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[Dwight Southerland]

I have been known to intentionally put something that a tech guy would make us change on the car when when going to a different division. He would find it, think he caught "that out of division cheater" and be satisfied. He would then stop looking and miss some "questionable" stuff. You never wanted them to look too close.

Was bounced once at Indy for having the front sway bar installed upside down on Bob Ayres' Grog '65 Chevelle.

Also at Indy in '86, my Camaro was making funny sounds out the exhaust after the semi-final for class. I started looking and found a shattered valve lock that allowed the retainer to push up against the bottom of the rocker arm. I changed the retainer and new locks, won class, and was bounced in the barn for 2 lb. too much seat pressure. Of course, they picked that cylinder by random! The other spring on that cylinder was 10 lb. under!

Lastly, at Memphis in '89, Rosy looked at the Corvette and said I needed a metal cover over the bottom of the plastic fuel cell and that the weight bar I had in the front of the radiator needed to be welded in place. I loaded up the car and went over the Kenny Faulk's place and worked most of the day to fix everything. Went back to tech at the shopping center parking lot to find the tech guys in their trailer playing cards. I handed my tech card to Rosy and he signed off without even stepping out of the trailer. I guess he had more faith in me than I would have. Because of the delay getting through tech, I got a choice pit spot in the mud! I did make it to the semis, though.