Racing

Ford Racing would like to invite you to the Ford Racing Town Hall; an informal gathering of drag racers and Ford personnel.

The Town Hall will take place next Wednesday, August 29, 2012, from
7:00–9:00 PM at the Motorcraft/Tasca Racing hospitality tent located next to the Tasca Racing Nitro Funny Car pit.

Here are a few shots of Stock getting read to run. I have a in car cam of Marty Rinehart driving the ATI SS Camaro and lot of random Super Stock photos.

[Bob Lasko]

Thanks to the reporters and photographers (Ken, Larry, Tom and anyone else) that is reporting on the US Nationals. This is great for us that cannot be there. I know you have heard this before, but needs to be said again.

Bob Lasko
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