Entry Level SS(MOD) rules proposed

randy wilson · 11-11-2014, 12:09 PM

Ed, there was a great class in the 70's, and early 80's. In my opinion the racers were smarter then the tech guys, and also allowed shady things to go on. The spec head deal is a lot different from what they had then. They didn't have Chevy, Ford, and Mopar making the call, they had tech guys who just had to measure certain criteria, and what do you know, people cheated. I'd bet a $ to a donut that Brodix, or whomever could tell real quick if someone moved something, or opened up an area of that head. I remember a Brodix tech guy at Knoxville that checks spec at the nationals, and his comment years ago on the winner was, "Ray Charles can tell that head is modified." End of his little run. But tech did not catch it. Also, G-Force, and Jerico can make a slider you have to either kill the ignition, or tap the clutch, or it ain't coming out of gear. The HRA's let things go is why it went the way it did. Have a racer board to approve a head, or not, and if in doubt, have the protester pay a fee to have it sent in and checked out. It can't be that hard.

11-11-2014, 12:09 PM	#11
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Entry Level SS(MOD) rules proposed Ed, there was a great class in the 70's, and early 80's. In my opinion the racers were smarter then the tech guys, and also allowed shady things to go on. The spec head deal is a lot different from what they had then. They didn't have Chevy, Ford, and Mopar making the call, they had tech guys who just had to measure certain criteria, and what do you know, people cheated. I'd bet a $ to a donut that Brodix, or whomever could tell real quick if someone moved something, or opened up an area of that head. I remember a Brodix tech guy at Knoxville that checks spec at the nationals, and his comment years ago on the winner was, "Ray Charles can tell that head is modified." End of his little run. But tech did not catch it. Also, G-Force, and Jerico can make a slider you have to either kill the ignition, or tap the clutch, or it ain't coming out of gear. The HRA's let things go is why it went the way it did. Have a racer board to approve a head, or not, and if in doubt, have the protester pay a fee to have it sent in and checked out. It can't be that hard. __________________ don,t have one