To correct your press release Mr. Leone I was actually disqualified because I have a standard Rocket spoiler that is exactly 8"x72" as the rule book states in "black and white" as you're astute tech inspector, Brad Hibbard always states is how Fastrak operates. However, I was disqualified because he wanted the lip on the back crushed shut (after it passed pre-race tech inspection), and the "violation" is not a rule in the rule book, On pages 10, 13, and 14 "in black and white". I guess Fastrak rules are open for interpretation after all.
Last year at lernerville Brad Hibbard issued a weight penalty to our car because our spoiler had two aluminum straps for supports. Our spoiler had two blades, one on either side, and had two 1" wide aluminum straps that supported the middle section of the spoiler. We were told it was illegal because we had too many supports, however the rules only stated that a maximum of 3 blades were permitted. Our car only had two spoiler blades on it. They actually wanted us to take off one of the aluminum straps and rivet a 72" long aluminum angle piece to the back of the spoiler to brace it. So actually Brad Hibbard wanted me to do the exact thing that you were disqualified for, talk about consistency with the rule book.
By the way, has anyone noticed that the rulebook now has a maximum measurement for the ID of your carburetor venturi's? That was because of me. Last year the rule book only said that the largest carburetor that could be used was a 750 cfm. When we built the carburetor for our car we purchased a proform main body that was advertised at 750 cfm. Brad pulled out his go no-go venturi gage and told us that our carburetor was too big. So he issued us a weight penalty for a teching procedure that was not mentioned within the rulebook. Just so everyone understands, what one manufacturer says is a 750 cfm carburetor might be slightly different then what another manufacturer says. Brad told me that the industry standard was that of a Holley carburetor which measured 1.375" and that every other 750 cfm carburetor should measure that size. I did some research and found that not every carburetor manufacturer goes by this measurement. I believe the manufacturers I got information from was Holley, Proform, and Demon. They all had a different venturi measurement for a 750 cfm carburetor. I gave Brad the links and information and asked him to explain if the industry standard is a Holley sized venturi, why do these other manufacturers have different venturi sizes for a 750 cfm carburetor. Now there is a measurement for your carburetor venturi's.