I personally agree as well...this person should NOT have been allowed to race
on the track without the bottle being secured with the appropriate safety
measures.
- Bernd
> I know that most dml'ers and dak owners in general are pretty smart...(they
> own daks don't they :) )
> I saw something that bothered me this weekend. I went to a local track
> for a standard day of racing. The track was reserved for an all pontiac day,
> but had been opened to general racing, and I didnt know before leaving the
> house. (or I would have been prepared to race)
> I went equiped with my digital camera, and ran into an old friend who was
> sitting in the tech line waiting to have his super gass 55 chevy tehced.
> In front of him were three RT's ( I know about all the bad things said
> about rt owners, and I dont agree... these three seemed to be an exception)
> one had a brand new silver rt with the only mod being one of the edlebrock
> triangular air filters with the mesh screne and a foam filter.
> annother had a yellow rt with a gen II K&N, and the third was a blue truck
> running nos.
> I didnt get to see these trucks run, but what I saw in the tech line
> disturbed me...
>
> The blue rt was running nos, but the owner apperently didnt want to drill
> holes in the bed... he had the bottle mounted to a piece of ply wood about
> 18x24" and 3/4 in thick This was NOT secured to the bed, and he had a loose
> plastic tub covering the set up.... the tech inspector questioned the setup,
> but passed him when the driver claimed that he had been allowed to use the
> same set up at "Firebird raceway"....
> If I had been racing I would have protested this setup. This was one of the
> most extremely unsafe things I have ever seen at a sanctioned race track!!!
> If some of you do not know the power of these bottles look at this link...
> this can easily hapen if you are not careful with presurized containers
> http://www.enhancedhealth.com/nitrousexpress.htm
>
> sorry for ranting
> Gregg
>
>
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