AA/SA Sorensen @ Woodburn

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Ed OBrien

Alan
The only NHRA tech man I ever said was either stupid or crooked and I don't know which one it is would be Mr. Danny and if you could pull your head out of your south end long enough to get some fresh air you just might start understanding what you read but I doubt it .As far as people cheating hell yes there are plenty and listen close the last thing NHRA wants to do is bring it out in the open . One more time so you can get it right They Don't Want To Catch People Winning Races Cheating !!! Your not bright enough to understand it but they don't want to open that can of worms . As far as paying NHRA to tear someone down why waste the money while Danny's around ? Do you think they would kick someone that spends money with them ? One more question if you don't mind telling but what color is the sky in the your world ? Have a nice day

Ed,
Are you or are you not claiming the Sorenson's engine was illegal this past weekend? Gracia wasn't there, last I heard. And they (Division 6 tech) had the engine apart. So you're saying Sorenson's engine was illegal, and Division 6 couldn't find it.

I never said no one cheats. Not once. But I proved you wrong once already.

We've never been faster than 9.89, running the same combination the Sorensons do. So if they're cheating, I'd feel a Hell of a lot better, since they're 3 tenths faster than we are. I build our engines, transmissions, and rear ends. I've been back at it for 5 years. They've been flogging the exact same stuff for probably 20 years. So I'd expect them to be 2-3 tenths faster. Especially since we've not had the time or money to test that much. I'm not so arrogant or egotistical as to think we'd be as fast as someone who's been doing it 4 times as long with the same car. They've had a lot of time to figure out what does not work. And that is what makes you fast. Knowing what not to do is every bit as important as knowing what to do.

I'll let you in on another "secret". Those castings, intakes and heads, very dramatically. The quality of cast iron closed chamber rectangle port heads varies enough to make 30HP difference. Out of 20 sets, you MIGHT find a decent pair. And you might not. I know a guy who has 5 sets of new in the box heads, and 8 new in the box manifolds. And I can tell you that some of them are absolute junk. Some are fair. He does not have a set of raw castings good enough to make a killer set of heads.

The first official 9.99 pass was made about 10 years ago with the same combination at A weight. Now, AA weight for that combination is 212 pounds lighter. So, 212 pounds is two tenths, or 9.79. And you think ten years of progress in cams, intakes, and headers, never mind transmission and torque converters, is not worth another 2 tenths?

I never claimed anyone was pure as driven snow, in fact, far from it. I've been racing in one form or another since 1978. About 1980 or so, Jenkins said "What's NOT in the rule book is more important than what is". ANY restricted class is about how far you can stretch the rules and still work inside them. If you aren't stretching the rules and pushing the limits, you aren't racing. Everyone who is racing and going fast is pushing the limit, unless they've got a gravy train combination.

I never claimed Glendora was faultless, either, far from it. In fact, several of the REALLY good tech men they won't let do their jobs are good friends of mine.

By the way, Ed, none of the other 427/425 guys are complaining, or calling them cheaters. I don't see any of the other AA guys complaining, crying, or calling them cheaters, either. Funny, isn't it? We're the ones that have to deal with it if they get us horsepower, we're the ones who have to race them heads up for class or eliminations. We're not crying or calling them cheaters. Go figure.

Oh, yeah, it's 9:30 here, so the sky is sort of a real dark blue/black, with broken cloud cover. Why do you ask? Is the tint on the glass in your belly window making the sky look funny?