Fuel Check What's the point???

[Greg Hill]

I have run Sunoco purple for the last three tears with no problems until recently. I buy my fuel in sealed drums from a guy in Harrodsburg, Ky who gets it from Wick oil in St. Louis. Andrew went to fuel check at Earlville and his fuel was not even close. Turns out or new drum of fuel was not what it should have been. Greg Anderson was in front of us in the fuel check line with purple he said was two years old and it was fine. After a few phone calls it seems that quite a few folks have had trouble with purple this year. One of my sources told me he felt like Sunoco was having quality control problems with purple. I also bought a drum of blue to try and have been told there were very few problems with the blue. Talking to the guy at Sunoco he told me that the blue was more stable and faster burning than purple. I am going to Columbus with the blue in my car and hope there are no issues.

[Mark Madison]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I have run Sunoco purple for the last three tears with no problems until recently. I buy my fuel in sealed drums from a guy in Harrodsburg, Ky who gets it from Wick oil in St. Louis. Andrew went to fuel check at Earlville and his fuel was not even close. Turns out or new drum of fuel was not what it should have been. Greg Anderson was in front of us in the fuel check line with purple he said was two years old and it was fine. After a few phone calls it seems that quite a few folks have had trouble with purple this year. One of my sources told me he felt like Sunoco was having quality control problems with purple. I also bought a drum of blue to try and have been told there were very few problems with the blue. Talking to the guy at Sunoco he told me that the blue was more stable and faster burning than purple. I am going to Columbus with the blue in my car and hope there are no issues.

I purchased 15 gallons of Sonoco Super Stock "blue" in sealed 5 gallon pales for our local distributor for the Sonoma points and national races. First time through fuel check at the national I was told that the fuel was "on the low side and might fail " . So to be safe I went back to the trailer and grabbed a fresh unopened can and returned to fuel check where I opened it in front of the inspectors, This sample produced the same results.
At this point I choose to purchase 5 gallons of C-12 and save the blue for a test session.
The Sonoco fuel passed with no issue the week prior at the divisional event . A week later after being properly stored it's junk? Not to mention the brand new can? I don't think so.

Mak Madison.