Sam Colalillo
low 9's w/ a 109
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2005
We are all after the same guys tuning assistanse. For me I love getting help from the fastest guys at the track. Don Cruz has shared some things with me that saved me allot of time figuring out on my own.
No your nitrous bottle or anyone elses is not legal Tony Pedregon, I mean Kevin B
at any time. LOLJan,
First of all you are wrong. Dick went 9.005 not 9.01 at Reynolds. I couldn’t agree with you more on the Fact that Dick is a great guy who is willing to loan his tools, offer any assistance he can, to help everyone. In my opinion he is a good natured guy that has one hell of a fast car. He has pushed everyone to step up their game, just as the tuff competitors before him did.
This is the biggest controversy I have seen since competing in TSM. I can see both views on this subject. There are several things that bother me about the way this went down.
Dick went through peer tech where the device was recognized. I was not at peer tech when peer tech started (we blew the rear end up the night before in our car). I am assuming the other racers recognized it and allowed him to attain the device because he went to the lanes with it. I do know he had advice from people to take it off. Dick is determined to do what he wants, and after confirming with a track official that it was NHRA legal there was no way anyone was going to convince him to take it off. It was obvious Dick had his mind set on one thing, and that was laying down an 8 second TSM legal pass.
It is hard to expect the official TSM race director to attend every event. This person has to do this on their own dime and the current economy had him in difficult situation. This guy is also expected to enforce all the rules. Without him it cannot be a level playing field. This is one of the main reasons several NASCAR teams hated Bill France. This would be a difficult job for someone like me to do. I think from a rules enforcement point of view the decision was made to set an example that cheating is not allowed (I may be completely wrong on this, only my opinion.). Without enforcement of rules it would be difficult for this person to have integrity. The part was not stock appearing and it gave a performance advantage.
The performance advantage was very, very, very small. After doing a rate* distance calculation in regards to the advantage which was gained from this device I calculate the advantage to be in the fourth decimal place. That is if it actually worked.
This is what bothers me. Let me set this scenario up. Racer “A” goes through peer tech with a controversial component on his car. Then continues to compete, and Racer “A” takes out Racer “B”. Then after the event is over the component on Racer “A’s” car is deemed illegal. Racer “B” may have had the second fastest car in the first round but got paired up with the only racer capable of beating him or her. Now Racer “B” is out of the race, but had the potential to win the whole event had the ladder fell differently.
I think the best thing to do is evaluate this situation and learn from it. Determine how the scenario I mentioned above cannot happen.
I know I am going to regret this post in the future. Things that have this much controversy always winds up making several people angry. These are my opinions and they have not changed from last year.
In life you learn and move on. All this will probably be irrelevant after Reynolds this year.
