Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
Moderators: dirtonly  /  dmantx  /  hosehead

You can't spell either drivers names.

Give him a break. Maybe he doesn't have internet access to look up the spelling.

For all the drama only two have been called out. Simple Green was one cause but if as stated there was a doping station in the building hard to believe no one had used it. I personally think it was a scare tactic that worked and will make the race better. I do know it has been used  and hurts the racing surface and needed to be eliminated.

One question I have is if a car puts fluids down, they have the drivers run thru it to work it in. How much does that affect tire test results?

Fluids may well affect them as will your trip to the car wash pressure wash the clay off your tires. All cleaners will affetc the tires so either they need to do more specific testing or designate 1 approved cleaner that you can spray on your tires when you wash the clay off or mud after a rainout. As it stands you can only use plain water and a scrub brush to clean your tires and that doesn't cut it if you don't want to get dinged for "Tire Doping" with these random lab tests. My burning question is why don't they just go by a Durometer reading as any racer can afford a Durometer and should have one when they have tire hardness rules like a D-4 or D-5 compound...

The older I get the faster I was.
All of my hard lessons have been learned at the speed of 
pain...

What happened to the High Limit Head Cheer Leaders post?  There is cheating in racing, some get caught and look bad, others get away with it and look like super stars. I lost some respect for Clinton on this issue but thats just me.