"Live From" US Nationals Indy 2019

[HawkBrosMav]

Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore

I seriously have to question a selection process that picks a car qualified # 126 to show me a piston and rod. It's a fine car and runs well but it's not even on my radar. When one car and combination outshines other cars of the same combination by two or three tenths --- that's the one I want to see and I'm sure the eliminated racers that feel they have left no stone unturned are more than a little curious too. On the flip side of that , when you're that fast guy that gets picked and passes tear down , what a great feeling it has to be to know all the naysayers are saying "well I'll be damned"

I would have to agree.. Unless there are 10 of the exact same combo and one happens to be .3 faster than the rest and still ends up #126 I don't see any purpose to that man being torn down with so many others deserving it more.. I get even some of the non qualified cars could be cheating, but most of us aren't concerned with the guy the can't get in currently... we want to see the guys that are absolutely killing it prove they are in fact legal..


Also, what came of this "Cylinder head scanner"? seemed to be a lot of theories as to what its purpose would be and haven't heard anything about it even being on site.

[1347]

Originally Posted by HawkBrosMav

I would have to agree.. Unless there are 10 of the exact same combo and one happens to be .3 faster than the rest and still ends up #126 I don't see any purpose to that man being torn down with so many others deserving it more.. I get even some of the non qualified cars could be cheating, but most of us aren't concerned with the guy the can't get in currently... we want to see the guys that are absolutely killing it prove they are in fact legal..


Also, what came of this "Cylinder head scanner"? seemed to be a lot of theories as to what its purpose would be and haven't heard anything about it even being on site.

I don't really agree with that, just because you aren't the fastest car in a said combo, it doesn't mean you haven't "bent" the rules to get where you are at

I have heard people in conversation say " I could run dome pistons and they wouldn't check me because I'm so slow" I feel teardown across the qualifying sheet from the top to the.bottom keeps everyone honest.

Everyone knows how much it costs to build a competetive class car. It would be much cheaper to build a car if you didn't follow the rules. It keeps everyone honest. Nascar pulls cars that finish out of the top 20 to go to the R&D center for the same reason.

[Mike Pearson]

I wonder how they determine who gets torn down. Do they draw numbers out of a hat? I agree that the tear downs should be coming from the top of the order. Just make sense to look at the faster class winners and top qualifiers.

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I wonder how they determine who gets torn down. Do they draw numbers out of a hat? I agree that the tear downs should be coming from the top of the order. Just make sense to look at the faster class winners and top qualifiers.

Surely nobody would do something untoward just to sneak into the eliminator under the radar...

[Race Clean]

Anyone from 1 to 128 could shut someone else out with an illegal Car.
Your spot on the sheet do not matter.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Race Clean

Anyone from 1 to 128 could shut someone else out with an illegal Car.
Your spot on the sheet do not matter.

True but the fast cars have a distinct advantage in a heads up situation that the lower qualified "Slow " car does not have.

Over the past few years there have been no cars found to be illegal or bending the rules at Indy. Even the really fast cars. I doubt they will find much this year either. They are tearing down less than 10% of the qualifiers And I don't believe there is many that are flagrantly bending the rules at least not at Indy where they do actually tear some of the cars down. We will see this year with Wesley there checking things.

[doglover44]

Anyone get tossed ?

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by doglover44

Anyone get tossed ?

LOL..................I'm laughing my butt off over that question ! Only one that I have heard of but have to wait and see to be sure.

[Jeff Johnson]

Are they using the Digital Scanner?

[George Wright]

In car video of first round win in my FS/G CobraJet