John gill banned

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John gill banned one year from Fastrack for illegal crate motor. Engine builder banned for life. See story below.FASTRAK takes action against engine builder and driver for illegal Chevrolet Performance Parts Engine at Florence Speedway! After a engine protest at Florence Speedway in KY the engine in the car owned by Jeff Leake has been declared illegal. Results of the illegal engine are as follows: 1) Engine Builder Weinkle Motorsports has been banned for life and all fines thereof apply per the FASTRAK "authorized engine rebuilder" contract will apply. 2) Driver John Gill of the car that evening is being fined $1000 for barred for 365 days from the night of the protest. This is unfortunate for driver John Gill as it was not his car, but from a series standpoint all we can do is check what's it front of us. The camshaft in the car although stamped GM had been altered. Per FASTRAK rules the engine must be "as from factory" and all parts thereof. The camshaft has been confiscated and will be held at the FASTRAK Corporate office to be destroyed at a later date. "We take illegal engines very seriously" said Stan Lester of FASTRAK. "Its against the very 'spirit of the program' and crate engine late model racing in itself". "I did want to take a second to thank the FASTRAK engine builders that helped in the protest of this engine" said Lester. "After speaking with Josh King of the speedway he said the process could not have gone any smoother. Even though Florence is not a "weekly sanctioned track" we recognize the importance of keeping crate engine late model racing equal and are always glad to help a track keep it that way". Special thanks to Josh King for taking the time to do this correctly. FASTRAK engine seal numbers are located on the FASTRAK website and available for everyone to see. Go to www.fastrakracing.com, go to driver info tab then go to engine seals.

[Bob Hubbard]

Protested

I heard its being protested

[dirty bert]

If a few more create series an tracks would do the same might make some think before buying or building a motor wrong

[Hoosier_Dirt]

I seen a post on Facebook, the motor builder took full responsibility.

[dirty bert]

Good deal cause I don't think John new about the motor, hope they don't back off builder an car owner

[rdcllk]

Does owner and driver still get to race at florance speedway?
If not it''s no big deal

[dirty bert]

Think there banned from fastrak races, least that's the way I read it

[zyoung25]

Does owner and driver still get to race at florance speedway?
If not it''s no big deal

Same thing I thought. The track hasn't released anything that I know of yet. I don't think Gill runs anywhere else other than Florence in the crate. I wouldn't even pay the fine for Fastrak if I was him. It's not like series comes up here to take any races from them.

[JabberJaws83]

If I were Florence, I would go along with the ban

[rdcllk]

Think there banned from fastrak races, least that's the way I read it

That's the way i understand it. So can still race at Florence speedway

[Bob Hubbard]

My question is can a driver feel the extra power/rpm's in a crate motor thats been tweaked like this one was ...

[Josh Bayko]

If a few more create series an tracks would do the same might make some think before buying or building a motor wrong

Most sanctions have done this at some time or another. Some dudes still buy cheated up motors. Makes no sense to me, for what teams pay for a cheater engine, they could have themselves a decent weekly super motor and run for better purses.

[BIG MAC ATTACK]

This was not a bought cheated up motor.John shows up with his driving suit and drives,he doesn't work on car just drives for Wienle ,who by the way is a certified fastrak engine builder or was .The motor was built by Weinle .In my opinion anyone who races a crate could be put in this situation ,nobody knows what goes into their motor except the certified engine builder,that being said I wouldn't use a no name builder that only builds 1 or 2 crate motors

[MI Dirt Fan]

Most sanctions have done this at some time or another. Some dudes still buy cheated up motors. Makes no sense to me, for what teams pay for a cheater engine, they could have themselves a decent weekly super motor and run for better purses.

Exactly....

[Rollover]

This was not a bought cheated up motor.John shows up with his driving suit and drives,he doesn't work on car just drives for Wienle ,who by the way is a certified fastrak engine builder or was .The motor was built by Weinle .In my opinion anyone who races a crate could be put in this situation ,nobody knows what goes into their motor except the certified engine builder,that being said I wouldn't use a no name builder that only builds 1 or 2 crate motors

to me he hit the nail on the head here in a couple different ways. gill more then likely had no clue what was going on. this statement also perfectly describes the problem with crate motor racing and why it will never be a well recieved class. why are crate motors being built? they should be ran the way the come from GM, you should not have a built crate motor.