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6/30/24, 7:55 PM |
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The rolling eyes at the end of my post should be a clue...
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6/30/24, 8:00 PM |
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interesting point even though my comment was in Jest.
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I’ve seen pictures of the alleged infractions on both the 19 and 69. I’ve seen the rule posted. However painful, the right call must be made. It’s seems simple to me
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6/30/24, 9:11 PM |
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7/1/24, 12:36 AM |
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I've personally had that happen before, not with USAC though. With mini sprints. I was always lowest budget team out there. Running a dead stock engine on pump gas, with factory tuned ECU, was having some problems with overheating. We drilled a few holes in the hood for some pipes to channel air to radiator more. We also heard if you got more air to intake it can help lower temps. So we took a flexible plastic hose from Lowes, ran it to the right side of the airbox and ran a small pvc pipe to the left inlet of the stock airbox. Ran the first race, found out to much air was coming in and had no power, so we put some foam in. Helped a ton with temps and gave us a little more power. Not much, but some. Still no where near what the "bigger" teams were. Well one of the "bigger favorite" teams noticed and complained about it. We were parked for the night due, to we were running "forced injection" although rules only stated "No turbo, super chargers, or vacuum pumps." Meanwhile said team and several other teams were sending their engines out for really high dollar rebuilds. That's not even including on the aftermarket airboxes, some of the airbox on the left side would stick out the side of the hood.
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7/1/24, 4:09 AM |
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7/1/24, 8:05 AM |
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And often IS!!!
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7/1/24, 8:18 AM |
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I believe both of these teams involved in this are honest, fair minded and professionally run organizations and I do not believe either of them are cheaters. The thing that most puzzles me about this whole thing is why? I just have a hard time believing either team would do something so obviously in violation of a clearly stated rule at the very front of the rule book without some kind prior approval or consent.
To paraphrase Ricki Ricarrdo, "USAC, you got some splainin to do"!
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7/1/24, 10:02 AM |
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