Posted on 09/01/2025 3:43:19 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
The champion and runner-up in the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge were disqualified during the post-race inspection on Friday of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals due to a rules infraction.
The purse will be distributed evenly across the remaining competitors.
Jason Line - carburetor venturi infraction. Venturis were .008" too large. Jimmy Daniels - cylinder head external modification issue. Displacement was legal.
NHRA Decision: No winner, double disqualification. No competition. The other 14 competitors will share all purse money equally.
Cheating in auto racing?......that almost NEVER happens. 😏
I saw them race at Englishtown, N.J. in the early ‘70s. If I try a little, I can still hear the burnouts and smell the smoke.
If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying
Update on John Force that had a nasty crash last year. At 76 he won’t be returning to racing.
https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a65380485/nhra-legend-john-force-likely-wont-race-again/
Bob Glidden raps box
.008????
I would ask to see the calibration of the measuring tools..
How big is .008?
Take one inch, divide it into a thousand even pieces, then count up 8.
Smaller than the diameter of a blonde human hair
They say you can feel a .004 scratch with your fingernail.
8 thousandths of an inch?
What’s the systemic error for the tools used for these measurements?
I’d like to see that in practice.
Indeed. Perhaps from manufacturing.
‘Perhaps.’ That’s rather huge.
I recall some of the stories from retired NASCAR drivers, about the cheating in the 50's and 60's. The roll cage alone provided lots of resources. One team filled the roll cage with gasoline, and used that up first. Another made the roll cage of cardboard. Yet another team won a race by using truck tires, so they never had to stop to change tires.
>> Yet another team won a race by using truck tires, so they never had to stop to change tires.
Was that cheating?
No...
A standard machined part within tolerance of .005 has at least a 125 microfinish at worst... you can’t feel that even by dragging your fingernail across it.. it might fail a cottonball test though..
Somehow they were wrong but you can guarantee they weren’t too small.
Wow, what a great career, and he’s got his daughters carrying on for him.
Maybe the venturi was enlarged from the fuel or air at high velocity passing through and eroding it.
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