Specal Thanks to NHRA

[Jack McCarthy]

how right you are larry,

from a stockers point of view, i thought this year the tech team did an outstanding job. it started with the on time tech opening including what seemed like a more thorough intial tech (at least one car was bounced here). we also had a suprise carb & intake inspection after 1st round of class of about 15 cars including 5 solos (i believe bogans trouble was then). 13 cars were selected for teardown. bruce bachelder was in charge and his call was not overruled. travis did carbs & intakes + cams. wayne did bore, stroke & ring locations. ryck from d 1 did all heads. our new electronics man inspected every car. several time the guys had one and other recheck items. i believe they did as fair a job as ever in the barn. Evan smith was the victim of a SLIGHTLY too large valve... not cheating large, just oops, it didnt get measured large... and he went down like a regular guy not a national dragster employee. after 1st round they pulled all winners for an interior trunk inspection for ballast etc (and one more Sammy the cajun went down here)

mind you all this was all done in 95 degrees with blistering sun...

thank you NHRA indy tech team... without you holding our feet to the fire no one would even care about being legal !

captain jack