Well spank my

[rognelson777]

could it be modern technology causing these problems, Maybe NHRA has a internet Guru, who browse's pictures and videos online looking for rules infractions. Jack, just post pictures of people you do not like. Think Greg Anderson likes technology now? In car camera and gets a fine for flipping up Visor from video taken by camera

[Phillip marvetz]

I'm all for banning Ed for life.

[1320racer]

Ken, I respect truthfulness and those that state it. The op clearly was not truthful in his original post according to facts Mike Ficacci enlighten us of and Toby Lang question his motives for not telling the truth as well. Do you not respect their right to do so in an open forum too?

[Dan Bernay]

I'm surprised everyone keeps responding to 1320.
I'll wait for my response sit back and read the rest of the posts until it runs its course.

[Toby Lang]

Dude, I never said he didn't tell the truth. Everything he said in his original post is true. Nobody talked to him about it *THERE* at the race.

Give it a rest, please. Thanks.

[Yo Ken]

Ed,

The issue is not with just this topic, its with all of you posts. Having your opinion is fine, but you need to show respect when posting it. If only one member had issues with you, I would have no problem. It is obvious there is pattern here. Toby, like many others show respect when posting, you need to do the same.

You do not know all the facts behind this topic, and to assume you do by using members posts to justify your opinion is poor judgement. If Jack feels the need to answer your claims, I am sure he will. I suspect he does not care what your opinion is.

Please respect my wishes, and show some respect when posting in the future.

Ken

[HR9121]

The best thing we can all do is ignore his post because he feeds off us arguing back at him. If we just ignore these post, without the confrontation that he seeks he will just move on.

[Richard Grant]

What we need from NHRA is just a little "common sense". If you are going to allow wheelie bars and a car cannot run them without the notches it would seem that they have already approved the notches by approving the bars.
We have seen other lack of common sense situations lately. I think that I am right though I don't race a Ford that NHRA disallowed aluminum center sections. Why? There's no performance advange. It just makes changing the chunk easier.
Now after 40+ years they have disallowed cowl hoods on 255 Camaro's. Why again ?There's no performance advantage or else a HP adjustment would be required with the hood change.
Yet, they allow fuel cells(I love that rule and it's a good one) They allow racing seats which make a stocker no longer look stock. We all know the other non stock items that are allowed. Wheelie bars, etc.
Where is the common sense about what is allowed and what is not?

[rognelson777]

back to original topic, How should they notify you about a infraction. Old school is by mail, kind of like NHRA. But they can email all competitors about changes in schedules and events. How about a email and then follow with the letter. I feel for Jack because, he now has to decide wether to race car fix car for race this weekend or just skip it.

If you were notified this way and were scheduled to race this weekend, how would you feel?

Everyone should tell their SRAC's about this, so it corrects the notification problem

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci
"We received the same letter for one of the cars. We were told at Virginia that the letter was coming and to fix it immediately. Jack, you and I spoke about the phone call you received 6 weeks ago stated that you could no longer notch the bumper and you stated that you have another you can easily put on. the fact remains, we were told about this months ago."

1320 does not seem to understand that until you receive something in writing or it is published by NHRA, it's not official notification. Apparently Jack did not receive anything official from NHRA nor was anything published by NHRA indicating the notches were not allowed.

This forum is full of pages about "something that NHRA will make official", but never pans out to full official status. To say Jack was informed, is incorrect. He was given notice and that, as always, is subject to change upon official notification. What if Jack replaced his bumper cover and had it painted to satisfy a rumored change then two weeks later NHRA decides wheelie bar notches isn't such a bad idea after all?

I believe Jack handled the situation correctly. Now that he has "official" notification, I'm sure the dealership has the parts he needs to make NHRA happy.

P.S. Looks like Jack and I were writing our responses at the same time...