HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted

Larry Hill · 10-17-2012, 09:03 AM

Chad
I got Hp on Monday for a run made with a twenty MPH plus tail wind in Topeka. I ask Bob Lang after the run this question: "If I made the same run under idenical conditions at a points race to set a new record, would I get the record?"
Answer: "No to much of a tail wind to set a record"

.......and so it goes!

If some goes 1.20 under they need to come apart, even if they have water leaking or light at the scales.

Randall Klein · 10-17-2012, 09:31 AM

20 MPH tailwind AT Topeka!

I believe you, Larry, I think

Musta missed that one

Ed Wright · 10-17-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Randall Klein

20 MPH tailwind AT Topeka!

I believe you, Larry, I think

Musta missed that one

Been a head wind every time I've been there. :-)

Lyn Smith · 10-17-2012, 10:24 AM

It can be a headwind one day,tail the next.I have witnessed cars picking up 2 tenths from one day to the next!!!

Bob Moulton · 10-17-2012, 06:12 PM

I can't believe that I am the one that is going to bat for a chevy racer!!!!!!! (have run Fords all my life) The racer in question was not randomly torn down. He is a hard working racer who thought he was setting the record with a car that would pass tech. Instead of jumping on the brakes at a 1000' like so many of you, he wanted to set a record! I'm pretty sure that would have been his first record. I'm also pretty sure that his engine builder just made a mistake. I've never met Mr. Tilburg, but I have been beaten by more than one of his engines. That year off thing has always seemed strange to me. Unless you are doing something like nitrous or anything flagrant, it never made sense to me to get kicked out for a year! This used to be a performance based class so getting parked for working in a gray area never made sense to me!!!!!!!! I do believe that anyone who hits a trigger should have to pass a teardown before getting everyone HP. Bob Moulton

Mark Callanan · 10-17-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Moulton

I can't believe that I am the one that is going to bat for a chevy racer!!!!!!! (have run Fords all my life) The racer in question was not randomly torn down. He is a hard working racer who thought he was setting the record with a car that would pass tech. Instead of jumping on the brakes at a 1000' like so many of you, he wanted to set a record! I'm pretty sure that would have been his first record. I'm also pretty sure that his engine builder just made a mistake. I've never met Mr. Tilburg, but I have been beaten by more than one of his engines. That year off thing has always seemed strange to me. Unless you are doing something like nitrous or anything flagrant, it never made sense to me to get kicked out for a year! This used to be a performance based class so getting parked for working in a gray area never made sense to me!!!!!!!! I do believe that anyone who hits a trigger should have to pass a teardown before getting everyone HP. Bob Moulton

Bob

Are you sure he was trying to set the record?
Not a statement but a question?

Bob Moulton · 10-17-2012, 06:46 PM

We were there and a good friend of mine told me that he went over to him and congratulated him on setting the record and he was like a kid at Xmas!!!! I didn't talk to him myself!!!!!! If anyone knows different, PLEASE chime in.

gsa612 · 10-17-2012, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mark callanan

Bob

Are you sure he was trying to set the record?
Not a statement but a question?

Was the record set on the first pass ? on your other runs you can slow the car down 2 tenths then you don,t have the 1% backup therefore no record.. gsa612

10-17-2012, 09:03 AM	#1
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,660 Likes: 1,949 Liked 10,813 Times in 2,247 Posts	Re: HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted Chad I got Hp on Monday for a run made with a twenty MPH plus tail wind in Topeka. I ask Bob Lang after the run this question: "If I made the same run under idenical conditions at a points race to set a new record, would I get the record?" Answer: "No to much of a tail wind to set a record" .......and so it goes! If some goes 1.20 under they need to come apart, even if they have water leaking or light at the scales. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

10-17-2012, 09:31 AM	#2
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted 20 MPH tailwind AT Topeka! I believe you, Larry, I think Musta missed that one

10-17-2012, 10:24 AM	#4
Lyn Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pontiac,il. Posts: 1,210 Likes: 290 Liked 994 Times in 200 Posts	Re: HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted It can be a headwind one day,tail the next.I have witnessed cars picking up 2 tenths from one day to the next!!!

10-17-2012, 06:12 PM	#5
Bob Moulton Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 52 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted I can't believe that I am the one that is going to bat for a chevy racer!!!!!!! (have run Fords all my life) The racer in question was not randomly torn down. He is a hard working racer who thought he was setting the record with a car that would pass tech. Instead of jumping on the brakes at a 1000' like so many of you, he wanted to set a record! I'm pretty sure that would have been his first record. I'm also pretty sure that his engine builder just made a mistake. I've never met Mr. Tilburg, but I have been beaten by more than one of his engines. That year off thing has always seemed strange to me. Unless you are doing something like nitrous or anything flagrant, it never made sense to me to get kicked out for a year! This used to be a performance based class so getting parked for working in a gray area never made sense to me!!!!!!!! I do believe that anyone who hits a trigger should have to pass a teardown before getting everyone HP. Bob Moulton

10-17-2012, 06:46 PM	#7
Bob Moulton Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 52 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: HP adjustments after the Dutch - posted We were there and a good friend of mine told me that he went over to him and congratulated him on setting the record and he was like a kid at Xmas!!!! I didn't talk to him myself!!!!!! If anyone knows different, PLEASE chime in.