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  • BTExpress
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2015
    • 1208

    #1

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    I hope most of you on here don't think this is too dumb of a question. I went to see the WoO race on Thursday night at Delaware International Speedway. Afterward I walked through the pits as I don't get to see them race often. What struck me was most of the cars in the pits had the back end of the cars covered. What exactly are they trying to keep a secret....shocks, type of rear-end, etc.??? Coming from the sprint car and big block modified world, these "World Trade Secrets" appeared odd to me. You can walk right up to the winning car at tonight's Knoxville Nationals and inspect "every inch" of the winning car, there is nothing to hide????
  • Josh Bayko
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 8734

    #2
    Originally posted by BTExpress View Post
    I hope most of you on here don't think this is too dumb of a question. I went to see the WoO race on Thursday night at Delaware International Speedway. Afterward I walked through the pits as I don't get to see them race often. What struck me was most of the cars in the pits had the back end of the cars covered. What exactly are they trying to keep a secret....shocks, type of rear-end, etc.??? Coming from the sprint car and big block modified world, these "World Trade Secrets" appeared odd to me. You can walk right up to the winning car at tonight's Knoxville Nationals and inspect "every inch" of the winning car, there is nothing to hide????
    Big block mods have adopted the rear covers in recent years, too.
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    • Highside Hustler25
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2009
      • 12912

      #3
      What's funny is how a lot of the back markers that are not competitive at all cover their stuff up as well. It's a big joke I think. It was all suppose to come to a end last year. Rules. Who needs em.
      8/13/16

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      • acetone
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2008
        • 495

        #4
        mind games
        victim

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        • bleedblue55
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 1872

          #5
          Not sure about back covers but I thought Lucas put out a rule against tarping the back half of the car including the wheel wells. Of course they also mandated the top 10 pit beside each other about the same time. Part of the "what are Rumley and Davenport doing" mania of last year. Don't think either are enforced as intended.

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          • stevo
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2008
            • 622

            #6
            Maby they don't want people to see what don't work !

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            • old fan
              Banned
              • Jan 2016
              • 4191

              #7
              don't think woo adopted that rule , setups rom one late model to next can be quite different

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              • jlacey
                Senior Member
                • Jun 2008
                • 1066

                #8
                Its starting to get kinda silly, waiting to see these guys start bringing portable sheds with them so they can hide everything. Nothing like walking the pits and trying to take some pics of your favorites just to get more tarp than car

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                • BTExpress
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2015
                  • 1208

                  #9
                  jlacey....that's when it hit me. I wanted to take a few pictures and then I realized I could barely see the car... even got some stares from a few crew guys when I leaned over the hood to see what engines some of them were running....heck I wasn't a threat, I have no idea what I am looking at....just a FAN from the stands.

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                  • jog49
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 2551

                    #10
                    If they are hiding something, it works.

                    Is they are not hiding something, it still works!

                    LOL!

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                    • a25rjr
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2016
                      • 3774

                      #11
                      They're generally hiding their setup....bar angles, shock angles, jbar angle, rearend location, and chassis construction to a small degree.

                      If you ever get to work on one, youll find you notice little things about the other cars.

                      And sometimes its just......mind games!
                      Turn LEFT, Vote RIGHT!

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                      • dirtdobber45
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2015
                        • 7226

                        #12
                        Originally posted by BTExpress View Post
                        jlacey....that's when it hit me. I wanted to take a few pictures and then I realized I could barely see the car... even got some stares from a few crew guys when I leaned over the hood to see what engines some of them were running....heck I wasn't a threat, I have no idea what I am looking at....just a FAN from the stands.
                        They thinking your 007 spying for another team lol
                        If I havent offended you please be patient Ill get to you as soon as I can...... and yes Im a Bloomquist fan...deal w it!!! WWG1WGA!!!

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                        • dirtdobber45
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2015
                          • 7226

                          #13
                          Originally posted by a25rjr View Post
                          They're generally hiding their setup....bar angles, shock angles, jbar angle, rearend location, and chassis construction to a small degree.If you ever get to work on one, youll find you notice little things about the other cars.And sometimes its just......mind games!
                          Yea what he said ^^^^^^ lol some come up with some crazy stuff lol
                          If I havent offended you please be patient Ill get to you as soon as I can...... and yes Im a Bloomquist fan...deal w it!!! WWG1WGA!!!

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                          • a25rjr
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2016
                            • 3774

                            #14
                            Originally posted by dirtdobber45 View Post
                            Yea what he said ^^^^^^ lol some come up with some crazy stuff lol
                            haha....one time, my other crew buddies, dared me to bounce on the back of Bloomers car to see how stiff it was. Dummy me did it victory lane and almost knocked the trophy to the ground. I got one nasty look from Scott that nite! I never did that again! lol

                            Of course that was a long time ago!
                            Turn LEFT, Vote RIGHT!

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                            • Highside Hustler25
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 12912

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BTExpress View Post
                              jlacey....that's when it hit me. I wanted to take a few pictures and then I realized I could barely see the car... even got some stares from a few crew guys when I leaned over the hood to see what engines some of them were running....heck I wasn't a threat, I have no idea what I am looking at....just a FAN from the stands.
                              A few years back, when Bloomer and Mars had their misunderstanding @ Lernerville, I wore a Jimmy Mars T shirt and hung around Bloomers pit much of the night. Got a lot of strange looks from Scott and Tommy Hicks that night.
                              8/13/16

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