Better read this one - NEW NITRO REGULATIONS

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Will,

You guys can thank the ATF for that.... or the terrorist who found other uses for it besides as a fuel. Hopefully this is as far as the ATF take it!

 

As was brought up by some others, what about pro match racing let alone A/F? or here in the Chicago area, there is a group that run nostalgia A/Fers? I'd give my ss# to be able to carry a 1/2 drum.
Lee
Nitroclovers

 

Thanks but no thanks

When was the last time a fuel racer blew up anything!!!!!
I can understand requiring proff that you are using nitro for racing purposes but as always the regulations are an overkill. This is just about the last straw for me. Now they will jack the price up 40%. Not because of an increase in the supply cost but because there is an opportunity to get deeper into the fuel racers pocket. As far as transporting nitro in your trailer it is way more dangerous to have a 5 gallon can of gas!! Before it is over with they will be using sniffers to check your fuel and gas tanks to be sure they have no fuel or gas in the tank before you will be allowed on the grounds, Then you will be only allowed enough fuel to make one full run at a time. This is where its headed. I think I have just about had enough.
Bob Holley

 

All the Afuel cars can easily switch back to Blown Alky and this problem will go away...

 

re: switch

ive already bought a roots blower. that way i can bitch about the rules.

 

I think you’ve sewn up the "Most Classless" post of the year Dan. Now if only you would go away . . .

 

Good idea! Whenever parity is brought up, haven't some of the AFD "people" mentioned that the BADs should just convert to AFD?

 

Good one! TAD was at its' best during the high helix days. The Whipple/PSI and AFD ruined a great thing.

 

A little strong for someone from a layed-back town like FV? Great place! What did Dan say that was different than what some AFD people say about the parity issue?

 

First of all, not all of us that run nitro are in TAD, but we will have to deal with the fallout of these new requirements and additional costs just the same. As for TAD - like it or not - AFD was able to establish itself in the class based on performance. It wasn’t forced on the racers because Methonal was made too difficult or expensive to use by a US government agency’s BS ruling.

 

Will this make the two options similar in cost now?

If it does, maybe it really isn't a big deal.

Or maybe some will switch back...

 

What they have to be looking at is the bigger picture with all the Nitro that would be in trailers at home there is a bigger chance of someone breaking in and stealing 40 to 50 gal. with just having 5 gal they would have to break in to a lot of trailers. I know this sucks but how would any of you feel if someone broke in to your trailer and blew up a builting and killed people

Lanny

 

Here-Here

 

Maybe this will answer your question on why they are doing this.
During the meeting a representative of VP reportedly admitted that he was the one who sold Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh the three drums of nitro that were used to enhance the explosion that took down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 and injuring over 800. McVeigh was later tried, convicted and executed for the crime. Ironically, fuel supplier Steve LeSeur was reportedly approached by McVeigh at the same event, but refused to sell to him because he didn’t like the way McVeigh answered LeSeur’s questions as to his planned use of the fuel. LeSeur reported the incident to the FBI and later provided sworn testimony as to what had taken place.

 

So now you got to wonder why it took them so long to do something about it, that took place in 1995, talk about procrastination, if it was going to happen in the racing comunity it would have happend already.

 

What about the fertilizer, they going to restrict that too??? or do they only pick on racers, ya need both to make a bomb.

 

Gene, they are restricting the amount of fertilizer. In fact, if you don't clean after your dogs in your backyard at least once every week and an inspector comes to check on your lawn you could be fined $25,000.00 for hoarding hazardous materials.

But seriously, this isn't even a band-aid... This is just a damp piece of cloth to go over our eyes... A drum of nitro costs a lot of money... If someone just "lost" a drum don't you think it would be noticed?

CJ Curtsinger

 

So I guess all the guys that fly model airplanes are going to have to park them, and try to make out with the stewardess's.