National opener in Div 6

[Bill Edgeworth]

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

What if someone goes 1.40 under with no fuel check or weight check, hp on monday? Two years ago a 80 malibu wagon went 1.30 + under at Ca.open, with a 350 motor in his car, to get a grade point, They never opened is hood at the race, I taked to him after i saw it on Nitro Joe list, If he went 1.40 under, 305 would have got hp. with no tech, In division 5 we have scales and fuel check`s and heads up`s at the open`s, just like a points meet, Tom

When I squawked at the Div 6 Director last year about not fuel, weight or heads up I asked “so what if someone takes all the weight out of their car so they can become #1 qualifier” his response was if they go 1.4 under we will give them horsepower. The site of this weekends Division 6 National Open was Bremerton. Their scale is an ancient piece of equipment which I can’t see them upgrading or fixing as they only host class racers once a year, and a very limited number 16 of us Saturday and 12 on Sunday.
What Tom Moock said is a little scary. I was inspected by one of the regular track guys who probably had no idea what is legal and what is not in stock. This has some real serious ramifications; show up with whatever you want, call it whatever you want and get somebody’s combo horsepower on Monday.