Tech Inspection stories?

[GTS340]

inspections happen a lot in division 7 at the scales after a run. At National events officials roam through the staging lanes checking belts, helmet, blinders and what ever they have on their minds that day. They come in out pits, say hello and check stuff. Maybe its just me!

Paul

[1700camaro]

We have tech inspections in Div 7 for bracket racing, some tracks are more stringent than others.

[Alan Roehrich]

I have a couple of favorites from the not too distant past. We were a Memphis with the 69 Camaro I worked on for Kevin Cradduck. One of the tech guys spotted the metal line attached to the intake, for the vacuum modulator on the transmission, it had auto 1-2 shift at the time. He asked me what the lines was for, and I replied "it's for the nitrous oxide". I thought Kevin was going to pass out on the spot. I also had a few "Kilroy" pictures drawn in various places, like inside the valve cover, under the intake manifold, etc. Wesley found one that had Kilroy giving "the finger". Wesley thought that was hilarious. The tech guys are my friends, I enjoy hanging out and cutting up with them.

[prostockpete1]

won class at the 1979 Columbus Springnationals & got invited to teardown at Paul Mayos transmission shop & was the first time nhra started cc checking unported superstock cylinder head volumes of intake & exhaust ports guessing to see differences ln the oem same castings numbers sizes .. would of been interesting data gathering

[Stewart Way]

This is about a teardown that didn't happen. 73-74 working tech with John Biedenkapp at the Blaney Points meet. Back then you couldn't race on Sunday so this was a one day deal and back then you ran Stock thru TF at points meets. Busy long day. Usually we just tore down winners because of how late the race went. I think it was Ronnie Traffenstedt asked me if we were going to tear down the RU and I said no. He said the other car in the final who I won't name was cheating so we went and talked to John and he asked how Ronnie knew he was cheating and he said he was catching the other cars and riding. Ronnie said he would prove it. He was going to leave in 3rd in his, I think SS/P Chevelle, and the other car would not pass him. Sure enough the Chevelle left in 3rd, back to 2nd or 1st but the other car never went around him. When they got to the scales John told them both to pull a head. The unnamed racer was not happy. They both went back to the pits and Ronnie tore down but the other car kept arguing. Jonh sent me to find Buster and Buster told him he would get a year off if he didn't tear down. He loaded up and left. He got his vacation.