Las Vegas super stock wreck, no DQ, pictures included

[Dan Fletcher]

I've often wondered why the computer dust off spray was deemed illegal to begin with. How isn't that better than ice on the track?

[Jeff Teuton]

I think in the Top Stock days, we frightened the officials by empting 4 to 6 cans right before we pulled into the water box. Looked like a smokey burnout under the hood. And I think NHRA followed suit.

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher

I've often wondered why the computer dust off spray was deemed illegal to begin with. How isn't that better than ice on the track?

Probably because there's more profit for the track in a bag of ice since most tracks charge 10 bucks for a bag of frozen water!

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher

I've often wondered why the computer dust off spray was deemed illegal to begin with. How isn't that better than ice on the track?

Way better from a fluid on track perspective! Remember doing it at Joliet once on a Nova after pushing it from the near end of the pits. Don't recall doing it on Tom and Carol's Top Stock car. Remember IHRA giving Morgan a real hard time on it at a race, still don't know why cant believe an aluminum intake can wick that much heat. Real world, someone would have to test back to back to see if the aerosol cans actually work in 95 degree sunshine by the time you stage or if it all just a placebo.

As to the braking issue, didn't Bruno smack the wall in Chicago a few years back? I think who ever was driving his Camaro this year didn't hit anything but had it get loose at the stripe. I did it once at Union Grove on grudge night with a Turbo Regal. Dialed 14 something against a 9 or 10 second Modified Eliminator Bug. I'm way down track looking back and forth in the mirror waiting for his green light and coasting near 1000' and finally realize they dialed me in at 19 seconds. Looked like 14 at the line... I hit the brakes and he said it looked like tire smoke billowing but being on four stock Goodyears it was just like driving on a Chicago expressway, no issues. I did learn a lesson and just dialed it in at 19 seconds after that. Nice and cool going down track in July with the A/C working

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Oh come on Mark, no self respected racer would do that as it's clearly in violation of the rules .......

West coast Rules. Lol

[TBR151J]

Been guilty of hitting the brakes too hard at the stripe and been in the other lane way to many times than I can count when someone did the same to me. There are ways to ride the brake through the lights where you don't lock them up, just as there is a way to whack the throttle. If you know your car well enough, drive the race smart, most of the time this won't or shouldn't happen.

That being said, it isn't only Division 7 that has had issues with non-DQ's for excessive braking. 3 out of 4 years at the Summit Finals I was in the other lane when someone locked them up in the lane next to me. Thankfully they didn't lose control of the car and nothing bad came out of it besides a huge smoke show. The fact remains is it is up to the discretion of the DD, and they sometimes/most times get it wrong. We have had issues here in Division 1, specifically at the Summit Finals, over the span of consecutive years where this has been an issue. Me, personally, was in the other lane when someone locked them up 3 out of the last 4 years I ran the event, and only in one instance, when a more than adamant plea was made to the DD, was someone tossed. I count myself lucky that those times all it ended up being was a big smoke show, but you all know the deal. It's the law of averages, and our luck sometimes isn't that good to get away with it time and time again. The problem is, this type of racing is always going to have this type of driving in it. One driver's style varies greatly from another's, but in the interest of safety, not competition, there needs to be a consistent precedent set, even if it means I am the one first race of the year yext year that does it and gets tossed. It's my fault, not the rules' fault.