Behind the wheel of the blue and white #25, Dietzsch is an analytical driver and is a student of race car preparation. Got questions? Know the rules. Watching your own class is most valuable because it is directly applicable to your car. Tire size can make all the difference in the world, and while it’s easy to catch it’s worth the effort. It can be useful in any class but the IMCA modifieds have become sensitive to traction control issues. This preferred line may be the fastest line for a driver, but unfortunately it is probably also the fastest line for all the other cars. Still don’t believe me? Undersized Metric Calipers: 
Can be used on the right front of open wheel modifieds and street stocks on dirt surfaces to reduce right front braking bias to aid in corner entry. Above all else, keep fighting and keep talking. The bottom line is still the same; changing brake bias without a brake bias control. Remembered mostly for the 46-point penalty for a carburetor spacer infraction on Mark Martin’s car, which cost Martin the Championship by 26 points. Smile a lot. If you don’t have a straight poker face, have one of your crew members push the car through tech. Home Bodies. Attempting to do more may work for a lap or two but will most likely end in a spin and possibly a crash. Ideally, you want to run out of gear at the end of the straightaway, just before you hit the rev limiter. Check out these five red-hot names. For more information on Davis Technologies traction control, check out their “How Does It Work page. iRacing 2021 Season 1 Release Notes Highlights and Commentary. Ergo, cheating is good for the sport. Officially, Evernham was one caught and fined once as Jeff Gordon’s crew chief. We all want nothing more than to prove that we are just as fast as the car that passed us. Explain that you are working with him to make the racing at this track better for everyone. We know a racer at the local track, let’s call him Racer X, that took an aftermarket Offenhauser intake manifold and used a grinder to remove the manufacturer name and casting number. The FAST Class continues to grow, with a seven race schedule in 2019, racing in MI, OH, IN, TN, MD, and NY. Operating in the gray areas of the rulebook, Yunick said, is not cheating. One night at the track, a wise old racer came over and told me, “If you want to pass someone you have got to be where they’re not.”  The only consistent way to pass someone is to go around them and that requires changing my line. Back in the day, I started with manual (non-power) steering in my first car. Everyone cheats, but cheating without getting caught is an art form. We have heard of racers that have drilled holes in their shocks, drained the oil out, and filled them back up with a heavier (or lighter) grade of oil. If the tech officials check the carburetor’s throat size on every car in the class, you can be sure that they will check yours too. The most common cheats in local short track racing involve taking aftermarket high performance parts and throwing a coat of flat black paint on them. Effective, and in most series, illegal. 3. A lightened crankshaft with leading edges milled to minimize windage and cut through the oil easier. Just three wires are required; an rpm signal wire, a positive and a ground. Human nature. Check out these stock class racing handling tips! Advanced Search. Then the 245 X 15” tires starting turning up on the right side wheels. Just keep talking and making your point. If it doesn’t happen right in front of them they don’t notice it, even under yellow. When I am heading down the straight I look into the corner and see if anything out of the ordinary is going on. April 16, 2020 April 16, 2020 Sherman@9 0. Thunder Road Street Stocks – 2017 Perry & Sons Street Stock Special. All rights reserved. These cheats are mainly used in classes where spec tires or DOT-legal tires are the only authorized rubber. Almost every competitor started out by using a 225 X 15 tire. It is mounted, right? 4 wide racing at Perris Auto Speedway with Jim Coates (29), Hap Veritch (61), Clyde Smith (8) and me (25). Fireball Roberts’ death in 1964 prompted rules for better driving suits, Joe Weatherly’s demise earlier that year in Riverside was the impetus for the window net, and years later, Dale Earnhardt’s death promoted the rule for the head and neck restraint system. Yes. I just tell them not to get caught.”. By packing the roll cage with lead shot, and allowing the driver to drain the shot out systematically during the race, the car would lighten up and continuously gain speed. Regardless of the specific rules, turning a street car into a Street Stock is not only less expensive than buying a purpose-built race car, the process of building a race car from a street car helps wanna-be race drivers and mechanics learn the fundamentals of race car construction, maintenance and setups. Give it to them! Viola! © 2020 Power Automedia. Using expensive exotic materials to save weight. … In a calm voice, explain why you are following the rules. “That’s different,” you say? Don’t try and deny it – everyone cheats. It’s that stuff that the Top Fuel guys use. If your competition is cheating, you will only race for so long before you feel that you must cheat too in order to compete. We know from first hand experience that the ignition module cover can be removed from a stock unit and used to replace the cover on the Pertronix Flame thrower ignition module. Joe Weatherly believed that a shoulder strap would break a driver's neck in a severe crash, so he never wore one. You might ask, “If everyone breaks the rules, why do we have them in the first place?” I think we can all agree that there are some pretty good reasons to have rules in racing. I can attribute a couple of wins to getting it right. In street cars, the natural bias of the brakes is more toward the front because of the weight shift of the car under braking. Everybody has heard of nitromethane.