Stocker Cylinder Heads....

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Wade_Owens

Alan, you know what, I generally agree with most of your opinions. BUT, this one is incorrect on this topic. A couple of engine builders "allegedly" called and asked if they could get the rules loosened up. They were told yes. At that instant, its no longer cheating. Your working your *** off and getting it busted in a heads up by a rule change that cant be verified, YET.

Just like everybody knows about the legality of the bowl cuts and its nowhere to be found in the rulebook. Is this also an unwritten rule?

Thats all I'm asking.

Wade

Wade, a lot of rules got changed after they had been violated at least once, often by a "big name" guy. I won't go into a list, but if you ask around, you'll find that to be an absolute fact.

A lot of them have been told, by an "official" to "go ahead, it's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission". This too is fact, you'll find out if you ask the right people. It's really pretty common knowledge.

Read the "official policy" regarding rules, which, in effect states that "just because we do not tell you that you cannot, does not mean that you can". What that is supposed to mean is that "if we don't tell you that you can, then you cannot". The way that has ended up working, all too often, is that if the right person is not told specifically that they cannot, they go ahead and do it for a while, then after they get caught, everyone will eventually be told that they can.

As far as the chemical goes, there are ways of defeating anything like that. I'm betting that if you make the right phone call, you can find out how to get around it. I do not believe for a minute that you would actually do that.

I agree completely with the premise of your original post. The problem is, rules are often written in a vague and ambiguous manner, for the express purpose of being selectively enforced. Much as most of us would like the rules to be applied in the same manner to everyone, at every race, at every track, I would not hold my breathe waiting on it.