Alcohol dragster?

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

It seems to me based on the recent events this year NHRA management seems more clueless then ever before.
Must more lives be lost before they get it. How does an official like Graham Light make a statement like he did to the Pro Stock guys and get away with it?
Does NASCAR blatantly compromise the safety of their racers or spectators?
NHRA apparently does not care about anything but lining their pockets.

They are clueless because they do not have people with the right technical knowledge and they depend on the so called "Experts" at SFI. In the past I have have confronted SFI on many issues just to have them hang their phone on my ear.

Again, the dynamics of a NASCAR or Formula 1 car are not the same as a Funny Car or Dragster. It requires a sound technical approach in the same fashion when Ford got all their engineers involved during the re-design of the cockpit of Funny cars after John Force's crash. The Ford engineers learned the dynamics were completely different when compared to other types of motor sports.

[Hagen Gary]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

Very difficult. Read my earlier post.

After reading every one of your post, I fail to see how you addressed this man's Idea. I also have come to the conclusion that either you lack reading comprehension skills, or you twist what people say on this board just so you can look down your nose at them. You did it to me on a different thread, now here. How about you go read your earlier post, then read this man's 5 more times. Thanks

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Hagen Gary

After reading every one of your post, I fail to see how you addressed this man's Idea. I also have come to the conclusion that either you lack reading comprehension skills, or you twist what people say on this board just so you can look down your nose at them. You did it to me on a different thread, now here. How about you go read your earlier post, then read this man's 5 more times. Thanks

Gary,

I do not believe I lack the reading comprehension skills and I do not twist what people say in this board. I read all the proposals and suggestions from racers that like myself, believe in the safety of our sports. What I am implying is that some of the suggestions and proposals stated, are not feasible. Drag racing is not the only motor sport and I have been involved and as a full time career, I make a living making sure the airplanes that people fly on, are safe.

In the past, I have gone head-to-head with the tech department at Glendora and SFI on many issues, including safety, just to go on deaf ears like they seem to do to everyone that raises a concern.

I am sorry if you might believe I have a witch hunt against you; I just try to help and bring reality of some of the subjects discussed. As a matter of fact, Mark Niver's death hits home; I had known Norm for many years when I used to live in Arizona.

He was part of a group of engineers in the Phoenix area that were always brainstorming such as Patrick Hale and Norm Drazy who invented the PSI Supercharger. Pat, Norm, Mark and myself used to spend time on the phone brainstorming and sharing ideas.

As a matter of fact, many years ago, Pat and myself came up with an electro-mechanical idea and design to prevent to rash of dragster blow-overs. NHRA turned down the idea because it probably came from a group of Sportsman racer and not from the big name fuel guys.

In a nutshell, if you believe I have offended you, my apologies.

[Floyd Staggs]

Nobody wants to hear it but an extra 320' of shut down wouldn't hurt anybody. Make it across the board, all classes. That's a lot more stopping area if something breaks and less terminal speed at the finish line.
JMHO

[Ed Fernandez]

SSDiv6,why don't you use your real name on here?Oh,I know,national security.

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

SSDiv6,why don't you use your real name on here?Oh,I know,national security.

Ed, I see the humor, however, if I use my real name, I could not post here from my office in a timely basis and would be restricted only when I get home. Most of the times is late in the evening and when I get home, I do not feel turning on the computer after putting 10+ hours of work at the office.

Yes, the computer is monitored when I am at work and I do work in programs related to the US Government and military so that will give you an idea of my clearance.

Many in this board know my name and when I get PM's, I do identify myself when I respond from home. They even monitor when you access your personal email accounts such as Yahoo and Hotmail which I do from my smart phone and not from work. Also, all access to blogs are blocked at work.

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs

Nobody wants to hear it but an extra 320' of shut down wouldn't hurt anybody. Make it across the board, all classes. That's a lot more stopping area if something breaks and less terminal speed at the finish line.
JMHO

X2 I knew of a track that it used to be a military airport that was turned in to a drag strip and the shutdown had an additional 1.5 miles of length.

[Hagen Gary]

Hey NovaSSDude,
Looks like SSDiv6 was compleatlly wrong about your idea. Here is a line from a statement released from NHRA.
"As an additional safety enhancement, NHRA is also working with manufacturers on a secondary tethering device for parachutes in the Top Fuel, Funny Car, Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes. This is in addition to an enhanced specification for parachute mounting for the same four classes that was introduced earlier this year"

All this nonsense about SSDiv6 not posting his name because he uses a Govt. computer is crap. You must work for the current administration to think we are that stupid. They allready know whos computer its coming from if they cared. So why don't you post your name? I believe its because your smart enough to know how stupid you are. I don't believe you have a witch hunt against me, I just don't like people who don't post who they are, and then twist what someone posted to fit in what they think makes them look intelligent. Who cares if you look like your sooo informed about a subject? Nobody knows who to give the credit to. So I can only assume its a self serving agenda.

[sst1988]

NHRA Media Release


http://www.dragzine.com/news/mark-ni...est-nationals/

[Alan Roehrich]

That net was incredibly stiff. Probably far too stiff for a primary catch net. You can't slow a car down that fast and not do severe damage to the car and probably the driver, even if parts of the car don't get to him or her. You certainly cannot use nets that stiff to stop cars built for drag racing.