Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there wer

[Bobby Brannon]

Gators in the mid 80'. Chuck Nelson working the scale. After 1st round pulled up and weight ok. Other NHRA worker (Dave Danis spelling maybe off.. )with Chuck said we haven't took a Div. 4 car yet. Chuck said take me,he's will past. LOL valve spring tester was off. Got kicked out. Thanks to Red Anderson who fixed the valve spring tester. After 3rd teared down. Gary Russel was sitting in at a pizza restaurant in (Ohio) when I went to tear down. Before he finished eating I came back by, Gary said ( I think Mike Walters) who he was eating with, Bobby got kicked again. Well not true Dave came over and said I just need a valve spring if you can get it off without taking the head off. Hell I will give it a try. LOL Back in the day will digitnal spring tester. Stories an memories. That is all we have..

[art leong]

One time at Atco. We set the B/SA record. And the scales were light (40 to 50 pounds)
So we put some tools under the seats to make weight. The tech guy looked and found them. He handed them to my partner who handed them to me over the roof. I put them back in the car. We pushed the car back on the scales it weighed 5 pounds more. They scratched their heads and waved us on.

[Ed Wright]

Kept them busy, didn't ya Artie? LOL

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by art leong

One time at Atco. We set the B/SA record. And the scales were light (40 to 50 pounds)
So we put some tools under the seats to make weight. The tech guy looked and found them. He handed them to my partner who handed them to me over the roof. I put them back in the car. We pushed the car back on the scales it weighed 5 pounds more. They scratched their heads and waved us on.

Now that is funny......

[Wayne W]

No cardboard liner in the glove box ( Gutting) Small bolt holes in the firewall, Short wheel studs ( they came through the wheel but not the long nuts), They didn't have a 283 engined1966 Malibu SS in their book even though it was a factory 283 car. No helmet, you didn't need one in 1975 but NJ had different ideas ( no one told me).

[G Schenck]

If my memory serves me right, the Emmons Triplets with their Texas drivers license at 15 years old went to Englishtown and was told by authories that you need to be 16 to drive in N.J.

[Ed Carpenter]

First NHRA race I ever attended was in Houston. I pull up to tech and Wesley says nice to meet you finally wrong trim on your trunk lol. Then he says pull over to the side and get a chassis sticker. Harold says to thin load it up. Wesley took me in the trailer pulls out the book and says go borrow a 4gc put it on (I was running a 327/275 w/qjet) add 175lbs and run GT/H. So we did. Can ran like s... all weekend. Found out the carb I borrowed was messed up and was only running on 2 barrels. Don't work on a 327 like it does on a cobra jet. LOL

[Adger Smith]

Since all the "Old" tech men are gone I'll tell all.
Tossed back in the old NHRA days. Rear spoiler off a 69 Z-28. Ran more MPH that way.
They missed the drum brakes on the front that were about 14 lbs per side less weight than the discs. They also missed the door crash bars that took weight out. So I put the spoiler back on. I think they found the obvious and quit looking.
Modern times: Tossed for 1/4 in too much variation in wheel base. (Saved my A**, too--front strut failing)
Back in the old IHRA days they missed the 200 lbs of sand I had bagged up under the back seat of the Z-28. Couldn't understand why a car without a roll bar weighed so much. Told them it was the crash bars they put in the 69's doors. Glad they didn't see the 4 of us putting the seat in or they to sit on it..
It was common place to qualify light in Modified and put SBC valve covers filled with lead (approx 44 lbs ea) in the floorboard. Harold even opend the door and looked at them once. We even did the heavy spare tire deal, too, Funny how heavy that solid push bar was, too. One time at Hallsville they had us line up behind the scales and weigh before the runs, then after. Interesting how our car gained weight without going to the pits and under the watchful eye of two of Div 4 best.. I'm not telling on that one! I remember a female that ran Comp that got caught with some heavy driving pants. I think they got heavy when she got in the tow truck after the run, before the scales. The joke, or truth, ?? was that Wesley ask her for her pants... LOL!
See Art you weren't the only one that was creative. You just got caught!!
OK, Dwight... Let's hear about yours. I bet you have 2 pages worth...

[rtr0id]

the thing to remember is.....


"its only cheatin' if yer caught"

keep'em coming i'm getting some ideas

[treessavoy]

There was a friend of mine that raced a 1958 Olds with the 371 tripower engine. After removing as much weight as he could he was too light so he sectioned a second rear bumper, put it inside the stock rear bumper and welded them into a sandwich, ground everything flush and had it rechromed. It took 4 of us to lift it into place.
Last I heard the car was in a junkyard in Burlington, NJ.

JimR