HolBrook Racing Engines Makes History!...

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

Jeff can you give me one example of someone being toss while trying to set a national racord and then getting time off? I can't

Ed you hit the nail on the head.

About 7 years ago I tore down for the M/S record, and I was bounced for being 4/10s of 1 cc under the combustion chamber minimum volume. I had to load up my car and parts, and leave the track, forfeiting my entry fee. The division director informed me that he would have to talk to NHRA Tech HQs in California on the following Monday regarding any disciplinary action. Since this was my first attempt at setting a recond, and it was not a blatent offence ( I knew that I would have to tear down for the record, so obviously I THOUGHT everything was legit), so I did not get any suspension period. But he said that it was not unheard of for a racer to get a year off depending on the situation. I did have to show up at the next race with the head off so that NHRA Tech could measure the chamber volume again to ensure the condition had been adressed before I was able to compete in Stock again.
Also, I seem to recall a few years ago that a S/S racer on this site was given a 1 year "vacation" from racing for having an illegal crankshaft, even though the stroke was correct. So it has happened before.