Indianapolis Points Race

The car hadn't been raced since last year.

And the NHRA doesn't seem to be in any hurry to do the right thing. So we are still rated with more horsepower than is fair and honest.

We run legally, and get horsepower by going 1.20 under, and we get torn down. Fair enough. We are proven legal by the tear down.

Another Drag Pak with 5.7 engine runs, gets horsepower on numerous occasions, at least three and is never torn down until he attempts to go for a record. Then he is found to have been illegal all along, by his own admission. His defense to the illegal pistons, was were the original pistons, that they have been in his car all along. What a joke. Whether or not he knew he was running illegal pistons, is your call.

Whether or not he really knew, is not the point. Some people are insecure enough to seek any edge, legal, or not. And I really don't care if he knew.

The point is, that he was running an illegal engine. He got caught. Some would say that the fact that he got caught, just proves that "the system" works.

I say that it is nearly totally dysfunctional, and "the system" is applied unfairly, inconsistently, and arbitrarily.

And when they have a chance to correct a mistake, they don't even give you courtesy of a response.

But that is the reason why I haven't been running the car.

Due to some plans that changed, Keith took the car to run at Indy. Personally, I love Indy. I am not sure why, but it is a very comfortable track for me. I have a lot of good memories of racing, and being broken in Indy. But as I said a change of plans occurred, and I was not able to make the race this time in Indy.

I watched the results very closely, and was afraid that there was some kind of problem with car, possibiy due to the inaction over the past few months.


When the final qualifying times from Indy were posted, things looked a lot better.

And after we won the first round of eliminations. I was all the more encouraged.

Then we ran against a slower car, that had a very strong reaction time, and put together a great overall package to win. I talked to Keith as he was driving back form Indy, and gave it a good go. But you cant win them all.

A good friend, Dennis Breeden managed to wheel his Drag Pak to the Stock Eliminator win.

Congratulations Dennis!

Not sure when we will run again. It really depends on the NHRA, and whether they really believe in fairness, or not.

God Bless, and Race Safely!

David