Strange Engineering and Bruce Bachelder

Bryan Worner · 07-02-2011, 08:20 AM

While we are sharing Perfectly Strange stories, I will share mine.

First round of the 2009 Cajun Sportsnationals, I'm driving my brother's SS/IA. I pull up to the scales and a crowd gathers around my car. I say to myself, what the heck is going on here, what are they going to check? Then I got my time slip and saw I went dead on w/a 0, which was surprising since I killed a good bit! Then they said congrats for being perfectly strange and begin the process. Here's where it gets interesting! The gentleman with the check sheet asks to see the decals! I point them out. Then he asks, do you have axles? I point to the Mark Williams axles and say no, but I have struts! He says, well you DON'T win the award if you don't have the axles! I say, NO! That's not the way this program works! He states, yes it is, you must have the axles to WIN the Perfectly Strange award. So we go back and forth for a while, til a few other officials join the now heated debate. Long story short, I had to go to the tower and talk to Mr. Hutch to get it straighted out.

On the way to the tower, I took my National Dragster with me and stopped by the scales. The tech official who told me I did NOT win the award was there. I attempted to show him the details of the Perfectly Strange award in the National Dragster, but he wouldn't even look at it!

No, it wasn't Bruce. I've had nothing but pleasant dealings/discussions with him.

I will say that Strange does pay in a very timely manner! I had my check, hat and whatever else they sent me a few days after arriving home!

07-02-2011, 08:20 AM	#14
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 823 Likes: 133 Liked 521 Times in 84 Posts	Re: Strange Engineering and Bruce Bachelder While we are sharing Perfectly Strange stories, I will share mine. First round of the 2009 Cajun Sportsnationals, I'm driving my brother's SS/IA. I pull up to the scales and a crowd gathers around my car. I say to myself, what the heck is going on here, what are they going to check? Then I got my time slip and saw I went dead on w/a 0, which was surprising since I killed a good bit! Then they said congrats for being perfectly strange and begin the process. Here's where it gets interesting! The gentleman with the check sheet asks to see the decals! I point them out. Then he asks, do you have axles? I point to the Mark Williams axles and say no, but I have struts! He says, well you DON'T win the award if you don't have the axles! I say, NO! That's not the way this program works! He states, yes it is, you must have the axles to WIN the Perfectly Strange award. So we go back and forth for a while, til a few other officials join the now heated debate. Long story short, I had to go to the tower and talk to Mr. Hutch to get it straighted out. On the way to the tower, I took my National Dragster with me and stopped by the scales. The tech official who told me I did NOT win the award was there. I attempted to show him the details of the Perfectly Strange award in the National Dragster, but he wouldn't even look at it! No, it wasn't Bruce. I've had nothing but pleasant dealings/discussions with him. I will say that Strange does pay in a very timely manner! I had my check, hat and whatever else they sent me a few days after arriving home!